Senior Research and Analysis Officer

YOUTH FUTURES FOUNDATION; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Research & Analysis Officer to manage and deliver impactful data and analysis. The ideal candidate will excel in data analysis and trial design, contributing to understanding youth unemployment. This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham, Leeds, or London, encouraging collaboration within a dynamic team. You will support high-quality evaluations and generate new evidence for employment support programs, emphasizing the importance of data in policymaking.

Qualifications

• Excellent data analysis skills.
• Expertise in trial design and management.
• Ability to conduct quantitative research.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver information and data analysis.
• Support high-quality evaluations and conduct data analysis.
• Extract insights from data and identify trends.

Skills

Data analysis

Trial design

Quantitative social research

Data visualization

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic Senior Research & Analysis Officer to manage and deliver information, data, and analysis to help Youth Futures build evidence for impact.

This is an opportunity for a researcher with excellent data analysis, trial design and data skills to work widely across a busy and ambitious directorate, helping us understand and address youth unemployment in England.

Working with two teams in the Impact and Evidence Directorate, you will gain experience and contribute meaningfully across a range of research and evaluation activities.

• You will work with the Head of Evaluation and Principal Economist to support the design, delivery and management of data systems; scope, commission and manage high-quality evaluations; and conduct data analysis and quantitative social and economic research.
• You will also use your analytical expertise to extract insights from data, identify trends, and liaise with policy and communication teams to prepare outputs for external use.
• You will support the work of YFF’s evaluation team in generating new evidence for employment support programmes and Employer Practice through impact evaluations, including Randomised Controlled Trials.
• The role also offers opportunities to work on data visualisations for effective communication of data and research insights.

This role can be based at our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Due to receiving high volumes of interest in our opportunities, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline. To ensure your application is considered, please submit it as soon as possible.