The Avenues Youth Project is an exceptional youth club that guides disadvantaged children and young people to explore and develop new skills, connect with their peers and our trusted staff, and find their confidence. The Impact and Evaluation Manager is essential to delivering The Avenues Youth Project's financial targets by measuring the impact of our work, and reporting back to funders.
Your primary responsibility will be evaluating the impact of funding and writing timely reports on outcomes to our numerous funders.
The role is suited to a versatile person who will thrive in a small organisation where a pro-active approach is necessary, working with almost everyone in the organisation. We are flexible on which three weekdays you work.
Mostly on-site in our well-equipped youth centre in London W10, we will consider a hybrid WFH approach once settled in the role.
ABOUT THE AVENUES YOUTH PROJECT
Since 1979 The Avenues Youth Project has been a cornerstone of a West London community that suffers high levels of child poverty, providing a safe, welcoming space and endless opportunities to local young people. We aim to empower our members (aged 8-18) to reach their full potential and boost their long-term outcomes.
The Avenues offers free-to-access fun and meaningful after-school and holiday activities led by trained youth workers. Our excellent facilities include training kitchen, music recording studio, podcasting studio, arts and crafts room, sports hall and classrooms.
We currently have an active membership of over 1,100 children and young people, and are open 6 days a week, 48 weeks a year.
Our Vision
We believe that every child and young person should have the opportunities to realise their potential, whatever their life circumstances.
Our Mission
Our mission is to deliver high-quality recreation activities and skills training to young people in West London, to help them fulfil their potential and boost their long-term outcomes.
Our Values:
- SAFE + COMPASSIONATE
- POSITIVE + JOYFUL
- EMPOWERING
- TRUSTWORTHY
- COMMITMENT to COMMUNITY
These values are at the heart of what AYP does and all staff are expected to live up to them at all times.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Understand and communicate SLAs and design relevant data capture with our Programme Team.
- Schedule all reporting requirements and ensure that donors are communicated with in a timely way, using their preferred methods.
- Design data collection tools such as questionnaires, write and update monitoring and evaluation resources for our youth work team.
- Analyse data and write into easy-to-understand reports.
- Participate in budget meetings with the Programme Team and Finance Manager to ensure programme budgets are met.
- Develop strong relationships with our partner organisations, collaborating on shared projects and attending meetings.
- Take the lead role in ensuring the youthwork database (Plinth) is maintained and kept up to date, and reports are produced for CE and trustees.
- Support the Fundraising Team on fundraising activities where necessary.
The job is not limited to the above duties, as the organisation develops and at different times of the year the priorities may shift leading to additional reasonable responsibilities as the role requires.
ABOUT YOU:
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in charity fundraising or impact evaluation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Outgoing personality with the ability to build positive working relationships with staff, trustees and other key stakeholders.
- Collaborative, with a 'can-do', supportive attitude, ability to embrace and deal with challenges and openness to creativity in order to bring about effective change.
- Organised and energetic with good time management and an ability to meet deadlines.
- Financially literate, and at ease with budgets and spreadsheets.
- An understanding of, and empathy for, the current issues that young people face.
ANNUAL LEAVE AND BENEFITS:
- 20 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Pension scheme contributions
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
HOW TO APPLY
If you are passionate about working with young people, please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining why the role interests you and how you meet the person specification by an email via the button below.
The Avenues Youth Project is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds. The Avenues Youth Project puts the safety of our members first. Candidates are subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
