Evaluation & Research Officer

Youth Sport Trust; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 35.000 - 43.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous annual leave

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Volunteering days

Zusammenfassung

Youth Sport Trust is seeking an Evaluation & Research Officer to lead high-quality research and evaluation work. You will work with colleagues to monitor activities, design robust measurement using logic models, and ensure findings inform policy and advocacy efforts.

You will deliver qualitative and quantitative research, compile briefs, and collaborate with external partners while communicating results to stakeholders across national workstreams.

Qualifikationen

• Experience delivering qualitative and quantitative research.
• Ability to use logic models for measurement.
• Experience monitoring and evaluating activities.
• Ability to communicate results to stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate to monitor and evaluate activities, evidencing reach and impact.
• Deliver high-quality research and evaluations using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Compile research briefs and oversee external research partners.
• Communicate results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and interpret secondary research and data to improve internal intelligence.
• Drive learning and inform policy and advocacy work.
• Collect case studies, produce evidence papers and support new research for strategic goals.

Kenntnisse

Research skills

Qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Data interpretation

Eval planning

Tools

Logic models

Data analysis

Jobbeschreibung

Evaluation & Research Officer

Company: Youth Sport Trust

Salary: from £33,500 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Loughborough, LE11 3QF

Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 10 Sept 2026

Closing date: 10 Oct 2026

The Youth Sport Trust is committed to improving young people's lives through sport. We harness the power of physical education, physical activity and sport to unlock potential, support wellbeing, and create more equitable opportunities for every young person.

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.

In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues to monitor and evaluate activities ensuring that we can effectively evidence our reach and impact. You 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 ensure results are effectively communicated to internal and external stakeholders too. Important will be the ability to use logic models to ensure effective measurement approaches and the delivery of robust impact data. Your remit will include identifying and interpreting secondary research and data to improve our internal intelligence, driving learning and informing policy and advocacy work. You will also collect case studies, produce evidence papers and help deliver new research in support of strategic goals.

Joining the Youth Sport Trust means becoming part of a team that values collaboration, innovation, and impact. You will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful national work, while developing your skills in a supportive environment that offers generous annual leave, a health cash plan, an employee assistance programme, and volunteering days. This is more than a job, it's a chance to help create a more connected, inclusive system that enables all young people to thrive.

If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would love to hear from you.

The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation matters. We positively welcome applications from all backgrounds and seek to ensure that all applicants and employees receive fair and equal treatment regardless of age, race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

Please note: An enhanced Criminal Records Check is required for this role.

Closing date: Monday 28 September at 11:59pm

Interview date:

Stage 1: Monday 5th October 2026 (virtual)

Stage 2: Monday 12th October (Loughborough in-person)

Reg Charity No: 1086915

• generous annual leave
• a health cash plan
• an employee assistance programme
• volunteering days