Youth Engagement Officer (Job Share)

Youth Engagement Officer (Job Share)

21 hours per week

£35,670 per annum pro rata

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life.

Our Girls’ Rights and Youth Team has a focus on bringing our global work for girls’ rights to the UK and is also the leading voice for our global girls’ rights campaign, ‘Because I am a Girl’. Youth engagement and youth voices are at the heart of the work we do and the reason we do it. Our Youth Engagement work has huge breadth from internal governance to helping young people become passionate campaigners and advocates for girls’ rights and the work Plan International UK does.

As Youth Engagement Officer, you will make sure young people’s voices are included, considered and valued across all of Plan International’s work. You will support young people to be campaigners, feed their own opinions and experiences into our UK Girls’ Rights work and learn new skills. The role will also include the development, support and administration of our Youth Advisory Panel, supporting panel members to speak at and engage with high level political events and taking on safeguarding responsibilities.

You will have experience of working with young people and a passion for creative and innovative approaches to youth voice and campaigning. You will have designed and delivered workshops, training and residential activities for young people, and have experience of working directly with them in a participatory way. You will need to demonstrate a commitment to youth engagement as a tool for change, and be able to translate complicated campaign or policy ideas into digestible information.

This role will involve weekend, evening and overnight work on a regular basis for which Time Off In Lieu will be provided.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Thursday 23 May 2019

Interviews will take place on Thursday 13 June 2019

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.