Reports to: VAWG Lead
Pay: up to £650 per day
Deadline: 29th June 2026, 9:00 AM
Summary
In December 2025, the government published “Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls”. This includes a landmark package of measures for children and young people, such as action to support teachers and schools to embed the new RHSE curriculum, which will be taught in schools from September 2026, and early intervention targeting support to young people who may be displaying harmful behaviours.
YEF’s VAWG Prevention Programme has been designed to align and support this national policy direction and framework. To ensure our work is informed by external expertise in VAWG, we are looking to recruit two VAWG Associates to support assessment and decision-making.
About the VAWG Prevention Fund
The fund is split into the following two objectives.
- Objective 1: Promoting Healthy and Respectful Relationships in Secondary Schools
- Strand 1: Building school capacity internally to deliver healthy relationships education, primarily through teacher
–training and support (but this may also include wider school approaches) - Strand 2: Delivery of the healthy relationships elements of RSHE provision in schools by external specialist organisations or practitioners
- Strand 1: Building school capacity internally to deliver healthy relationships education, primarily through teacher
- Objective 2: Strengthening Targeted School Responses to Prevent Harmful Behaviours in Relationships
We will be primarily looking for interventions ready for an impact study (a Randomised Controlled Trial). This work provides a critical step in generating robust impact evidence for pupils and schools, and develops a greater understanding of implementation, challenges, and success factors.
The VAWG Associate role
The purpose of the VAWG Associate role is to provide independent external expertise and insights to support the design, assessment, and prioritisation of YEF’s funding and evaluation activities relating to VAWG Prevention funding programme.
Associates may draw upon a broad range of professional, academic, policy or practice backgrounds.
We are looking to appoint two VAWG Associates to work across Objectives 1 and 2 with an initial phase from June to October 2026, of approximately 10 days, allocated between the two appointed associates.
How to apply
Applicants should complete an Expression of Interest form and send a CV to jess.southgate@youthendowmentfund.org.uk, by 9:00am, 29th June 2026.
Decisions will be made by the week commencing 29th June 2026 for an immediate start.
Further information on the project and how to apply can be found in the Terms of Reference. You can find more information about our wider work on VAWG here, and YEF’s VAWG Prevention Programme here.
If you have any further questions, please contact: Jess Southgate, VAWG Lead jess.southgate@youthendowmentfund.org.uk
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