Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) – Learning & Monitoring Officer

Job Description

The job description does not give a complete list of duties, rather a broader range of responsibilities and performance indicators. It is subject to review and change.

1. Overall

Responsible and Accountable to Programme Manager - Bristol Ageing Better

Hours Full Time (35 hours per week)

Dependencies The post holder is required to provide suitable references and complete a 26 week probationary period.

2. Job purpose

Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) works with local organisations to help older peopleacross the city live fulfilling lives.

We create an environment in which our partner organisations can deliver effectiveservices, share their knowledge of what works and be noticed by the people whomatter. 

The main purpose of this role is to work with the BAB Programme Management team supporting the gathering of learning and evidence from the BAB programme, and create opportunities to share this learning and evidence through the BAB partnership:

To:

Work with the Programme Management team, Delivery partners and local evaluators to capture and share learning and monitoring from the BAB Programme

Establish and coordinate a learning network for the BAB Programme Work with partners to maximise the learning, evidence and evaluation from BAB-

funded projects

3. Main duties and responsibilities

(a) Develop the mechanism and processes to capture and share learning and evidence from the BAB Programme

To:

Support the Programme Manager to develop and maintain effective systems for the capturing of learning from all BAB delivery partners

Design and coordinate a range of learning networks for the BAB Programme Be responsible for planning any BAB meetings and events relating to sharing

learning Ensure that learning and evidence from the BAB programme is communicated to

other Ageing Better areas and Big Lottery Fund Work with the Programme Management team to identify new opportunities to share

learning and evidence from the BAB Programme Produce materials and reports to summarise and share the learning from the BAB

programme

(b) Maximise evidence and evaluation from BAB partners

To:

Work with the Programme Manager and Contracts & Finance Officer to ensure that delivery partners are fulfilling contractual obligations relating to monitoring and evaluation

Support the BAB Community Researchers and local evaluation team in undertaking bespoke evaluation of BAB projects

Support the BAB Community Researchers to maximise returns of the BAB Common Measure Framework (CMF) evaluation toolkit

Work with national evaluators Ecorys to produce suitable translated versions of the CMF

Ensure that all CMF data entered onto the national website is robust and quality checked

Be first point of contact (whilst working closely with local evaluation lead) for any evaluation enquiries from BAB delivery partners

4. Other

To:

Work alongside BAB volunteers and provide support when required Act as an ambassador for the BAB programme Promote positive images of ageing and work to dispel negative stereotypes of older

people

5. General

To: Work within the values, beliefs and policies of both Age UK Bristol and BAB at all

times and to promote these to service users, carers and other stakeholders. Take part in line management supervision and appraisal as required. Undertake other tasks commensurate with the position as required.

6. ReviewThis job description will be reviewed annually and revised as necessary.

7. Person Specification This document sets out the skills and experience required for this post and will be used for shortlisting and interviewing candidates. All are essential except where indicated as desirable.

Requirements

Qualifications

Educated to degree level (desirable)

Experience of

Capturing and/or facilitating learning

Working in partnership with a range of organisations to achieve common goals

Using a range of tools to evaluate / monitor community projects

Working with older people (desirable)

Working in the voluntary sector (desirable)

Knowledge of

Different approaches to capturing learning around delivery and project management

The issues faced by older people who are lonely and isolated (desirable)

An understanding of Bristol (desirable)

Skills & Abilities:

Excellent administration skills and attention to detail

Ability to produce and present reports and summarise (verbally and written) in a clear focused way

Ability to organise and facilitate groups and meetings

Good IT skills including MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint

Time management, including the ability to be flexible, prioritise competing demands and manage a varied workload

Personal attributes:

Commitment to working in an inclusive, team-focussed way

Commitment to put older people at the heart of the programme

Willing to work outside of office hours on occasion

Dependable and able to work independently at times using own initiative