Youth Participation Officer
£32,955 - £39,933 per annum
Fixed Term until end of June 2026
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth

Depending on service needs, full time office working will be required to meet project demands, this will vary week to week. Typically, a minimum of 2 days office based, including every Wednesday, and the remaining days home working. This will include working in project spaces across the borough.

Are you an adaptable professional with experience of delivering cultural engagement or public programmes?

We are so excited that Wandsworth has been chosen by the Mayor of London to be London Borough of Culture 2025. We are planning an inspirational year of culture where every corner of Wandsworth comes alive in an explosion of creativity.

You can expect large scale dance events, a mass choral spectacular and a disability arts festival showcasing great artists from the borough, amongst many other things.

By sharing experiences and connecting, we believe culture has the power to make us all feel better. We want to start a movement across the Capital where everyone recognises that culture has the power to heal - a place where better health outcomes are achieved through the healing, inspirational power of culture and the arts.

About the role

As a Youth Participation Officer you will work with the award-winning Arts & Culture Service to develop, deliver and monitor a range of ambitious cultural programmes for young creatives aged 14+ within London Borough of Culture. Your support will be crucial to the Programme and Partnership Manager who you will help to lead on these programmes.

You will work on projects that facilitate young people in Wandsworth to seize the opportunities that London Borough of Culture offers; from leading on the inclusion of youth voice in the programme to delivering programmes that support young people’s access to creative careers. You will be working directly with participants, facilitating sessions, collaborating with artists, and  utilising your project management skills to produce events , and activities.

Safeguarding training will be provided as part of your induction. As you will be looking after a Arts and Culture Programme, some evening and weekend work will be required.

Essential Qualification, Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent project management and organisational skills (project management qualification is not required but experience is essential).
• Good youth facilitation skills and having proven understanding of youth participation panels.
• Experience of delivering art projects.
• Strong communications skills, particularly in partnership working with other organisations.
• Great budget management skills and previous experience.
• Good evaluation skills and basic understanding of data processing.
• Help us to deliver a year to remember, using the power of culture to transform lives, spark joy, connect people and improve wellbeing – let’s do this together!

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Caroline Simonsen, Arts and Culture Programme and Partnership Manager at #removed#

Closing Date: 15th September 2024
Shortlisting Date: W/C 16th September2024
Interview Date: W/C 23rd September 2024

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. This campaign is anonymised.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS[CS1] ).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.