Youth Sport Trust exists to improve the lives of young people through the power of sport and play. For over 25 years, we have been creating, developing and delivering programmes and initiatives that improve wellbeing and equip young people with vital skills for life. In 2020 we were ranked one of the best places to work in the UK in the Sunday Times Top 100, Not-for-Profit, Companies to Work For awards.
As an evidence-led charity, research is at the heart of everything we do and our Research and Insight team are focused on positioning us as the leading authority on youth sport, PE and physical activity. The team are now looking for an Evaluation & Research Officer to join them and help deliver our insight strategy by delivering high quality research and evaluation services.
Join us as a Evaluation & Research Officer and you will collaborate with colleagues to monitor and evaluate activities ensuring that we can effectively evidence our reach and impact. You, as our Evaluation & Research Officer, will deliver high quality research and evaluations by undertaking both qualitative and quantitative research work as well as compiling research briefs and overseeing the work of external research partners. You will also ensure results are effectively communicated to internal and external stakeholders. Your remit will include identifying and interpreting secondary research and data to improve our internal intelligence, driving learning and informing policy and advocacy work too. Your ability to use insight to support continuous improvement across the organisation will be vital to the charity's work.
With strong project management skills and extensive experience of primary research techniques and methodologies, the Evaluation & Research Officer will have experience of scoping, commissioning, conducting and managing evaluation and research projects. You also will have the ability to apply creative and advanced statistical analysis and interpretation to both internal and external datasets. Comfortable sourcing data on the internet and in professional and academic publications, you will be familiar with carrying out literature reviews and secondary data analysis and will be effective at presenting information in an accessible way that is appropriate to the audience. Knowledge of the principles of questionnaire design and research methodologies as well as an understanding of research ethics and data protection will be needed too.
In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving young people's lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values of trust, responsibility, integrity and partnership working underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days.
If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you. Please go to our website via the link and apply online for Evaluation & Research Officer.
Youth Sport Trust positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
Evaluation & Research Officer - Closing Date: 10am on 26 May 2021
Interviews for Evaluation & Research Officer: 7 June 2021, via Zoom
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