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Jacqueline  Harrison

Jacqueline Harrison

York

Summary

  • Results-orientated evaluation and learning professional with 20 years' experience supporting charities and foundations to develop effective evaluation and learning approaches.
  • Expertise in codeveloping evaluation frameworks to embed organisational systems and cultures of evidence-informed improvement.
  • Specific areas of evaluation expertise: place-based and systems change approaches, strengthening communities, tackling social inequalities, wellbeing, culture and heritage.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
4005
4005
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Director of Evaluation and Learning

J Harrison Associates Limited
09.2023 - Current

Co-designing and developing evaluation strategies, frameworks, tools and approaches to embedded organisational and programme evaluation and learning practices:

  • Evaluation and learning strategic advice and development for the Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) and the Active Partnerships National Organisation (APNO)
  • Co-development of Theory of Change and data collection frameworks for Kew Gardens, Derby Museums and the London Transport Museum
  • Design and development of an interactive evidence repository for Guy's and St. Thomas' Foundation Trust

Head of Place-Based Evaluation

Youth Endowment Fund
05.2021 - 05.2023

Led the evaluation function of multi-million pound, multi-site, place-based funding rounds, which included leading on:

  • Organisational strategy for place-based/complex evaluation
  • Evaluation strategies and theories of change for major funding rounds
  • Commissioning/management of high quality evaluation consortia/partnerships
  • Lead for joint research programme with the Dept. of Education on systems of support for children and young people at risk of violence.

Head of Impact and Evaluation

Impact on Urban Health
10.2017 - 03.2021
  • Developed evaluation strategy, theory of change, KPIs and interactive performance dashboard
  • Developed evaluation strategies for four multi-year, multi-million pound place-based, urban health programmes
  • Commissioned and managed evaluation and learning partnerships
  • Evaluation capacity building and support for staff and grantees.

Head of Evaluation

Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
08.2013 - 10.2017
  • Developed charity's first ever evaluation strategy
  • Developed and managed strategic indicators
  • Developed charity's first annual impact report which informed new 5-year strategy
  • Designed and embedded organisational learning tools and processes
  • Assessed quality of evaluation across funds

Principal Consultant - Evaluation & Research

Shared Intelligence Ltd (public policy & research)
02.2008 - 08.2013
  • Led the company's health and inequality portfolio
  • Managed large teams to deliver UK-wide, multi-year complex evaluation and research projects on time and to budget
  • Led large, complex evaluations and research for UK government departments, local authority partnerships, foundations and charities
  • Specialised in complex evaluations using theory based, mixed methods
  • Designed and led learning events, networks and processes for government departments and charities.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

New Deal for Communities
Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham
05.2003 - 02.2008
  • Designed, prepared and submitted performance reports to enable accurate tracking of progress towards government targets.
  • Improved qualitative and quantitative evidence-gathering by developing and reviewing systematic indicator framework.
  • Commissioned and managed independent evaluations across all programme areas: health and wellbeing, community safety, community engagement, skills and employment, young people.


Education

Master of Science - Geographical Information Science

University of Nottingham
09/2001 - 09.2002

Bachelor of Science - Geography

Manchester Metropolitan University
09/1998 - 06.2001

Skills

  • Evaluation strategy co-design
  • Evaluation expertise in social inequalities and wellbeing, strengthening communities, culture and heritage
  • Evaluating complex, place-based and systems change programmes
  • Developing theories of change/theory-based evaluation methods
  • Mixed methods social research
  • Designing and embedding learning practices
  • Staff training and development for evaluation and learning

Timeline

Director of Evaluation and Learning

J Harrison Associates Limited
09.2023 - Current

Head of Place-Based Evaluation

Youth Endowment Fund
05.2021 - 05.2023

Head of Impact and Evaluation

Impact on Urban Health
10.2017 - 03.2021

Head of Evaluation

Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
08.2013 - 10.2017

Principal Consultant - Evaluation & Research

Shared Intelligence Ltd (public policy & research)
02.2008 - 08.2013

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

New Deal for Communities
05.2003 - 02.2008

Master of Science - Geographical Information Science

University of Nottingham
09/2001 - 09.2002

Bachelor of Science - Geography

Manchester Metropolitan University
09/1998 - 06.2001
Jacqueline Harrison