Naomi Pollard
I help organisations design and deliver research and evaluation projects that drive social change.
BA Politics & French, MSc Media & Communication (with research methods), PGCE Social Science
My work draws on 20 years’ research and teaching experience. Starting my career at Ipsos MORI and ippr, I was then a secondary school and sixth form teacher for nine years before returning to research and evaluation consultancy in 2018.
Experience of working across a plethora of policy areas, with a particular expertise in education. Passionate about ensuring research represents, engages and empowers those with lived experience of social injustice and marginalisation.
Deep expertise in designing and undertaking qualitative research and evaluation projects involving a wide range of participants, including organisations’ clients, employees and stakeholders. Also highly experienced in survey design, analysis and desk research. I love working with clients to produce accessible, articulate and impactful project outputs.
How would you describe yourself or your work in a few words?
Listening, articulating, empowering
Recent clients
- The Refugee Council's Lived Experience Career Development Programme research and subsequent pilot programme evaluation.
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning for the Alzheimer's Society's Leadership Development Programme.
- Training for postgraduate students on UCL Evaluation Exchange's Evaluation Training for Community Consultancy.
- Design and analysis of the Refugee Council's employee engagement research.
What do you like to do for fun?
Paddle boarding, yoga, cooking and hanging out with my kids and cats (not all at the same time if I can avoid it!)
If you had a day where you could do absolutely anything, what would you do?
A little bit of each of the above