Youth Engagement Officer

Job Title: Youth Engagement Officer

Location: Home based (with travel to London office or to attend meetings, events and training as requested)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (18 months)

Salary: £27,378 per annum (home based)

We help young people through cancer

We're Determined, United, Spirited and Kind

• A candidate who can build excellent relationships with internal teams, young people, frontline staff and external stakeholders to ensure that youth work and participation activities can meet the needs of young people.
• Someone who can support the effective delivery of youth work programmes through high-quality communication, coordination, organisation and stakeholder engagement.
• An advocate who is determined to ensure that young people's voices can be heard and reflected across the organisation by supporting engagement, consultation, analysis and feedback mechanisms.
• An individual who is able to contribute to the delivery of Teenage Cancer Trust's strategic objectives by ensuring both youth work and participation activities are accessible, well-coordinated and impactful.

Applications by Sunday 20th September, 1st Stage Interviews week commencing 28th September (online) 2nd Stage Interviews Monday 5th October (online).

• Leave: 25 days of annual leave, which increases with service, in addition to bank holidays and a 3 or 4 day closure over the Christmas period. We also have finish early Fridays in August and quarterly reset days to step away from day to day work and refocus.
• Flexible bank holidays: the option to swap five UK public holidays (except 25th, 26th December, and 1st January or any substitute bank holidays for these dates) for other dates off.
• Paid Carer and Compassionate Leave: paid time off to care for family members or dependants.
• Paid Parental Leave: enhanced pay for parental leave such as maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave.
• Paid Volunteering Leave: support your community by taking paid leave for volunteering activities.
• Health Cashback Plan: access a health cashback plan to cover medical expenses.
• Life assurance and Income Protection: financial support if you're unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Discount scheme: access exclusive savings at various high street retailers and gyms.
• Flexible Working: we care about your wellbeing and encourage flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people.

Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your interview process, such as additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand, information in another format or a different interview format (online/offline/in person), please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at hr@teenagecancertrust.org and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

We are a Disability Confident employer which means we have committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role listed under the 'What you'll bring to the team' section of the job description and shortlisting questions.

To opt into this scheme, please enter 'yes' in the appropriate question on the application form.

Please note that in recruitment campaigns with a high volume of candidates opting into the scheme, interview offers will be made only to those who best meet the essential criteria and provide the strongest responses to the shortlisting questions.

We are unable to offer individual feedback at the shortlisting stage.

At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out.

In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

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