Streetwise Opera is looking for a freelance Monitoring & Evaluation Partner to help us understand and articulate the impact of our work, at a particularly significant moment in our history. Contract, fee and timing: £6,500 total fee (inclusive of VAT, if applicable). Work to be delivered between September 2026 - October 2027. This is an advert for a contract for services, not employment, i.e. we are advertising for consultants to tender for the work. We are approaching our 25th anniversary in 2027 and have been awarded funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver a major heritage project that will celebrate Streetwise Opera's past as well as looking to its future. This project will create a new digital archive and public exhibition celebrating Streetwise Opera's history. The role offers the chance to review our existing evaluation framework and incorporate new elements in order to fully evaluate the impact of this landmark project, working closely with our staff team, participants and heritage partners. Location: Working from home, with travel to in-person meetings and sessions in London, Manchester and Nottingham. We are looking for someone with strong experience of monitoring and evaluation, qualitative and quantitative research, theories of change and co-production. They will be able to communicate complex findings clearly and sensitively, generate creative and practical approaches to evaluation, and work confidently with people who have lived experience of homelessness, trauma or social exclusion. An understanding of the arts and heritage sectors is essential, and experience of evaluating arts, archive or exhibition projects would be particularly valuable. The partner will design a bespoke evaluation framework, grounded in our Theory of Change, to assess the project's impact on participants, the co-creation of the archive and exhibition, audience and visitor responses, and the reach and impact of the digital archive and oral histories. They will ensure evaluation is embedded throughout the project, develop accessible and effective monitoring tools, undertake research including surveys, interviews and focus groups, analyse findings and produce reports that support learning, fundraising and accountability to The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Please send the following to [email protected]: * A short proposal (no more than 2 pages) setting out your approach to this brief, including how you would prioritise your time across the two strands of work. Closing date for proposals: Thursday 4 September, at 4:00pm. Contract start: September / October 2026.Job Summary
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* A day-rate breakdown showing how you would allocate time across the contract period.
* One or two examples of similar / relevant evaluation work that you have carried out.
* A current CV or short professional bio (for example, a link to your LinkedIn profile).