Youth Development Lead - Belfast

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on 23/06/2023

Salary: £21,500.00 to £26,900.00 dependent on your skills, knowledge and experience

Location: Belfast

Interviews: 5th and 6th of July

At The Prince's Trust, we’re passionate about supporting young people aged 11 to 30 to get into jobs, education and training. We've got an exciting opportunity for somebody enthusiastic to work with young people to join our team as a Youth Development Lead! This role will focus on supporting young people to overcome barriers to access employment, education or training. You'll be designing and delivering engaging sessions to groups of young people and supporting them one to one to move into outcomes.

You will join one of our Engagement Programmes in Belfast. Our Engagement Programme offers young people a mix of fun group activities and one-to-one support to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the future! This ranges from confidence-building sessions to supporting interactive sessions with delivery partners such as ASOS and Sony.

What does a Youth Development Lead do?

As a Youth Development Lead (YDL), you will be at the heart of our Delivery Team. Each day is different and there are always exciting projects for you to get involved in! Your day-to-day activities to make an impact will include:

• Reporting any safeguarding concerns for young people on your caseload. This includes completing complex risk assessments, liaising with external agencies, and producing safeguarding reports.
• Engaging with and onboarding Young People who wish to learn new skills, enhancing their ability to succeed in education and jobs.
• Working with young people on a 1-1 basis to support them in overcoming barriers to employment, education, or training.
• Writing, developing, and delivering educational sessions, both face-to-face and virtually, utilising digital technology (including MS Teams).

What experience do I need?

If the job description excites you and you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives, then we encourage you to apply! Our young people and employees come from diverse backgrounds, so we would love to hear the different perspectives and experiences that you could bring to the team.

For the full job description, click here. (This will open in a new window)

To read more about the Programmes you could be leading, click here. (This will open a new window)

What happens next?

Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The Prince’s Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.

Why do we need Youth Development Leads?

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads!

Perks for working at The Trust!

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
• Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home.
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

For more information about our benefits, please click here.

Equal Opportunities

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.

We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network). For more information, please click here.

Safeguarding

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 2461