The Youth Endowment Fund Senior Evaluation Manager - Full time? Reports to: Head of Evaluation
Salary: £50,600
Contract: 1-year fixed term - potential to extend
Location: Central London, Hybrid*
Application closing: 5pm, Friday 3 January 2025
We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
The Senior Evaluation Manager will play a key role in supporting the Head of Evaluation to lead elements of evaluation work. The post holder will also lead a team of Evaluation Managers, ensuring they have the support to deliver a portfolio of evaluation projects.?
The Senior Evaluation Manager will play a key role in supporting the Head of Evaluation and Assistant Director of Evaluation to lead elements of evaluation work. The postholder's responsibilities will include:?
Develop and implement processes to assess the quality of evidence in funding applications and provide recommendations to the Grants and Evaluation Committee. Lead the delivery of YEF's evaluation work, designing, commissioning and managing complex and large-scale evaluations. Be responsible for the ongoing development of YEF's commissioning guidance. Supervise and project manage the team's evaluation work, providing quality assurance and monitoring of progress against project plans and project budgets. About you: You're an excellent communicator. You can produce technical documents that accurately report methodological and statistical information. You have strong knowledge, experience and technical expertise in evaluation methodologies. You have strong relationship management skills. You're comfortable working with a wide range of people, including senior academics and other research experts, children and their families, practitioners, and policy makers.