Portsmouth City Council have an exciting opportunity for a Place Partnership Evaluation Specialist who will lead the evaluation of Sport England’s Place Partnership investment in Portsmouth.

Location: Portsmouth
Contract: Fixed term
Hours: 22 hours per week
Salary: £42,838 – £47,181 per annum (£25,471 – £28,053 for 22 hours)

Help to build understanding, strengthen learning and create the conditions for a more active Portsmouth.

In this role, you will be responsible for establishing and implementing practical evaluation and learning frameworks, utilising both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Ensuring learning is fed back into the Place Partnership to help partners decide what to start, stop or continue.

The role will also play an important part in building capacity in evaluation and learning across the system. You will help us understand what works, for whom, under what circumstances and why.

Hosted within HDRC Portsmouth, you will benefit from a supportive research environment while playing a central role in delivering evaluation and learning for the Place Partnership programme.

You will have strong research and evaluation skills, excellent relationship-building abilities and a genuine interest in systems thinking, learning and tackling health inequalities.

For full person details, please review ‘who is the person’ on the job profile on the Portsmouth City Council website.

To apply for this role, visit the Portsmouth City Council website and follow the steps.

Applications close: 6 September 2026

Interview date: 29 September 2026

Should you require any support in completing the application form, contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk