Careers

Chief Operating Officer – Interim (14-months) 

  

Reports to: Executive Director, Youth Endowment Fund 

Salary:  £85,000 – £100,000 (depending of whether you oversee all or some elements of the present COO role)  

Contract: 14 months (Maternity cover) 

Location:  Central London, Hybrid

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Friday 31^st May 2024  

Interview dates: week commencing the 3rd June 2024   

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 COO has a critical role in ensuring we succeed in this work. You have a key leadership role in overseeing the overall health of the Fund in partnership with the Executive Director. The role oversees our finances, people management and – for the right candidate – would oversee much of our grant making and project management. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• You’ll lead on key Organisational Governance processes and ensuring the Fund makes wise decisions.  
• You make sure that the Fund has the people, tools and resources in place to excel. 
• Working with colleagues, you make sure that we make grants, manage grantees and oversee evaluations efficiently and highly effectively. 

As a core member of the Directors Team, you will be part of making the most important decisions about the short-term and long-term strategy of the Fund. You will build and model the culture and values that we need to make a real difference. You will leave ego at home and look to make the rest of this team a great success. 

Person specification includes: 

• You are excellent at leading on finance in an organisation 
• You are interested and experienced in both staff development and financial planning 
• You get teams to use data well 
• You are interested and thoughtful about grant making and evaluation 
• You are a low ego and effective leader 

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Senior Evaluation Manager 

Full time  

Reports to: Head of Evaluation 

Salary: £50,600 

Contract: 2 years fixed term – potential to extend  

Location: Central London, Hybrid

Application closing: 5pm, Friday 20^th May 2024 

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.  

Working with the Head of Evaluation, the post holder will:  

• Implement the processes for assessing the quality of evidence underpinning applications to the fund and making funding recommendations to the Grants and Evaluation Committee. 
• Provide technical expertise on evaluation to the team and lead on the development of YEF’s thinking on one or more areas of evaluation. 
• Lead the delivery of YEF’s evaluation work, designing, commissioning and managing complex and large-scale evaluations. 
• Shape evaluation approach for individual grant rounds. 
• Be responsible for the ongoing development of YEF’s commissioning guidance.