Senior Manager, Insight & Evaluation (Comms)

Senior Manager, Insight & Evaluation

Salary: £53,000 - £56,000 plus benefits

Directorate: Public Information & Communications (PIC)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: 9 August 2026 at 23:55

Recruitment Process: Two-stage interview process

Interview Dates: First stage: Week commencing 17 August 2026 | Second stage: Week commencing 31 August 2026

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

Data, insight and evidence are at the heart of great communications. We are looking for an experienced insight and evaluation professional to join our growing team and help Cancer Research UK to deliver more impactful communications and campaigns.

What will I be doing?

• Deliver high-quality insight, research and evaluation projects that deepen understanding of key audiences and support effective communications and campaigns.
• Provide clear, compelling and actionable analysis that enables evidence-based decision making.
• Act as a subject matter expert on audience insight, evaluation approaches and measurement methodologies.
• Support effective communications planning by identifying opportunities to integrate data and evidence into our strategies and grids.
• Promote a culture of insight by coaching and upskilling colleagues on best practices of communications measurement.
• Lead on the use of social listening, audience analysis and evaluation tools across the communications department and wider charity.
• Build strong relationships across Cancer Research UK and influence stakeholders to adopt insight-led approaches.

What are we looking for?

• Significant experience delivering rigorous insight, research and evaluation projects in the field of communications.
• Strong understanding of communications insight and evaluation methodologies.
• Experience using traditional communications measurement tools and frameworks, as well as a working knowledge of social listening, audience segmentation and digital engagement tracking.
• Proficiency in using evidence to inform communications planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at [email protected].

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.