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Youth Sport Trust; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Volunteering days

Job summary

The Youth Sport Trust is seeking an Evaluation & Research Officer to join the Research and Insight team. You will deliver high-quality qualitative and quantitative research and evaluations, monitor activities, and help evidence reach and impact.

You will collaborate with colleagues, produce briefs, oversee external partners, and use logic models to measure outcomes. You will also identify secondary data, collect case studies and evidence papers to support policy and advocacy work.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering qualitative and quantitative research and evaluations.
• Ability to develop logic models to guide measurement.
• Experience translating evidence to internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to monitor and evaluate activities.
• Deliver research and evaluations and compile briefs.
• Oversee external research partners.
• Communicate results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify secondary research and data to improve internal intelligence.
• Collect case studies and produce evidence papers.

Skills

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Logic models

Stakeholder communication

Job description

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.

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.

Interview date: Stage 1: Monday 5th October 2026 (virtual)

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

Grade 7, Point 11 (Actual Salary £22,434 pa)