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Youth Engagement Manager

  • Full time
  • £25,000
  • Edinburgh with hybrid working
  • Closing 5th May 2023


  • Advertised from 24th April 2023

Role

ProjectScotland, part of the national charity Volunteering Matters, supports young people to get on in life through the power of volunteering. We’re looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Youth Engagement Manager to join our team in Edinburgh. The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly and demonstrate an understanding and total commitment to our organisational values.

Young people we support include those facing multiple barriers or disadvantage. Our support helps them to achieve positive outcomes for their future. You will work closely with our school partners to deliver a high quality, impactful volunteering, and mentoring service for secondary school pupils.

Your role will be:

• To directly support a group of secondary school pupils (S2-S3), particularly those on flexible timetables, who have complex and challenging barriers that prevent them from achieving a positive pathway towards the next stage of their lives

• Provide pre-volunteering practical and emotional support to each pupil, helping to build their confidence and identify achievable goals

• Identify and build relationships and partnerships with charitable and nonprofit organisations across Edinburgh who will host appropriate volunteering placements for pupils

• Identify and agree a suitable volunteering placement for each pupil, leading on the practicalities to set up each placement, and provide on-going support and encouragement to pupils during their experience

• Work alongside colleagues in the ProjectScotland Mentoring team, ensuring all pupils involved can benefit from a ProjectScotland Volunteer Mentor

• Support wider volunteer engagement in the school, building the schools volunteering culture and supporting the development of a ‘Volunteer Champions’ programme

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Application notes

To Apply for this role

1) Prepare an up-to-date CV

2) Download and complete our Recruitment Monitoring Form (can be found on our website)

3) Prepare a supporting statement detailing why you are the right person for the role.

Your supporting statement should be more than a cover letter, it should carefully reflect the role advertised including detailing WHY you meet the requirements in the Job Description/Person Specification

4) Send all documentation by email to - kim.maxwell@volunteeringmatters.org.uk by the deadline.

The closing date is Friday 5th May with interviews planned for the 10th and 11th May (provisionally)

If you have any questions or would like to speak to the Recruiting Manager for this role, please don’t hesitate to contact join@volunteeringmatters.org.uk


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