Violence against Young Women and Girls Lead
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Youth Endowment Fund
Hybrid- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £55,000 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 13/06/2025
- Location: United Kingdom
About the Youth Endowment Fund
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
The Violence against Young Women and Girls Lead will lead the VAWG researchand change agenda for YEF.
You will:
Be the YEF’s expert on VAWG
• Making sure we understand the key issues, stay on top of the latest research and are connected to the right people.
Lead YEF’s research agenda on VAWG
• Commissioning research that fills important gaps in knowledge and leads to important changes in policy and practice.
Develop evidence-based recommendations on the prevention of VAWG.
• Drawing on research and expert insight to produce recommendations for systems and practice guidance, across the seven essential sectors that we work with: children’s services, education, health, neighbourhoods, policing, youth services, and youth justice.
Develop and lead a change strategy.
• Developing great relationships with senior leaders, policymakers, commissioners, and key stakeholders connected to VAWG across England and Wales.
• Generating a strong understanding of key issues and needs across systems and sectors and building credibility and trust in YEF’s evidence products and recommendations.
As a senior member of staff in the organisation you also:
• Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
• Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
About You
You are this sort of person:
• You have knowledge and expertise in the issues related to violence against young women and girls in the UK. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, and can discuss the theories. You’re comfortable discussing the topic with experts.
• You want to play a significant part in reducing children and young people’s involvement in violence. You care about having an impact.
• You share our belief that an evidence-based approach is our best hope of preventing violence. You are fascinated by research, but you’re not just interested in research for its own sake. You want to achieve actual changes in outcomes for children.
• You’re a confident reader of research and have strong critical appraisal skills. You know when research can be trusted and when it can’t and can confidently articulate your views on the strength of research. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, research, or professional experience.
• You have experience of commissioning or conducting research. You have a good understanding of research methods and can discuss the pros and cons of them. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, training, research or professional experience. You can scrutinise a budget to ensure it provides value for money.
• You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English.
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
The Violence against Young Women and Girls Lead will lead the VAWG researchand change agenda for YEF.
You will:
Be the YEF’s expert on VAWG
• Making sure we understand the key issues, stay on top of the latest research and are connected to the right people.
Lead YEF’s research agenda on VAWG
• Commissioning research that fills important gaps in knowledge and leads to important changes in policy and practice.
Develop evidence-based recommendations on the prevention of VAWG.
• Drawing on research and expert insight to produce recommendations for systems and practice guidance, across the seven essential sectors that we work with: children’s services, education, health, neighbourhoods, policing, youth services, and youth justice.
Develop and lead a change strategy.
• Developing great relationships with senior leaders, policymakers, commissioners, and key stakeholders connected to VAWG across England and Wales.
• Generating a strong understanding of key issues and needs across systems and sectors and building credibility and trust in YEF’s evidence products and recommendations.
As a senior member of staff in the organisation you also:
• Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
• Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
About You
You are this sort of person:
• You have knowledge and expertise in the issues related to violence against young women and girls in the UK. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, and can discuss the theories. You’re comfortable discussing the topic with experts.
• You want to play a significant part in reducing children and young people’s involvement in violence. You care about having an impact.
• You share our belief that an evidence-based approach is our best hope of preventing violence. You are fascinated by research, but you’re not just interested in research for its own sake. You want to achieve actual changes in outcomes for children.
• You’re a confident reader of research and have strong critical appraisal skills. You know when research can be trusted and when it can’t and can confidently articulate your views on the strength of research. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, research, or professional experience.
• You have experience of commissioning or conducting research. You have a good understanding of research methods and can discuss the pros and cons of them. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, training, research or professional experience. You can scrutinise a budget to ensure it provides value for money.
• You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English.
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