Civil. Society and Youth - Manchester, United Kingdom - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Salary:

- £31,884 - £36,024
  • National £31,884 £36,024 + benefits

Job grade:


  • Higher Executive Officer


  • Senior Executive Officer

  • B
    Contract type:
  • Fixed Term
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • 2 years
    Business area:
  • DCMS
  • Civil Society and Youth
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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Location

  • Belfast, Darlington, Loughborough, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

We are recruiting
two policy roles within the Youth team.


The Youth team is an innovative team, within the high profile Civil Society and Youth Directorate, that has responsibility for a range of cross cutting and high profile policy areas, including delivering the National Youth Guarantee (by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer), supporting youth sector workforce, engaging with the youth sector, and ensuring the impactful delivery of the National Citizen Service (NCS).


The Youth team is a driven, friendly unit with a vision to ensure the programmes we deliver and the engagements we lead have the greatest impact for young people and their communities.

We are firmly committed to our people, and this is reflected in our values.

We work hard to build an environment that is diverse and inclusive, as well as warm, friendly and collaborative; where each member of staff can flourish, feel comfortable being themselves at work, develop their skills and move their career forward.


Job description:


1. National Citizen Service


This role is a sponsorship role for the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust, which delivers a programme for 16-17 year olds to help them become work-ready and world-ready.

The NCS Trust is going through a period of transformation and is transitioning towards a new strategy and new delivery model from January 2023 onwards.

This makes it an exciting time to join the team with opportunities to explore new projects and new collaborative opportunities across government and the youth sector.


The post holder will be expected to support effective sponsorship of the NCS Trust, build relationships with key stakeholders in the NCS Trust, as well as colleagues across DCMS and wider government, and manage day-to-day business to ensure impactful and successful delivery of the programme.

It is a role that is highly varied, high-profile, and hugely rewarding.


Responsibilities

  • Supporting NCS Trust during a pivotal phase, maintaining good governance and overseeing successful selection, management, and delivery of NCS experiences.
  • Working collaboratively across specialist teams in DCMS to ensure effective transition and robust evaluation.
  • Managing NCS Parliamentary and Ministerial business.
  • Overseeing the communication and publication requirements of NCS Trust.
  • Identifying new opportunities for collaboration across Whitehall to make best use of the programme in line with government priorities.
  • Inputting into policy proposals on NCS development, including diversification of income sources and position within the youth sector.
  • Developing effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external senior stakeholders.

2. Youth Stakeholders & International


This role sits within the Youth Strategy Team which focuses on a number of cross-cutting issues in youth, as well as managing a number of funds, our relationships with other government departments and external stakeholders.

This role will work across a range of youth policy areas.

We try to tailor roles to each member of the team, to suit different skill sets, development needs and business priorities.

Current priorities include developing a new cross-government Youth Board, delivering a youth sector engagement strategy as well as international work, such as coordinating international events/meetings such as the UN, Commonwealth and EU, as well as the 4 nations across the UK.

All Band Bs in the team also support on correspondence, briefing and other ad-hoc commissions.


Responsibilities

  • Coordinating key Government engagement with senior stakeholders within youth sector
  • Engaging across other government departments on youth policy and potentially supporting a new crossgovernment Youth Board
  • Leading on youthfocused international engagements and the Devolved Administrations
  • Keeping up to date on developments in the youth sector and provide updates to the wider youth team
  • Drafting briefings, answers to parliamentary questions, correspondence and other parliamentary business
  • The opportunity to develop grant management skills across a range of youth funding.

Person specification:


Essential Requirements

  • Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate with internal and
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