Youth Engagement & Partnerships Lead

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 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.