Youth Engagement Coordinator - East Midlands, United Kingdom - Volunteer It Yourself

Volunteer It Yourself

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East Midlands, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Youth Engagement Co-ordinator / East Midlands Based - Job specification

About Volunteer It Yourself (VIY)
VIY combines volunteering and DIY by challenging young people aged 14-24 to learn trade and building skills, on the job, by helping to refurbish and transform youth and community facilities in need of essential improvements (e.g. youth clubs, community centre's, sports clubs, and arts, music and cultural venues).

The majority of young people who take part and benefit are disengaged or excluded from mainstream education and training, at risk of disengagement and/or unemployed.

VIY participants are mentored by professional tradespeople and gain vocational skills accreditations as well as access to further training, work placement and apprenticeship opportunities with local providers and employers beyond the project.

VIY launched in 2011 and, to date, over 700 youth and community buildings across England and Wales have been repaired/refurbished, involving 13,000 young people and 1,100 trade skills mentors, with 4,500 young people gaining a City & Guilds accreditation.

Due to expansion of our work in Nottingham, we are looking for an outgoing and confident individual to join our team to support our work.

Job purpose

Our mission is to support young people with meaningful trade and construction work experience opportunities and inspire them to want to take a positive step within the sector.

Youth Engagement Co-ordinators play a critical role in this, helping often disengaged young people raise their aspirations, aspire to achieve something positive, learn new skills and, importantly, develop self belief and confidence.

YEC's are responsible for engaging young people onto VIY projects and supporting them at the end of the project with progression opportunities where relevant/appropriate, into further training and employment opportunities.

To support this, a key part of the role is to identify and establish partnerships with local organisations who share our ambitions of supporting young people with brilliant, potentially life changing opportunities and experiences.

The role

Accountable to:
Senior Youth Engagement Manager

Location:
East Midlands, This is a home-based role, however, there will be elements of travel
- expected to include Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire

This is an exciting and varied role which offers opportunities for experience and development across a broad range of VIY teams.

Identify, establish and maintain relationships with new and existing youth referral partners to drive young people's engagement with VIY
Communicate directly with young people about VIY projects through presentations to group of young people, with a view to engaging them onto projects
Work with the youth engagement team to maximise young people on projects through creative, innovative and engaging methods
Monitor number of young people engaged and adjust recruitment plans accordingly to maximise engagement with each project
Ensure young people/ youth referral partners are well briefed on VIY and the opportunity available, including project logistics and an overview of the experience they can expect
Engage directly with young people through Welcome Calls and other forms of communication, as required, to ensure young people feel excited, informed and motivated to take part in a project
Support VIY participants in progressing, where relevant/appropriate, to new training and employment opportunities beyond VIY
Engage with new and existing organisations to aid the support of learners in sustained opportunities post project.

This can include but is not limited to:
Construction organisations, Training Providers, Colleges & Employability Services.

Work with colleagues to ensure accurate and regular data collection from young people and venues, which is appropriately recorded and maintained on Salesforce
Achieve recruitment and progression targets for each project
Any other tasks as may be reasonably required

Skills and Experience

Essential

Experience of working with young people
Excellent organisational skills and experience of multitasking
An ability to build rapport with people from a wide range of backgrounds, supporting young person development and relating sensitively and confidentially to their needs
Absolute attention to detail
Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
Ability to work in a small, evolving and flexible organisation
Commitment to the aims and values of VIY and a passion for helping young people to progress
Willingness/ ability to travel

Desirable

Experience of supporting young people who are not in education, employment or training, with an understanding of the key issues affecting them and experience of supporting them to overcome issues/barriers
Experience of engaging young people into volunteering, training or employability programmes
Account management experience
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