External Evaluator

Culture Jobs is seeking a freelance External Evaluator for the Cheltenham’s BIG Museum Project in Gloucestershire, UK. The role involves assessing the project's impact and producing an evaluation report and framework. The contract runs from March 2025 to July 2027, with a budget of £10,000. The organization values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Proposals are due by 12pm on March 3, 2025.
Job details

External Evaluator
Hours: Freelance/Part-time
Maximum budget £10,000 (inclusive of VAT, travel and expenses)

Please visit https://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/jobs/ to download the Project Evaluation Brief before applying.

The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum is a welcoming social and cultural space where everyone can discover, learn, and enjoy as visitors, co-producers, artists, and makers.

We are looking for an experienced evaluator to help us evidence the impact of our National Lottery Heritage Funded Cheltenham’s BIG Museum Project. Cheltenham’s BIG Museum Project aims to reinterpret and redisplay the Wilson’s collections galleries through community-led work with Cheltenham’s communities.

The Evaluator will examine the impact of Cheltenham’s BIG Museum Project, in response to the work generated by the project (such as training and development and innovative approaches to enhancing greater engagement with new and underserved audiences). The outputs of the contract brief are:

• A comprehensive and useful evaluation report for the project which will be appropriate for both internal audiences and our funders, primarily NLHF.
• An evaluation framework to capture evidence around the project objectives and outcomes throughout the life of the project.

The Wilson is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. We aim to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.

This is a freelance contract, which will run from March 2025 to July 2027. The maximum budget is £10,000 (inclusive of VAT, travel and expenses).

Cheltenham’s BIG Museum Project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to create a space that celebrates Cheltenham’s heritage. The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage.

Please visit https://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/jobs/ to download the Project Evaluation Brief before applying.

Quotations must be emailed to phillippa.turner@cheltenhamtrust.org.uk with the email header “External Evaluator Tender”.

Any proposals received after the deadline will be disqualified from the process. All proposals should be a maximum of 10 pages in length.

Tenders must be received by 12pm Monday 3 March 2025.