Youth Engagement Manager

Historic England; Swindon, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

28 days holiday

Discounts

Free entry to English Heritage sites

Development opportunities

Job summary

Historic England is seeking a Youth Engagement Manager to create opportunities for young people to engage with local heritage. You will work with the Head of Community Heritage, Inclusion and Learning to build collaborations across the youth sector and translate strategic aims into practical, inclusive activities.

The role is hybrid with a national scope, supporting a wide network of partners to broaden participation and measure impact through evaluation and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Essential experience of working in or alongside the youth sector and understanding youth voice and participation.
• Experience building trusted relationships across organisations to achieve shared outcomes.
• Experience translating priorities or evidence into practical, inclusive activity addressing participation barriers.
• Experience evaluating activity using evidence to improve outcomes and support others to deliver.

Responsibilities

• Help create conditions for more young people to benefit from engagement with local heritage.
• Build relationships and partnerships across the youth sector and with Place Policy teams.
• Develop workforce development opportunities, resources and programmes to increase youth engagement.
• Influence and support organisations and partners to enable social benefits of heritage.

Skills

Youth sector experience

Stakeholder engagement

Policy translation

Program evaluation

Job description

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Youth Engagement Manager.

This is a Full Time, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract.

The location of this role is either Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) or Cambridge, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

What you will be doing

As our Youth Engagement Manager, you will help create the conditions through which more young people, particularly those who face barriers to participation, can benefit from engagement with local heritage.

Working under the direction of the Head of Community Heritage, Inclusion and Learning, you will build relationships and partnerships across the youth sector, strengthen the capability of adults who work with young people, and work with the Place Policy teams to develop a compelling narrative about the role local heritage can play in improving outcomes for young people, including their sense of place and belonging, wellbeing, confidence and skills.

The role will support Historic England's contribution to the National Youth Strategy by translating strategic priorities, policy objectives and evidence into practical partnerships, workforce development opportunities, resources and programmes that increase opportunities for young people to engage with local heritage.

This is an enabling role rather than one focused on direct delivery with young people. The emphasis is on influencing and supporting organisations, practitioners and partners who work with young people and creating the conditions through which more young people can experience the social benefits of heritage.

Essential requirements

Who we are looking forRelevant experience of working in or alongside the youth sector, with a good understanding of current issues affecting young people and the principles of youth voice, participation and co-production.Experience of building trusted relationships and working collaboratively across organisational or sector boundaries to achieve shared outcomesExperience of translating strategic priorities, policy objectives or evidence into practical, inclusive activity that addresses barriers to participation.Experience of evaluating activity, using evidence to improve outcomes, and supporting others to develop or deliver effectively.Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

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Youth Engagement Manager

Company: Historic England

Salary: £40,778 to £43,903 a year, pro rata

Hours: Full-time

Location: Swindon, SN2 2EH

Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote

Job type: Contract

Posting date: 5 Nov 2026

Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

Salary

National: £40,778 pro-rata

Cambridge: £43,903 pro-rata

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

What you will be doing

As our Youth Engagement Manager, you will help create the conditions through which more young people, particularly those who face barriers to participation, can benefit from engagement with local heritage.

Working under the direction of the Head of Community Heritage, Inclusion and Learning, you will build relationships and partnerships across the youth sector, strengthen the capability of adults who work with young people, and work with the Place Policy teams to develop a compelling narrative about the role local heritage can play in improving outcomes for young people, including their sense of place and belonging, wellbeing, confidence and skills.

The role will support Historic England's contribution to the National Youth Strategy by translating strategic priorities, policy objectives and evidence into practical partnerships, workforce development opportunities, resources and programmes that increase opportunities for young people to engage with local heritage.

This is an enabling role rather than one focused on direct delivery with young people. The emphasis is on influencing and supporting organisations, practitioners and partners who work with young people and creating the conditions through which more young people can experience the social benefits of heritage.

Essential requirements

Who we are looking forRelevant experience of working in or alongside the youth sector, with a good understanding of current issues affecting young people and the principles of youth voice, participation and co-production.Experience of building trusted relationships and working collaboratively across organisational or sector boundaries to achieve shared outcomesExperience of translating strategic priorities, policy objectives or evidence into practical, inclusive activity that addresses barriers to participation.Experience of evaluating activity, using evidence to improve outcomes, and supporting others to develop or deliver effectively.Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

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