Data & Impact Office

Data & Impact Officer

• Contract type: 37.5 hours per week, fixed term to 31 March 2028 with possible extension
• Location: Hybrid/field based including 2 days a week in the St Ives office
• Salary: £28,000-32,000

About Us

At Living Better, our purpose is simple: to improve health, happiness and wellbeing by supporting people to be active.

We work across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to create more opportunities for people to move more and enjoy the benefits of sport and physical activity. By connecting partners, influencing change and strengthening local people and organisations, we help communities deliver high-quality, inclusive opportunities that make a lasting difference.

We are an ambitious, energetic and supportive team looking for a colleague who shares our values and wants to make a meaningful impact. You will be trusted to take ownership, encouraged to bring fresh ideas and supported to grow in an inclusive working environment built on collaboration and respect.

In return, we offer flexible hybrid working, a positive and people-focused culture, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and work-life balance. We offer:

· Enrolment to the Health Shield Health Scheme including health cash plans and wellbeing services

· Cycle to work scheme

· Access to a pension scheme

· Hybrid working – staff are expected to work at the office twice a week

· 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year

· Volunteer Day – an additional day of paid leave each year to volunteer in the local community

We are proud to be one of 42 Active Partnerships across the country funded by Sport England. Join us on a positive journey to impact change in the communities we serve.

About the role

Living Better’s Data & Impact Officer will provide dedicated data, reporting, insight and evaluation support to the Peterborough Place-Based Partnership (known as PULSE) and other programmes, ensuring high-quality evidence is available to support programme delivery, learning, governance and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will own the day-to-day production of reporting, working with thematic leads and programme teams to collect, manage and analyse data and translate it into clear, useful insight. The role will maintain reporting systems and dashboards, support monitoring and evaluation activity, and bring together programme data, community insight and learning to demonstrate progress and impact.

• Contract type: 37.5 hours per week, fixed term to 31 March 2028 with possible extension
• Location: Hybrid/field based including 2 days a week in the St Ives office
• Salary: £28,000-32,000

Job Purpose

Living Better’s Data & Impact Officer will provide dedicated data, reporting, insight and evaluation support to the Peterborough Place-Based Partnership (known as PULSE) and wider project portfolio. The role will ensure high-quality evidence is available to support programme delivery, learning, governance and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will own the day-to-day production of evaluation and monitoring reports, working with thematic leads and programme teams to collect, manage and analyse data and translate it into clear, useful insight. The role will maintain reporting systems and dashboards, support monitoring and evaluation activity, and bring together programme data, community insight and learning to demonstrate progress and impact.

Key Responsibilities

PULSE Data, Reporting and Dashboards

• Own the day-to-day reporting cycle(s), coordinating data collection, validation, analysis and reporting outputs.
• Create and maintain dashboards, data systems and reporting products.
• Produce regular reporting, place and ward-level analysis, participation trends and insight summaries for thematic leads and programme teams within Living Better and for partners.
• Prepare accurate and timely data and evidence for relevant funder and governance reporting.

Analysis, Insight and Evaluation

• Analyse quantitative and qualitative programme data to identify progress, trends, emerging issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate data into clear and accessible insight that supports programme delivery and decision-making.
• Support the implementation of programme monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks and Theory of Change.
• Collect and analyse evidence for Test and Learn activity and support the use of Sport England Place evaluation tools and approaches such as System Maturity Matrix and Configurational Comparative Analysis.

Community and Partner Insight

• Bring together programme data with community insight, youth voice, surveys, lived experience and engagement information.
• Be closely involved with the wider PULSE team in Peterborough to coordinate feedback and learning processes that enable community insight to inform programme development, using approaches such as Appreciative Inquiry.
• Work with thematic leads and partners to understand reporting needs and develop useful data and insight products.
• Support colleagues and partners to understand and use evidence effectively.

Data Quality and Governance

• Maintain high standards of accuracy, consistency and completeness across data and reporting.
• Identify and resolve data-quality issues and gaps, escalating more complex issues where appropriate.
• Support appropriate and ethical use and sharing of data, working within organisational information governance and data protection requirements.
• Maintain appropriate records and documentation relating to data, reporting and evaluation activity.

Learning and Impact

• Produce insight that supports programme learning, continuous improvement and governance.
• Contribute to six-monthly insight and impact reporting for PULSE.
• Use relevant impact and social value tools, including Moving Communities Place, to support understanding of progress and impact.
• Identify emerging themes within evidence and work with the Senior Data & Impact Officer to interpret and communicate them.

Research and Continuous Improvement

• Support external evaluation, research activity and academic partnerships
• Coordinate data and information requirements for research placements and external evaluators.
• Contribute to improving data, reporting and evaluation processes.
• Work with the Senior Data & Impact Officer to develop analytical and evaluation capability.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in a data, insight, monitoring, evaluation or reporting role within public health, education, sport, community development or a similar field.
• Familiarity with evaluation and learning approaches that can be applied to system change is desirable.
• Experience producing reports, dashboards or data products for programme or service teams.
• Experience supporting or delivering evaluation frameworks and monitoring systems.
• Experience analysing quantitative and/or qualitative information and translating fin