The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) is a charity and non-departmental public body awarding grants across the UK in support of the Armed Forces community. We help to deliver the nation’s promise under the Armed Forces Covenant via the £10m annual Covenant Fund. We also provide specialist grant-making services to HM Government for other programmes focused on the Armed Forces community. Since we started our work in 2018, we’ve committed more than £60m in Covenant Fund grants across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – reaching more than two million beneficiaries – as well as funds to projects on behalf of the NAAFI Fund, Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3) and others.
Our programming approach is founded on evidence, and our in-house research team works with our grant partners, experts from a range of universities and specialist research organisations to ensure our work draws from, is informed by and helps to build the national evidence base on the needs of those serving now, those who’ve served in the past and the people around them.
We’re looking for a Research and Evaluation Officer to join our team – helping us continue our work to apply learning and analysis from the Armed Forces Families Fund programmes we manage on behalf of MOD, and to support other research projects across our grantmaking portfolio. We’re particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience of education and research with children and young people.
The Trust welcomes applications from across the UK. Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer this opportunity to anyone living outside of the UK mainland. This is a home working role, and applicants will be expected to be able to confirm that they are able to work in this way (IT and any essential equipment will be provided).
We are a fully remote organisation. Attendance at occasional (fewer than 4 per year) away days will be expected- these could be in London or elsewhere in the UK.
How to apply:
Please apply using our recruitment portal at: https://system.citrushr.com/Job?uid=rsonvcemdsdvtblazowm
Applications should take the form of a letter (no more than two pages of A4) providing evidence of how you meet the person specification and a CV. Please also indicate how soon you might be available to start if your application is successful.
Timeline:
Applications close Friday 1 August at 17:00. Shortlisting will take place wc 4 August, with interviews likely to happen wc 18 August or 25 August.
We are genuinely committed to encouraging applications from diverse communities in order to improve the service we provide. We’re not just searching for skills but also how a candidate could uphold our values and enhance our culture, therefore, even if you don’t think you meet all the skills criteria listed in our job descriptions, we’d still like to hear from you.
We are an equal opportunities employer. If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know via info@covenantfund.org.uk and we will do our utmost to accommodate you.
