Senior Research and Analysis Officer

Youth Futures Foundation; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading youth charity is seeking a dynamic Senior Research & Analysis Officer to oversee and deliver data management and analysis aimed at understanding and addressing youth unemployment in England. This hybrid role, based in various hubs including Leeds, involves collaborating with teams to conduct evaluations, extract insights, and prepare impactful communications. Ideal candidates will have strong data analysis, trial design skills, and a commitment to generating evidence for employment support programs.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in data analysis and trial design.
• Experience with quantitative social and economic research.
• Ability to generate insights from complex data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver information, data, and analysis.
• Support design, delivery, and management of data systems.
• Conduct evaluations and data analysis for research.
• Liaise with teams to prepare research outputs.

Skills

Data analysis

Trial design

Quantitative 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.