Senior Evaluation Manager - Full time
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:
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Develop and implement processes to assess the quality of evidence in funding applications and provide recommendations to the Grants and Evaluation Committee.
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Lead the delivery of YEF’s evaluation work, designing, commissioning and managing complex and large-scale evaluations.
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Be responsible for the ongoing development of YEF’s commissioning guidance.
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Supervise and project manage the team’s evaluation work, providing quality assurance and monitoring of progress against project plans and project budgets.
About you:
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You’re an excellent communicator. You can produce technical documents that accurately report methodological and statistical information.
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You have strong knowledge, experience and technical expertise in evaluation methodologies.
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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.
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