King's Trust Youth Development Officer

Weston College Group; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Weston College in Weston-super-Mare is seeking a Kings Trust Youth Development Officer to help NEET young people progress into education and employment through outreach, referrals and partnerships.

This full-time role (37 hours per week) involves designing and delivering personal development sessions, mentoring, and building supportive relationships to help learners overcome barriers and achieve positive progressions.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people, particularly those facing barriers to education, training or employment.
• Proven ability to deliver engaging group sessions and one-to-one mentoring or coaching.
• Strong understanding of youth development principles, employability skills, and the challenges faced by NEET young people.

Responsibilities

• Developing creative approaches to engaging with young people through outreach, referrals, and community partnerships to support NEET individuals into the programme.
• Design and deliver innovative and engaging personal development sessions, workshops, and one-to-one coaching activities with young people supporting them to overcome barriers and make progress toward positive progressions.
• Lead and support activities as part of learner residential.
• Build trusting and supportive relationships with young people, motivating them to participate and helping them set and achieve personal development goals

Skills

Youth engagement

Mentoring & coaching

Youth development principles

Job description

As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a Kings Trust Youth Development Officer?

This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.

Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.

• Developing creative approaches to engaging with young people through outreach, referrals, and community partnerships to support NEET individuals into the programme.
• Design and deliver innovative and engaging personal development sessions, workshops, and one-to-one coaching activities with young people supporting them to overcome barriers and make progress toward positive progressions.
• Lead and support activities as part of learner residential.
• Build trusting and supportive relationships with young people, motivating them to participate and helping them set and achieve personal development goals

Required skills and qualifications

• Experience working with young people, particularly those facing barriers to education, training or employment.
• Proven ability to deliver engaging group sessions and one-to-one mentoring or coaching.
• Strong understanding of youth development principles, employability skills, and the challenges faced by NEET young people.

Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.

Please note: this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early applications.