Jane's responsibilities will include managing NCB's research and evaluation programme, ensuring that work is evidence-based, evaluated and impacts on the lives of all children and young people. Jane will also be involved in the corporate management of the organisation.
Previously, Jane was director of the qualitative research unit at the National Centre for Social Research, the largest independent social research institute in Britain. With over 13 years of policy research experience, Jane has also co-authored Quality in Qualitative Evaluation, a framework for assessing research evidence published by GSRU, and is joint editor of Qualitative Research Practice published by Sage.