Research Associate - Youth Endowment Fund

Job reference: HUM-031553
Salary: £37,694-£39,906 (G6.1-G6.3)
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Education
Hours Per Week: 28 hours (0.8 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 10/07/2026
Contract Duration: 31 MONTHS 01/09/2026-31/03/2029
School/Directorate: School of Environment, Education & Development

We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Research Associate - Youth Endowment Fund. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the implementation and process evaluation strand of a randomised controlled trial of the London Sexual Violence programme, funded by the Youth Endowment Fund. The successful candidate will lead the Implementation and Process Evaluation, working with researchers from the Manchester Institute for Education, the Department of Criminology, the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, the University of Bristol’s School of Education, and the London Sexual Violence team at the national charity, Brook.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead the trial’s implementation and process evaluation (IPE)
• Liaise with schools and other partners to support the planning, delivery and reporting of the IPE
• Generate and analyse qualitative IPE data
• Lead on the development of reports and publications using the IPE data
• Support the trial manager and project team in the delivery of the quantitative/impact and intervention costing strands of the project

We welcome candidates who bring diverse perspectives, experiences, and approaches to their work.

About You

We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:

Essential Criteria:

• A good (2:1 or above) undergraduate degree
• Master’s degree in psychology, education, or another relevant discipline
• PhD (completed or submission pending) in psychology, education, or another relevant discipline
• Experience working with young people in (preferably secondary) schools (e.g., as a researcher or practitioner)
• Experience and skills in qualitative data generation (e.g., interviews, focus groups, observations, and creative/participatory methods)

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of economic evaluation of school-based interventions; relationships and sex education; race, diversity, equity and inclusion; qualitative data generation on sensitive topic areas; and/or co-production/patient and public involvement.

We value transferable skills and real-world experience as much as formal qualifications.

Our benefits include:

• Generous employer contribution pension
• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure
• Ride to work and EV car scheme available

For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.

We are an open place of enquiry and challenge. We embrace and celebrate difference, diversity and debate, and we pride ourselves on being a place of education, learning and community where we are able, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, express new ideas and explore controversial or unpopular topics and opinions. Find out more from our Freedom of Speech Policy.

Enquiries about the role, shortlisting and interviews

Name: Neil Humphrey

Email Address: neil.humphrey@manchester.ac.uk 

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Applications close at midnight on the closing date.

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