Senior Research and Evaluation Officer - parental leave cover

Job summary including context
Young Women’s Trust champions young women aged 18 to 30 on low or no pay. We’re here to create a more equal world of work and raise young women’s incomes. 

We offer young women free coaching, feedback on job applications and information to help them get where they want to be. We bring together a network of thousands of young women to support each other, build their self-belief, and have their voices heard. We work with young women to campaign for equality in the workplace. And our research provides insight into what young women’s lives are really like, fuelling our campaigns for change. 

Working closely with the Research Lead and forming part of the Communications, Campaigns and Research team, the Senior Research and Evaluation Officer is responsible for conducting and supporting the production of high quality research and evidence to help Young Women’s Trust achieve our strategic goals and demonstrate our impact. 

As we enter the third year of our six year strategy, our focus is on growing the profile, reach and impact of our Research Centre by building strong partnerships, securing funding for our research pipeline and continuing our programme of high quality, accessible peer research.  

We’re looking for an experienced researcher and evaluation expert who can support us in these aims and manage our cross organisational approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning to ensure we are achieving our strategic objectives and effectively demonstrating the impact of all of our work. 

EDI statement and sense of flexible working and workplace culture
Young Women’s Trust strives to be an inclusive and representative organisation. We are committed to appointing individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, lived experiences and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from communities under-represented in our organisation, including ethnically minoritized and disabled individuals. We use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to disability or race. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our process, we will seek to take forward the disabled or Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidate in order to diversify our staff team. 

You’ll be joining a team that will embrace your ideas and support and encourage you to bring your whole self to work. 

We can make reasonable adjustments throughout the application process and on the job. If you have particular accessibility needs, please get in touch and let us know any requirements you may have. 

Young Women’s Trust is a Living Wage employer and we commit to Show the Salary for every job we advertise. Non-graduates are welcome and we offer a wide range of flexible working options including job share, part-time and compressed hours, different start and finish times and working from home. 

We offer: 

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays – rising annually to a maximum of 30 days   
• Enhanced parental leave irrespective of length of service 
  • Up to 52 weeks maternity leave - 26 weeks at normal rate of pay, 13 weeks Statutory Maternity Pay, 13 weeks unpaid 
  • Up to 26 weeks new parents leave at your normal rate of pay 
• 2 annual wellbeing days  
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Learning and development budget 
• Flexible working which is fully embedded in our working culture 

Deadline to apply: Midday on Tuesday 28th January 

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role.  We are not able to sponsor work visas for non-British applicants.