Youth Engagement Officer

CHM

Would you like to join this leading nature conservation charity in inspiring a love of the natural world amongst young people so that they become champions for nature? In this role you’ll be enabling girls and young women in Girlguiding North West England to discover and take action for nature. To achieve this, you’ll be working with volunteers to develop and deliver a programme of outdoor events, activity packs and training.

Part Time – Youth Engagement Officer – Girlguiding Partnerships – (Fixed Term)
Reference: JUL20242653
Location: Northwest of England / Homeworking
Salary: £24,890.00 – £26,720.00 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Part-Time, 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Contract: Fixed-term until 31st December 2025
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

What’s the role about?

You’ll be joining their England Education, Families and Youth team and working on their regional partnerships with Girlguiding, particularly in North West England.

Key tasks:

• Plan and run three ‘nature discovery events’ for a total of 300+ girls at their and partner green spaces in North West England, liaising with site managers and Girlguiding.
• Recruit, manage and develop a team of volunteers to grow their capacity to do more with Girlguiding, ensuring an excellent volunteering experience.
• Collaborate with Girlguiding volunteers and the charity’s colleagues to develop engaging and inspiring resources that build awareness and action around bird and nature conservation.
• Collaborate with Girlguiding volunteers and the charity’s colleagues to refresh the content and branding of their existing nature activity packs, acting on feedback from leaders.
• Deliver in person ‘Running Outdoor Nature Sessions’ training to Girlguiding trainers in the North West, so that they can go on to train leaders.
• Capture data to monitor project outputs and use this to produce project progress and evaluation reports.
• Support their wider partnerships with other Girlguiding regions, in order to develop more opportunities for girls to connect with and take action for nature.
• Manage day to day procurement of goods and services, and monitor spend against budget.

An England role, flexible on working pattern and part of a remote team. The role holder will be a homeworker but must be based in the Girlguiding North West England region (Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Manchester, Cumbria, Merseyside, Sefton, Stockport or the Wirral). Travel is required predominantly within the North West. You will need to be available to run events/training at weekends and/or evenings.

You will be supported in your role by the charity’s Youth Partnerships Officer, with opportunities to meet virtually with staff and volunteers, so you feel part of a team and learn about the work of the charity and Girlguiding. An induction and relevant training will be provided as well as support to further develop the skills needed for this role.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to quickly build positive working relationships and work collaboratively.
• Working knowledge of health and safety and safeguarding issues relating to children and young people.
• Experience of planning and running events which engage groups of children and young people in outdoor nature activities.
• Understanding and experience of volunteering including management of volunteers.
• Good knowledge of the natural world, nature conservation and taking action to benefit nature.
• Experience of creating children’s activity sheets, or resources, to inspire youth group leaders and children to make positive changes for nature.
• Experience of delivering against project aims and objectives and monitoring progress and expenditure, using programmes such as excel and word.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience in planning and delivering large outdoor nature events with 80+ children/young people.
• Experience of delivering training courses for adults, ideally on a nature theme, to build knowledge, skills and confidence.

Closing date: 23:59, Monday, 19th August 2024
They are looking to conduct interviews for this position on Tuesday 10th September and Wednesday 11th September.

Interested?

Please click ‘Apply’ and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.
Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

This role will require completion of a DBS/PVG/Access NI in addition to the standard pre-employment checks.

They are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse charity, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve their vision of creating a world richer in nature, they need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, they are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact them to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

They are an equal opportunities employer. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The charity is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.