Marie Curie Cancer Care
Job description
Job title
Fundraising Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Accountable to
Head of Innovation, Fundraising
Line Managed by
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Analytics Team
Job reference
LAE2017
Department
Technology, Digital and Analytics (TDA) and Fundraising
Location
London 89AE
Context
Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and
other illnesses. Over the financial year 2012/13, we cared for a total of 38,777 patients.
We are best known for our network of over 2,000 Marie Curie Nurses, who work in the homes of
terminally ill patients across the UK, providing practical care and support. Our nine Marie Curie
Hospices across the UK provide expert care and the best quality of life for people with cancer and
other illnesses. We are the biggest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS, and we are
expanding outpatient and day services at all our hospices. We are also a leader in research into
the best ways of caring for people with terminal illnesses, and how care could be improved in future,
and we campaign for more patients to be able to be cared for and die in their place of choice.
In order to provide and grow these services, Marie Curie deliver a wide range of fundraising
products, including direct marketing, regular giving, legacies, community events, major gifts and
corporate fundraising. In 2012/13, we raised a total of £83.6m in voluntary income, and we hope to
grow this to £100m+ over the next few years. This growth is dependent on our ability to improve
our understanding of what drives the performance of our fundraising products, which is why a
fundraising monitoring and evaluation role is being created.
This post sits between the Fundraising and Analytics teams. The role holder is ultimately
accountable to Fundraising, will be line-managed by the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager in the
Analytics team, and will work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation officer who focusses on the
evaluation of services delivered to patients and families. This new role forms part of our strategy to
build monitoring and evaluation support and expertise across the organisation. This role will be key
to enabling the charity to increase the net income from our Fundraising products that make our
charitable activities possible.
Primary Job Purpose
To manage the monitoring and evaluation of a wide range of fundraising products delivered by
Marie Curie Cancer Care. This will include using your qualitative and quantitative analytical skills to
provide insight into what these data mean for the charity. You will also design fundraising product
reviews and evaluations; undertake evaluation fieldwork, desk research and analysis; present
findings to a range of audiences, both in writing and in person; and work closely with colleagues
involved in fundraising product design and execution.
You will be required to:
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Manage and advise on the design of evaluations of fundraising products.
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Use your analytical skills to produce succinct insights into the operational implications of the
data and deliver recommendations for business improvements.
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Gather data, both through fieldwork such as depth interviews, focus groups and surveys,
and from management information systems, adhering to the charity’s data protection and
ethical standards. As Marie Curie has fundraising offices across the UK, this may require
some travel.
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Use a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse the data gathered by yourself
and others, and provide informal peer-review of analysis that others have undertaken.
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Write up findings for a range of audiences, with a particular focus on concise, non-technical
summaries which can be used to inform the decision-making of managers within
Fundraising and Marketing.

Project manage a portfolio of fundraising product reviews and evaluations.

Provide advice to Fundraising and Marketing colleagues on conducting their own evaluation
work through the developing Evaluation Toolkit.
Your work should facilitate a learning culture within the organisation and should seek to engage
actively individuals from across the organisation in the development of evaluation projects and in
consideration of the ways in which the learning generated may change practice.
Key Responsibilities
1. To lead on the delivery of fundraising product reviews and evaluations, ensuring high quality
outputs against agreed milestones.
2. To use your analytical skills to turn large volumes of data into succinct insights to support
operational decision-making.
3. To use your knowledge of research methods to design fundraising product reviews and
evaluations (e.g. considering sampling, qualitative topic guides, survey design).
4. To conduct evaluation fieldwork for a range of projects in the Marie Curie evaluation portfolio.
This will include qualitative in-depth interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
5. To analyse a range of evaluation data, which you may or may not have collected yourself, using
your own quantitative, qualitative and problem structuring skills as well as the skills of others in
the directorate team, drawing on the expertise of academic partners where appropriate.
6. To support teams across the organisation to adopt appropriate evaluation design, analysis and
reporting through the new Evaluation Toolkit.
7. To support the strategic activities of both the Fundraising and the TDA Directorates which aim to
create a more evidence-aware culture within the charity.
General
In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, all Marie Curie
Cancer Care employees should be aware of their specific responsibilities towards the following:

Marie Curie Cancer Care operates a no-smoking policy. The post holder should either be a nonsmoker or be prepared not to smoke in any Charity premises, grounds or vehicles or when on
Marie Curie Cancer Care business outside the office.

Adhere to all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Charity in
maintaining good standards of health and safety.

Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the
Charity into disrepute.

Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the
Charity.

Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or
occupational standards associated with the role.

Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any
training relevant to the role.

For designated roles, the post holder will be responsible for health & safety, business continuity
planning and/or risk management. (These responsibilities will be notified on appointment).

Marie Curie Cancer Care is committed to encouraging volunteering throughout the organisation
and as such the post holder will be expected to support and respect volunteers, and may be
asked to work alongside or supervise a volunteer as part of their role whilst working at Marie
Curie Cancer Care.
This job description is not exhaustive. It merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the
changing requirements of the charity at any time after discussion with the post holder
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Person Specification
Job title:
Fundraising Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Job reference:
LAE2017
Criteria
Essential
Desirable
Skills /
Abilities
Expertise in evaluation
techniques – defining
evaluation questions, revealing
assumptions, using a range of
methods to collect and analyse
data, drawing insightful
conclusions and identifying
implications for practice.
Expertise in survey
methodologies, including
questionnaire design and
sampling, and
experience of managing
survey fieldwork.
Project Management
expertise – skilled in use
of tools of project
management.
Expertise in quantitative
research methods, including the
analysis of products /
administrative data.
Expertise in specialist
software, e.g. SPSS,
Visio, qualitative analysis
software.
Ability to present information
clearly, concisely and
appropriately for an intended
audience, both in writing and in
person.
Experiencing of A / B
testing
IT literate – able to use Word,
Excel, PowerPoint to a high
standard
Interview
Examples of
previous
work
CV
Experience of economic
evaluation methods.
Expertise in qualitative research
methods, including research
design, sampling, undertaking
fieldwork, coding responses
and rigorous thematic analysis.
Able to set own plans and
priorities, and mange own
workload to meet targets and
timescales.
How
assessed
Able to communicate with
fundraising and delivery teams
in order to describe and define
aims and outcomes for
evaluation
Knowledge
Knowledge and experience in
defining evaluation protocols
and range of qualitative
evaluation methodologies
Specialised analytical
knowledge of
economics, statistics or
social research
Knowledge of a range of
quantitative and qualitative
research methods, as well as
experimental design
Understanding of how to
synthesise data from
mixed methodologies.
Knowledge of ethical issues for
research and evaluation
Knowledge about
fundraising best practice
Qualifications, Undergraduate degree in
training and
relevant field
education
Formal training in quantitative
and qualitative research
methods
Experience
Other
requirements
Proven track record of
collecting, analysing and
presenting evaluation data to a
high standard.
Willing to travel, sometimes
overnight, across the UK
Interview
CV
Experience of providing
analysis to support
fundraising decisions
Interview
CV
Interview
Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments to these criteria will be considered to accommodate personal circumstances such as
disabilities
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Terms and conditions
Job title
Fundraising Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Job reference
LAE2017
Salary scale
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Salary
£28,986 to £32,206 plus London Allowance of £2,550 per annum
Annual leave entitlement
25 days per year, plus bank holidays
Notice period
One month after probation period
Working hours
35 hours per week,
Probationary period
Six months
Other benefits

Stakeholders Pension Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Bike Loan
Closing date:
15/07/2014