Head of Research

Term: Permanent 

Salary: £45,000-£55,000

Location: Youth Futures office in either Leeds, Birmingham or London, with regular meetings across England. Please specify your preferred office location when applying. 

Reporting to: Director of Impact and Evidence

Deadline: Friday 22 May 2020

The Youth Futures Foundation is a new, independent, not for profit organisation set up to tackle youth unemployment with a £90million endowment from the Reclaim Fund. We are looking for bold and impactful ways to help young people find and keep good jobs. There are over 750,000 young people not in education or employment in the UK. Young people are twice as likely to be unemployed than older adults in the labour market and BAME and disadvantaged young people disproportionately bear the brunt of it.

We are building an empowerment foundation to identify practical solutions that work in a complex world yet are simple and cost effective enough to roll out across multiple locations, to reach as many young people as possible. To do this, we are now building our own inspiring team to help us achieve our vision.

We are looking for a dynamic Head of Research to work closely with the Director of Impact and Evidence to put reliable evidence at the fingertips of those seeking to transform the youth employment ecosystem. You will identify and produce research, create evidence tools, gap maps and frameworks to help policy makers, practitioners and employers make smart decisions about supporting young people towards and into work.

You will be an empowering leader, demonstrating how you have previously built capacity and skills in your teams. On a wider level, you can demonstrate how you have worked closely with colleagues to build a successful mission-driven organisation. As a new organisation with offices in Birmingham, Leeds and London, candidates will also need to demonstrate the ability to build excellent working relationships with colleagues virtually.

We are especially interested in hearing from individuals who are Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background, and those who have lived experience that reflects the lives of the young people we are seeking to support.

Whatever your background, if you have a personal mission that aligns with ours, and the ability to engage equally well with young people sat on the floor of a community centre as you do with business and government leaders in imposing board rooms, please dont hesitate to get in touch.

For more information, please visit http://www.youthfuturesfoundation-careers.org

For an informal, confidential chat please speak to our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson Michelle Sander on 07341 773817. 

The closing date is 11.59pm on Friday 22 May 2020