Youth Programmes Co-ordinator

Get Grants Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

InUnity is recruiting a Youth Programmes Co-ordinator to plan, promote and deliver engaging activities for children and young people across south Birmingham. You will support sport, arts and youth activities in community and education settings, ensuring safe participation and strong engagement with local communities.

The role requires a strong work ethic, a can-do attitude, and the ability to travel between sessions.

Qualifications

• Strong work ethic with attention to detail, time management and reliability.
• Positive, “can do” attitude and role model within the local community.
• Can work independently and as part of a small team.
• Truthful, sincere and trustworthy, with integrity in their actions.
• Has an appetite to learn, grow and contribute to their own professional development.
• Can communicate well with people of all ages and backgrounds, including in person, by email and through social media.
• Can work flexibly and adapt when plans change.
• Is committed to equal opportunities for all.
• Understands safeguarding and knows what to do if a concern arises.
• Can keep accurate records, including proof of expenditure, in line with finance policies.
• Willing to travel—our sessions are delivered in the heart of communities so you will be traveling between the office and locations across south Birmingham regularly.
• Can embed InUnity’s vision, mission and values into their work.
• Wants to champion young Brummies in south Birmingham.

Responsibilities

• Plan, promote and deliver engaging activities for children and young people across south Birmingham.
• Deliver sport, arts and youth activities in community and education settings, supporting young people to take part safely and confidently.
• Prepare session plans, workshop resources, paperwork and materials needed for the activities and programmes you are involved in.
• Support project monitoring and evaluation by completing forms, collecting information, inputting data into Views each month, and sharing relevant updates with project leads and delivery staff.
• Liaise with programme managers, delivery staff, partners and external researchers to support meetings, events, project delivery and communication across the programmes.
• Support other team members and freelance staff at InUnity sessions, events and programmes, as directed by programme leads.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings, project meetings, training, networking events and any other activities relevant to the role.
• Build positive relationships with young people, volunteers, sessional staff, partners and local stakeholders.
• Support and mentor volunteers and younger sessional staff involved in our projects.
• Help promote InUnity’s programmes through social media, our website and local networks, including writing short articles or updates when needed.
• Promote the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people by managing conflict, challenging unsafe behaviour, and reporting any concerns or disclosures in line with InUnity’s safeguarding policy.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Reliability

People skills

Adaptability

Job description

InUnity puts young people at the heart of our work. Wedeliver sport, creative arts, youth sessions, mentoring, personal developmentand training programmes for young people living in some of Birmingham’s mostdisadvantaged communities.

We believe real social change happens when programmes areshaped around local need and delivered through trusted relationships. That iswhy we work with small groups of young people over sustained periods of time,offering high levels of support to those facing significant barriers in life.

Thanks to funding from theNational Lottery Community Fund, we are looking for our next team member tojoin InUnity and support our flagship Young Brum programme across southBirmingham.

What your role will include as ourYouth Programmes Co-ordinator:

1. Working with our small team toplan, promote and deliver engaging activities for children and youngpeople across south Birmingham.
2. Deliver sport, arts and youthactivities in community and education settings, supporting young people totake part safely and confidently.
3. Prepare session plans, workshopresources, paperwork and materials needed for the activities andprogrammes you are involved in.
4. Support project monitoring andevaluation by completing forms, collecting information, inputting datainto Views each month, and sharing relevant updates with project leads anddelivery staff.
5. Liaise with programme managers,delivery staff, partners and external researchers to support meetings,events, project delivery and communication across the programmes.
6. Support other team members and freelancestaff at InUnity sessions, events and programmes, as directed by programmeleads.
7. Attend and contribute to teammeetings, project meetings, training, networking events and any otheractivities relevant to the role.
8. Build positive relationships withyoung people, volunteers, sessional staff, partners and localstakeholders.
9. Support and mentor volunteers andyounger sessional staff involved in our projects.
10. Help promote InUnity’s programmesthrough social media, our website and local networks, including writingshort articles or updates when needed.
11. Promote the safeguarding andwellbeing of children and young people by managing conflict, challengingunsafe behaviour, and reporting any concerns or disclosures in line withInUnity’s safeguarding policy.

Job Specification:The personable qualities we are looking for….

You will learn a lot in thisrole, and we will support you to grow. We are looking for someone who:

Has a strong work ethic, with goodattention to detail, time management and reliability.

1. Has a positive, “can do” attitude andcan act as a role model within the local community.
2. Can work independently and as part of asmall team.
3. Is truthful, sincere and trustworthy,with integrity in their actions.
4. Has an appetite to learn, grow andcontribute to their own professional development.
5. Can communicate well with people of allages and backgrounds, including in person, by email and through socialmedia.
6. Can work flexibly and adapt when planschange.
7. Is committed to equal opportunities forall.
8. Understands the importanceofsafeguarding and knows what to do if a concern arises.
9. Can keep accurate records, includingproof of expenditure, in line with finance policies.
10. Be willing to travel- oursessions are delivered in the heart of communities so you will betraveling between the office and locations across south Birminghamregularly.
11. Can embed InUnity’s vision, mission andvalues into their work.
12. Wants to champion young Brummies insouth Birmingham.