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The Senior Economist / Evidence and Evaluation Manager will work in a dedicated Impact and Evidence directorate, working at the heart of Youth Futures Foundation.

You will be central to our ambition to create the largest repository of robust evidence and evaluations of what
works to support young people into good jobs. In the directorate, you will support the Heads of Evaluation, the
Deputy Director and Director to ensure all Youth Futures’ investments are designed to provide robust evidence
of what works. Primarily, you will support the Heads of Evaluation and the Deputy Director in the design of new
impact evaluations and lead on their commissioning and management.

Our priority for this post holder is to work on our What Works Programme 2, which designs and funds impact
evaluations, including (Randomised Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental designs) of youth employment
interventions.

The Senior Economist / Evidence and Evaluation Manager will also contribute to the development of our suite
of ‘evaluation architecture’, enhancing our data infrastructure and administrative dataset access, as well as
methodological guidance and standards. These will ensure that, as the What Works Centre for youth
employment, our evidence is as credible and useful as possible.

You will additionally support other aspects of the Evidence and Evaluation team’s commissioning. This may
include developing policies and processes supporting effective evaluation methodology design, working
closely with Youth Futures’ Programmes and Grants directorate. You will also work with our Policy and
Communications and Employer Engagement directorates to ensure that all evaluation and evidence outputs
are high quality and make clear, practical and impactful recommendations for practice and policy.

We are a multi-disciplinary team, and we welcome applications from those who have interest and experience
in impact evaluation gained through commissioning or delivery experience.

This role can be based at any of our hubs located in London, Birmingham or Leeds.  We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.

For more information, please download the job recruitment pack.

The young people we aim to serve – and the challenges they face - are all unique. We are looking to build a team that reflects this diversity. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, class, religion, identity, and experience forms the cornerstone of our work. We are an equal opportunities, Living Wage and Disability Confident employer and encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds representative of our communities.  We offer a welcoming and inclusive workplace, where employees are encouraged to have a voice.