Programme Manager

South West Community Chaplaincy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

The Youth Endowment Fund in Central London is seeking a Programme Manager on a fixed-term 18-month contract to deliver high‑impact youth-violence prevention initiatives.

You will lead funding decisions, oversee evaluations (including RCTs where relevant), and manage grantee relationships from due diligence through funding and monitoring.

The role reports to the Programme and Impact Lead and offers a £44,500 salary with hybrid working in Central London.

Responsibilities

• Decide which projects to fund and evaluate, delivering funding and evaluations to the highest standards.
• Assess funding applications, critically appraise delivery plans and budgets, and form recommendations to senior leadership on opportunities.
• Collaborate with grantees, external evaluators and internal teams to ensure activities are evaluable to high standards and well-supported.
• Monitor grantee performance, manage relationships and mitigate project risks throughout the funding lifecycle.

Job description

The Youth Endowment Fund

Programme Manager

Reports to: Programme and Impact Lead

Salary: £44,500

Location: Central London, Hybrid*

Contract: 18-month fixed term (Full-Time)

Closing date for applications: 9am, 6th November 2026

Interview dates: Week commencing 16th November 2026

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.

Key Responsibilities

Deciding which projects, we should fund and evaluate is key, as is making sure we deliver our funding and evaluations to the highest standards. Our Programme Managers are responsible for identifying, assessing, funding and supporting programmes designed to prevent youth violence.

To achieve this, you will:

Make sure we choose the best organisations to work with by assessing funding applications, critically appraising delivery plans and budgets and getting to know potential grantees. These assessments will help you form recommendations to our senior leadership team about which opportunities to pursue.

Work closely with grantees, external evaluators and our own evaluation team to ensure that the activity we are funding will be evaluable to the highest standards. This requires you to support and advise grantees on how to work in the context of an evaluation – usually, a randomised controlled trial (you don’t have to have experience working on a randomised controlled trial in the past, but it helps!).

Build strong relationships with our grantees and provide them with ongoing management and support through the life of their funding, including project visits. You will also be responsible for monitoring the performance of grantees and ensuring targets are met and any project risks are effectively mitigated.