Impact Lead

Salary: 93900

Closing date: Tuesday 20 May 2025

Contract type: Permanent

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science leading policy and advocacy campaigns and building partnerships.

We plan to spend 16bn over the next ten years funding new discoveries in life health and wellbeing and taking on three global health challenges: mental health infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support but they wont be solved by science alone.

We are looking for an Impact Lead to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working

The role reports to the Associate Director (AD) Strategy you will provide support and expert advice to teams to integrate impact practices into their activities

The CEO Office is a central nexus for ensuring the organisations resources processes and activities are aligned to deliver Wellcomes mission and strategy. It has a crucial role in developing Wellcomes strategy related programmes and initiatives and monitoring organisational impact.

What will I be doing

Your role is to develop and implement comprehensive impact measurement frameworks to assess Wellcomes strategic progress and aid decisionmaking while also providing support and expert advice to teams to integrate impact practices into their activities

As an Impact Lead you will :

• Develop and integrate an impact measurement framework with Wellcomes Strategic Programmes and major missionrelated activities while formulating reporting approaches for the Executive Committee and Board.

• Equip and align Impact and Strategy teams to effectively collaborate with the Data & Digital team ensuring insights from impact measurements inform future programme design and delivery.

• Drive continuous improvement in impact practices at Wellcome by mentoring and incorporating the latest trends and insights.

• Foster an inclusive organisational culture manage and motivate a dynamic highimpact team and ensure alignment with Wellcomes values budget and governance.

• Adapt to role changes as required to support Wellcomes mission undertaking any additional duties as necessary.

• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me

The ideal candidate possesses substantial experience in designing and managing impact measurement frameworks particularly in science or health programmes and excels in deriving insights from data analysis. They demonstrate strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with a proven track record of delivering highquality projects within tight deadlines.

We are looking for someone with:

• Extensive experience in designing and managing impact measurement frameworks for science or health programmes aligned with Wellcomes mission and strategic priorities.

• Proficient in drawing insights from data analysis demonstrating strong analytical strategic thinking and problemsolving skills.

• Proven ability to deliver highquality projects within tight deadlines manage budgets and lead highperforming inclusive teams.

• Skilled in building strong relationships through excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups and job levels.

• Experience in leading work across teams coupled with strong leadership facilitation and adaptability to changing priorities and challenges.

• Selfmotivated and wellorganised with a flexible professional attitude and the ability to work effectively in a matrixed structure and under pressure.

To apply for this role please submit an update CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Minimum Criteria:

• Experience in designing and managing impact measurement frameworks including for science or health programmes

• Strong experience drawing insights from data analysis

• Ability to work on multiple pieces of work across stakeholder groups.

• Strong leadership and facilitation skills.

Interview dates: w/c 09/06 and 16/06

You can view the full job description on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment in which people can perform at their best.

At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair andinclusiveenvironment where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includesmaking adjustmentsfor people who have a disability or longterm visit our websitefor more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at.

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