Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Manager

UK date and time: 05-November-2026 12:45

Life and Mind Building, Oxford

Location:

Life and Mind Building, Oxford

Salary: £50,067 - £59,396 per annum
, including Oxford University Weighting

Contract:
Full Time, 6 months fixed term contract with a possible extension / Secondment opportunity will be considered

The University of Oxford offers a stimulating and inspiring environment in which to work, with an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a vital role in tackling global challenges, from reducing carbon emissions to developing life-saving vaccines. Combining a rich history with a strong commitment to innovation, Oxford offers an exceptional environment in which to develop your career.

Research Services is part of the University Administration and Services (UAS) division and works in partnership with academic divisions, departments, and faculties. It has a broad remit to support the University’s researchers by providing expertise, strategic insight, research funding acquisition, contract negotiation, and innovation and engagement initiatives.

The post is based within the Innovation and Engagement Directorate which provides support for a wide range of Innovation and Engagement activities across the University, including engagement and partnerships with the public, private and third sectors, both national and international, enterprise and entrepreneurship, and the development of Oxford’s innovation ecosystem

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager with strong evaluation and insight skills to help shape the Insight & Governance team at an important moment in its development as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager, within Innovation & Engagement. Working closely with the Head of Operations & Delivery, you will ope rationalise the team’s strategic direction and manage the day-to-day delivery of its work;

playing a key role in turning evidence into insight, learning and action across the University’s innovation, engagement and impact (IEI) activity. You will lead the development and delivery of MEL frameworks and projects for IEI activity, oversee relevant institutional reporting and governance activity, and help translate evaluation findings based on quantitative and qualitative data into practical recommendations that inform organisational learning, strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.

You will also line manage members of the team, build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the University and beyond, and ensure the team’s work is coherent, evidence-led and delivered to a high standard.

You will be an experienced manager with strong monitoring, evaluation and learning skills and a track record of developing, managing and delivering projects and programmes in a complex organisation. You will be confident designing MEL approaches such as theories of change and logic models, and creating quantitative and qualitative tools to gather evidence on outcomes and impact. Importantly, your experience will include using evidence to generate insight, communicate learning and support decision-making at an institutional level.

An effective communicator and relationship-builder, you will be comfortable working with senior colleagues and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, able to synthesise complex information for non-specialist audiences and translate evaluation findings into practical improvements. You will be organised, collaborative and able to balance strategic thinking with effective day-to-day delivery, while supporting colleagues to develop and succeed. Familiarity with higher education institutional reporting, such as KEF or HE-BCI, will also…