Interim Evidence and Evaluation Manager (9-month FTC)
Hybrid working, two days per week in one of three hubs (London, Birmingham, Leeds), three days remote
£35,000 – £45,000 per annum (pro-rata) + benefits
Full time, 9-month contract, possibility of longer, secondments considered
Closing date: As soon as possible for immediate or ASAP start
£35,000 – £45,000 per annum (pro-rata) + benefits
Full time, 9-month contract, possibility of longer, secondments considered
Closing date: As soon as possible for immediate or ASAP start
Youth Futures Foundation
Youth Futures Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation established in December 2019 to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Youth Futures launched with an initial endowment of £90 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme and, in January 2022, the government announced that they had been allocated a further £20 million. They are a full member of the What Works Network.
Youth Futures Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation established in December 2019 to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Youth Futures launched with an initial endowment of £90 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme and, in January 2022, the government announced that they had been allocated a further £20 million. They are a full member of the What Works Network.
Role:
Our client is seeking an Evidence and Evaluation Manager on a 9-month contract to join their dedicated Impact and Evidence team, working at the heart of Youth Futures Foundation. You will be crucial to Youth Future’s ambition to hold the largest repository of robust evidence and evaluations of what works to support young people into good jobs. You will support the Head of Evidence and Evaluation and Director of Impact and Evidence to ensure all Youth Futures’ investments are designed to provide robust evidence of what works. You will design and commission evaluations for several funding streams, including our flagship What Works Programme, supporting the highest quality evaluations of youth labour market interventions, systems change and employer funds.
The Evidence and Evaluation Manager will support all aspects of Youth Futures evaluations, from design to impact. This will include supporting effective fund / trial design, working closely with Youth Futures’ Grants and Investment team to ensure funded programmes are supported within the set-up phase; supporting grantees through their evaluation journey and ensuring that all evaluation and evidence outputs are consistently of high quality and make clear, practical and impactful recommendations for practice and policy, working closely with their policy, comms and strategy teams.
Our client is seeking an Evidence and Evaluation Manager on a 9-month contract to join their dedicated Impact and Evidence team, working at the heart of Youth Futures Foundation. You will be crucial to Youth Future’s ambition to hold the largest repository of robust evidence and evaluations of what works to support young people into good jobs. You will support the Head of Evidence and Evaluation and Director of Impact and Evidence to ensure all Youth Futures’ investments are designed to provide robust evidence of what works. You will design and commission evaluations for several funding streams, including our flagship What Works Programme, supporting the highest quality evaluations of youth labour market interventions, systems change and employer funds.
The Evidence and Evaluation Manager will support all aspects of Youth Futures evaluations, from design to impact. This will include supporting effective fund / trial design, working closely with Youth Futures’ Grants and Investment team to ensure funded programmes are supported within the set-up phase; supporting grantees through their evaluation journey and ensuring that all evaluation and evidence outputs are consistently of high quality and make clear, practical and impactful recommendations for practice and policy, working closely with their policy, comms and strategy teams.
Candidate:
Please see the full Job Description for further details.
- Significant experience and strong interest in evaluation methodologies (Including programme theory, process, impact evaluation and RCT trial design) gained within a commissioning or research setting
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative methods skills / commissioning experience – with econometric and advanced statistics particularly desirable
- An excellent track record in project-managing successful research and evaluation projects from design to dissemination
- Good experience of critically appraising qualitative and quantitative data, and ideally, youth employment evidence and literature
- An analytical, critical thinker with a flair for robust evaluation strategy
- Ability to lead evaluation design
- An excellent manager of evidence and evaluation projects (ideally within the commissioned research and evaluation field)
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative research skills.
Please see the full Job Description for further details.
As specialist recruiters we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a separate Personal Statement (max two sides of A4) to [email protected]
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a separate Personal Statement (max two sides of A4) to [email protected]