Youth Engagement Worker - Strategy through a youth lens

Job Description

Location: UK Flexible Contract: 2 years Fixed Term Contract Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum (plus London weighting if applicable) Strategy through a youth lens is a 24-month programme funded by the Pears #iWill Fund (a partnership fund of Pears Foundation,The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) to ensure that as the British Red Cross transitions into our new corporate strategy, opportunities to add value for young people are identified and maximised. Focusingon our core causes of disasters and emergencies, health inequalities and displacement and migration and our 3 sustainability pillars of investing in our people, green organisation and building a movement, we strive to embed the lived experience of young peopleso that we can co-design meaningful interventions and understand better how we can work in partnership with young people as volunteers, supporters and advocates.What you will be doing As Youth Engagement Worker, you will lead on direct engagement with youngpeople by building relationships based on trust and respect. You will create empowering environments to enable an inclusive range of young people sharing diverse views to support co-production approaches. You will also be responsible for delivering youth referencepanels capturing and reporting insight and feeding back the results to stakeholders. Working as part of a small team reporting to the programme manager, you will work within the Youth Engagement team and will liaise frequently with external youth organisationsand BRC staff and volunteers. Post covid restrictions the post will not only involve working online but face to face with frequent travel across the UK.What we are looking for With a recognised minimum level 3 qualification in youth work or equivalent by experience,you will have: * Working knowledge of legislation relevant to working with and supporting young people * Experience of working with young people in a variety of settings * Experience of working in partnership with external organisations * Experience in projectmanagement and the implementation of action plans * The ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervisionMeet the team Its simple: people make the British Red Cross. At the British Red Cross we care about our people. We understand that our workforceis central to both helping people in crisis and maintaining our reputation as one of the most trusted charities in the UK. The People Directorate team works across the organisation; recruiting, developing, and retaining our people. Even though we can get alittle busy, were a diverse group who like to have fun, and we take great satisfaction in being able to play our part in helping make the British Red Cross what it is today.Closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 22nd of September 2021 with first stageinterviews to follow. We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leaveUp to 6% contributory pensionFlexible working policyGenuine investment in your trainingand personal development A little bit more about us The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - were therewhen you need us. Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started. At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to helpus provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,age, or disability. Diversity is something we celebrate, and we want you to be able to be yourself at work and feel youre in a great position to help us spread the power of kindness. In the British Red Cross, we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, includingsexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated, and perpetrators are dealtwith effectively. If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisations Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in Englandand Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738). Follow us on Twitter @RedCrossJobsUK and on Linked in - British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies. Connecting human kindness with human crisis