Careers
Thank you for your interest in working for the Youth Endowment Fund. Any vacancies will be listed below. For any queries on roles at YEF, please email recruitment@youthendowmentfund.org.uk
People & Operations Officer
Reports to: Assistant Director of People and Race Equity
Salary: £33,800
Contract: 2-year fixed term
Location: Office based – Central London
Application Deadline: 12pm on Thursday 24th April 2025
Interviews: commencing the week of 5th May 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.
Your focus will be to ensure that the office environment at YEF is a welcoming and inclusive one, being the first point of contact for new starters, employees and external stakeholders. You will be dedicated, in ensuring that the office environment is set up for employees to have a positive, collaborative and engaging experience while working from the office.
We would be interested to hear from you if you have experience of:
- Office Management -Ensure the physical and virtual spaces in which we work at YEF are excellently managed and a welcoming place to work.
- HR administration -Helping ensure that projects related to HR or supporting people are done brilliantly.
- General administration -Make sure some of most important meetings are incredibly effective.
- Team Culture -You will be passionate about supporting to maintain a strong values-led team culture.
To apply
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form click on “Apply for this” button. Please submit your application by 12pm on Thursday 24th April.
Application Questions
Your cover letter must answer the following two question, within a maximum of 1000 words:
- Tell us about a time when you supported an important HR project or process (e.g., appraisals or onboarding). What challenges did you face, and how did you overcome them?
- Referring to the ‘About You’ section on the JD, give clear examples of:
- How your work shows that “You love supporting great teams:” and
- How “you’re able to prioritise and multitask many diverse tasks at once.
Assistant Director of Impact, Programmes and Partnerships – Maternity Cover
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Salary: £75,000
Contract: 13-month maternity cover
Location: Central London, Hybrid*
Application Deadline: Thursday 24th April by 12pm
Interviews: Week commencing 5th May 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.
Your role is to ensure YEF’s funding is directed toward the most crucial gaps in evidence – those that, if filled, will lead to meaningful change for young people. You will oversee the selection of the most promising, evaluable interventions to test in England and Wales, ensure trials are set up successfully, and work with our Evaluation team to deliver high-quality impact evaluations.
We would be interested to hear from you if you have experience of:
- Provide team and organisational leadership -Provide inspirational leadership to the Programmes Team, ensuring they are best-in-class at supporting delivery organisations to engage in robust evaluation.
- Hold strategic oversight of new evaluation commissioning – Work with the Assistant Director of Evaluation to shape and implement YEF’s strategy for programme and evaluation commissioning.
- Be responsible for the ongoing oversight of the full portfolio of evaluations -Lead and be accountable for delivering on YEF’s Race Equity commitments within our funding decisions and grant delivery.
To apply Please click on the “Apply here” button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and cover letter. Please submit your application by 12pm on Thursday 24th April 2025.
Senior Manager – Area Leaders Programme
Reports to: Area Leaders Programmes Change Lead
Salary: £51,300
Location: Central London, Hybrid
Contract: 2-year fixed term
Application Deadline: 12pm on Tuesday 29th April 2025
Interviews: commencing the week of 12th May 2025
About this role
The Area Leaders Programme (ALP) is central to this mission. The ALP will transform how areas identify and support young people and places most vulnerable to violence, collaborate effectively, and deliver impactful interventions to better protect children from being drawn into violence. We are seeking an exceptional senior manager to help drive the next phase of the ALP, scaling from a successful pilot in four Local Authorities to broader implementation across England and Wales.
We would be interested to hear from you if you have experience of:
- A passion for making a difference by keeping children safe from involvement in violence.
- You believe in the importance of using evidence to prevent violence and enjoy sharing evidence to inform others.
- Knowledge of crime or violence prevention. You might have worked closely with, or been a practitioner in, a youth offending team, policing, children’s services or youth work and might have previous experience of supporting a local partnership to develop their violence reduction strategy or reflect on and adopt evidence-based practice.
To Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form click on ‘Apply here’ button. Please submit your application by 12pm on Tuesday 29th April.
Senior Change Manager, Education
Reports to: Head of Change for Education
Salary: £51,300 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Central London or Hybrid*(see below)
Contract: (2-year fixed term – potential to extend)
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 12pm
Interview dates: Week commencing 12th May 2025
About the role
We are making good progress building the evidence of what works within and around education to reduce violence, including launching our new Education, Children and Violence Guidance in May 2024 which provides school, college and alternative provision leaders with five evidence-based recommendations to help prevent children’s involvement in violence.
We would be interested to hear from you if you have experience of:
- Delivering positive change within education: You have significant experience of working with education leaders to support the development and improvement or practice.
- Working as a senior leader within the education sector, preferably in a role/setting specifically working with young people who are vulnerable to or involved in violence.
To Apply
Please click on the “Apply here” button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and ensure your covering letter answers the following three questions below. Please submit your application by Tuesday 29th April at 12pm
Application Questions
1. How have you successfully supported education leaders to improve their practice or leadership? Please be specific about the scale and context of your experience working with senior leaders in education settings.
2. Describe your experience using data and digital tools to gather insights, inform decisions, and drive improvement in education. What data did you use, how did you present it, and what impact did it have?
3. What personal and professional experiences shape your understanding of the education sector and its role in preventing youth violence?