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NCS Project Officer (Youth) – Hastings
| Posting date: | 17 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.05 to £12.05 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2024 |
| Location: | Hastings, East Sussex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Groundwork South |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | NCS OZH |
Summary
Background National Citizen Service Trust (NCS)
NCS Trust’s vision is of a country of connected, confident and caring citizens where everyone feels at home. More than 700,000 young people have taken part in NCS over the last decade, completing over 15 million hours of community based social action, and gaining priceless life experiences. NCS offers a range of experiences for young people that support them to become world-ready and work-ready through growing their confidence, independence, and skills; connecting them with people from all walks of life; and empowering them to make a difference in their communities and wider society.
Background to NCS ‘Targeted’ Community Experiences in Hastings
Through a Grant from NCS Trust, Groundwork South will be providing young people (aged 16-17 Years old) with 36 hours of activities to enhance their mental health and well-being. These will be close to home and provide choice and flexibility to engage with up to 3 x 12-Hour Community Experiences. Each experience is designed to be fun and engaging and provide a breadth of learning and development opportunities. One of our key priorities is to support young people who are not engaging well with school or who are not attending school.
Our Community Experiences aligns with the four key objectives:
developing life skills and supporting independent living;
building employability and work-readiness;
providing opportunities for volunteering and social action; and
enabling social mixing of young people from all backgrounds.
Programme Dates
The is a two-year funded programme that runs year-round from Augsust 2023 to March 2025. Each NCS Community Experience requires 3 x 12 hours of delivery.
Terms of Service
As the NCS Project Officer, you will be required to work the entire duration of one or more of the 12 Hour Community Experiences, work evening and weekends to support the delivery of NCS. The locations for NCS delivery will be at various venues around Hastings. Travel flexibility is essential.
Summary of role:
As the NCS Project Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the smooth running of each Community Experience. You will lead and inspire cohorts of young people aged 16 to 17. You will be responsible for delivering Employability, Life Skills and Social Action sessions, coordinating programmes.
This is a fulfilling and challenging role where you will make a real impact on the lives of young people. As part of this role, you will need prior experience of working with young people and programme coordination and delivery. Whilst on the programme you will support and work closely with existing Groundwork provision, with staff in schools, colleges, and other local youth provision. The Youth Project Manager and the Team Leader will support you with coordination and delivery of NCS. This is a rewarding and demanding role, suitable for those with an enthusiasm for youth work, delivering impactful programmes and providing pastoral support for young people and reporting any safeguarding concerns to your Team Leader.
Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
NCS Trust’s vision is of a country of connected, confident and caring citizens where everyone feels at home. More than 700,000 young people have taken part in NCS over the last decade, completing over 15 million hours of community based social action, and gaining priceless life experiences. NCS offers a range of experiences for young people that support them to become world-ready and work-ready through growing their confidence, independence, and skills; connecting them with people from all walks of life; and empowering them to make a difference in their communities and wider society.
Background to NCS ‘Targeted’ Community Experiences in Hastings
Through a Grant from NCS Trust, Groundwork South will be providing young people (aged 16-17 Years old) with 36 hours of activities to enhance their mental health and well-being. These will be close to home and provide choice and flexibility to engage with up to 3 x 12-Hour Community Experiences. Each experience is designed to be fun and engaging and provide a breadth of learning and development opportunities. One of our key priorities is to support young people who are not engaging well with school or who are not attending school.
Our Community Experiences aligns with the four key objectives:
developing life skills and supporting independent living;
building employability and work-readiness;
providing opportunities for volunteering and social action; and
enabling social mixing of young people from all backgrounds.
Programme Dates
The is a two-year funded programme that runs year-round from Augsust 2023 to March 2025. Each NCS Community Experience requires 3 x 12 hours of delivery.
Terms of Service
As the NCS Project Officer, you will be required to work the entire duration of one or more of the 12 Hour Community Experiences, work evening and weekends to support the delivery of NCS. The locations for NCS delivery will be at various venues around Hastings. Travel flexibility is essential.
Summary of role:
As the NCS Project Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the smooth running of each Community Experience. You will lead and inspire cohorts of young people aged 16 to 17. You will be responsible for delivering Employability, Life Skills and Social Action sessions, coordinating programmes.
This is a fulfilling and challenging role where you will make a real impact on the lives of young people. As part of this role, you will need prior experience of working with young people and programme coordination and delivery. Whilst on the programme you will support and work closely with existing Groundwork provision, with staff in schools, colleges, and other local youth provision. The Youth Project Manager and the Team Leader will support you with coordination and delivery of NCS. This is a rewarding and demanding role, suitable for those with an enthusiasm for youth work, delivering impactful programmes and providing pastoral support for young people and reporting any safeguarding concerns to your Team Leader.
Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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