Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The Evaluation Officer will sit in the Clinical Division. The Clinical Division design and deliver innovative and evidence-based clinical interventions for babies, children and families, as well as a wide range of trainings to support the children’s workforce. The primary task of the post-holder will be to provide evaluation support to the Division, with the aim of evidencing the impact of its work. The post-holder may also contribute to the development and delivery of training materials.

This post provides an excellent opportunity for an early career researcher or aspiring clinician to gain experience working with specialist clinicians and researchers interested in children’s mental health. Responsibilities will include: designing and co-producing evaluations; analysing outcome measures to inform research and clinical practice; conducting qualitative research with families and practitioners; developing and embedding more inclusive practices in evaluation. 

Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, either at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH) or our Northern Hub (Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5AD).

Contract duration
Fixed-term, 11 months.  

Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Tuesday 28 November 2023.

Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Thursday 30 November 2023. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews
Interviews will be held on Thursday 7 December 2023.

How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.