Youth Co-ordinator

What will you be doing?

This role will work to engage youth providers and young people aged 11-24 years old, including those from marginalised and underrepresented communities, to determine what youth activities they would like to engage in and steer them toward future participation in existing youth offers across North Northamptonshire based on their interests and social and emotional needs. 

The role will include the development, planning and delivery of youth engagement, working in partnership with both internal services and external youth providers, existing youth forums, panels and steering groups to ensure that the voice of young people is heard.

Develop and manage partnerships across all relevant sectors (including health, education, police, VCSE) to meet young peoples ever changing needs. 

Working with identified youth service partners, the role is responsible for providing monthly updates on youth activities being delivered, as well as advice on future youth activities in the area, ensuring they reflect good practice and support Children and Young people outcomes.

You will stay informed about latest policy developments in youth work, including the Statutory Duty 507B and implement relevant policy updates within the work delivered. 

About you

We are looking for a passionate individual who is experienced in youth work, to work across North Northamptonshire.  The successful candidate will hold a professional Youth Work Qualification (JNC) or equivalent. You will have excellent communication skills to work collaboratively with key stakeholders across a network of settings, within these relationships you need to represent the values of the organisation and sector. You will need to have effective interpersonal skills, be able to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.

This role covers North Northamptonshire and work may take place anywhere across the authority area, you will need to be able to travel and access a variety of locations as part of the role which may also include occasional evening and weekend work. 

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)