Youth Engagement Coordinator Job London area,Greater London England UK,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Location: Greater London

Our Youth Engagement Coordinator will lead on our Just for Girls session on Sunday afternoons, designing an engaging programme of activities alongside staff and young people aged 10-17 years old.

They will also work to engage girls and young women in all other sessions offered by WEST Youth Zone, ensuring the sessions are relevant and fun. They will provide some line management support and development for sessional youth workers in these areas. This role requires a minimum of 55% of time spent face‑to‑face working with young people and you must be able to work on Sundays with some evening hours required.

Our Coordinators are crucial members of our delivery team, responsible for an exciting programme of activities for their given area.

We want to make sure that we have an exciting offer for young people aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) at WEST Youth Zone.

Core Responsibilities

To plan, coordinate and deliver a comprehensive programme for girls aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 with addition needs), helping to build their confidence, social skills and improve their overall wellbeing
To ensure that the Just for Girls session is high quality and meets the need/wants of young people in the area
To ensure that the Girls programme contributes to the wider youth work agenda, supporting the development of young people
To motivate, encourage and support young people to participate fully in their sessions
To organise special events, challenges and projects within their area regularly
To ensure all staff and volunteers are equipped with a wide range of resources and activities to engage, develop and inform young people
To identify relevant issues or areas of development for young people and ensure that these are targeted in the WEST’s programme
To ensure that young people and their ideas contribute fully to the planning and delivery of all activities within the youth zone
To support the youth zone promotional plan and work in the community to attract young people, including outreach at schools or other community locations
To manage, support and develop a small team of part‑time workers and volunteers, working with the Volunteer Coordinator, other delivery Coordinators, Club Managers and Head of Youth Work to support CPD
To monitor, record and evaluate the Female Engagement programme and provide reports and information as required in order to ensure a consistently high‑quality youth work provision and demonstrate the impact of the programme
To network with local appropriate organisation and community providers/other partner organisations to develop joint working programmes
To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of youth zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using policies, procedures & practice
Comply with policies and procedures, particularly safeguarding, codes of conduct, health and safety and equality and diversity, to ensure all activities are accessible and appropriate
To support across the whole youth zone offer as required. Sessions take place every evening, weekend and during school holidays. This could also occasionally include residential work
To deputise for the Club Managers as required and carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Leadership Team
Be a role model for young people and present a positive ‘can do’ attitude
This role will include session leading and locking up of the Youth Zone

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