Evaluation Specialist: Associate / Associate Director

• Provide strategic leadership for the consultancy’s transport evaluation portfolio, positioning Steer as a recognised leader in Monitoring and Evaluation for transport and mobility.
• Build on the Steer’s growing credentials in the sector, identifying opportunities to expand influence and impact with key clients.
• Leverage expertise across the wider organisation to deliver integrated, cross-cutting evaluation offers.
• Act as senior representative of the firm in the transport evaluation field, engaging with policy-makers, academics, and professional networks.

• Lead the design and implementation of complex evaluations in the transport sector, ensuring methodological rigour and relevance.
• Provide technical direction on evaluation methodologies.
• Ensure evaluations integrate sector-specific dimensions such as modal shift, accessibility, safety, equity, climate and environmental impacts, and cost-benefit analysis.
• Act as a thought leader, producing and disseminating insights, learning products, and guidance on evaluation approaches in the transport domain.

• Serve as senior advisor to clients including government departments and public sector bodies.
• Build and maintain trusted long-term relationships with senior stakeholders, providing evidence-based advice to inform strategic decisions in transport policy and programming.

• Represent Steer at conferences, industry panels, and thought-leadership events.

• Drive growth of the transport evaluation portfolio through successful leadership of bids and proposals.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities, cultivating partnerships and alliances that strengthen Steer’s market position.
• Contribute to Steer-wide strategic planning, helping shape the consultancy’s long-term vision for monitoring and evaluation.

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs on time and within budget.
• Mentor and coach colleagues at all levels, building in-house expertise in monitoring and evaluation.
• Work with the senior team to promote a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and learning across the practice.

• Degree in social science subject or equivalent experience in a related discipline

• 10+ years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation, with significant focus on transport and infrastructure programmes.
• Proven track record of leading the design and delivery of large, complex transport evaluations at the regional and national level covering net zero, innovation, infrastructure, or devolved funding.
• Demonstrated expertise across a range of evaluation methodologies, including theory-based, experimental, and mixed-methods approaches.
• Experience in integrating sector-specific issues into evaluations, such as climate impacts, accessibility, safety, behaviour change, and equity.
• Strong portfolio of work with governments or other public sector organisations in the transport space.
• Evidence of thought leadership (e.g. publications, conference presentations, advisory roles).
• Experience winning and managing high-value contracts, and growing sector portfolios.

• Recognised technical authority in evaluation methods and application to transport.
• Strategic leadership skills with ability to build and grow a portfolio area.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior levels.
• Strong project and people management abilities, including mentoring and developing teams.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with ability to present complex findings clearly to diverse audiences.

• Private medical insurance and health screening
• Life assurance and group income protection
• Company pension scheme
• EAP and mental health first aiders
• 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,
• Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,
• Group Share Incentive Plan,
• Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).

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