Our agile team, based at our central HQ in Portsmouth are looking for a dedicated individual passionate about supporting young people to share their voice and develop their leadership skills. We are passionate about young people engaging with shaping public sector services and experiences through student voice.
Are you passionate about working with young people?
Join an exciting, fast-paced and growing social enterprise as our programme facilitator on public sector partnerships across Hampshire and beyond.
Unloc was founded in 2013 by award-winning young leaders and advocates Hayden Taylor and Ben Dowling. Our mission is to empower young people to be innovative changemakers who seek to build stronger communities and sustainable businesses. We develop young people’s skills, enhance their potential and boost their determination to succeed. This is encapsulated in our ‘Developing Young Potential’ tag-line. We work towards our mission by delivering inspiring educational programmes in our network of 100+ schools and colleges.
A key part of Unloc’s offer is the delivery of programmes which bring together young people to engage with public sector bodies such as NHS trusts and local authority departments. These programmes provide personal development opportunities for young people as well as providing a valuable outlet for public sector bodies to engage and consult with young people about the services they provide. An example of this is our partnership with a health trust, where-by we organise engaging day-long student wellbeing summits for school pupils from across Hampshire to attend on their behalf. Another example is working with a museum to empower a group of young people to deliver events on a key chapter of history to other young people in the community.
We pride ourselves on being innovative, embracing new technology and ensuring that we have young people at the heart of everything we do. This approach is summarised in the below 7 component pillars:
- Developing young people’s confidence and aspiration
- Tailoring programmes to meet young people’s needs
- Investing in young people’s skills
- Engaging young people through innovative approaches
- Championing young people’s successes
- Working closely with partners
- Demonstrating youth leadership with a dynamic team
What we offer:
- A fun, driven and passionate team.
- A fixed term post with a view to extending the contract.
- Technology including a MacBook and a mobile phone to make your working life easier.
- Growth: we invest in individuals and are an ambitious organisation.
- The opportunity to work with amazing young people.
- A flexible approach to working life and 28 days holiday plus a week at Christmas and all bank holidays (not already falling within the Christmas break); a total of 38 days holiday.
- Access to PerkBox, an external employee benefits & rewards scheme. See https://www.perkbox.co.uk/goldcard/deals for a full list.
Key Responsibilities:
Organise, plan and facilitate bespoke student voice events in collaboration with our public sector partners
- Organise, plan and facilitate bespoke student voice events on behalf of our public sector partners. This will involve building programmes that meet the individual needs and priorities of the commissioning organisation. These events will engage young people on key priorities of our public sector partners and key issues for young people e.g mental health. This will involve designing agendas, managing event resources, briefing event support staff, liaising with key points of contact and managing attendance from multiple schools, colleges and partners.
Organise, plan and facilitate young people’s boards in collaboration with our public sector partners
- Organise, plan and implement ‘young people’s boards’ in collaboration with public sector partners. These boards involve a small group of young people helping shape the policies and priorities of public sector organisations. This will involve recruiting young people, organising meetings, supporting young people to implement their suggestions and liaising with our partners on young people’s board agendas.
Working in partnership with key stakeholders
- Liaise with key stakeholders to work in partnership with and promote Unloc’s public sector student voice work. This will include Local Authorities, Education Trusts and Community Interest Groups.
Providing regular updates to the Operations Manager and updating the Unloc contracts document
- To provide regular (written or verbal) updates to the Operations Manager on current progress and achievements of individual projects you manage, this includes using and keeping the Unloc contracts document up-to-date.
Providing additional support and opportunities for students
- Providing support and additional opportunities for young people you work with where possible.
To support other Unloc projects
- To aid other Unloc projects as and when required by the team (in consultation between you and your line manager).
Person Specification:
Qualifications
Essential: GCSE Maths and English at grade A*-C (or equivalent).
Essential: A-Levels at grade A*-C (or equivalent).
Desirable: Level 3 ICT qualification.
Desirable: A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent industry experience).
Experience and Knowledge
Essential: Previous work with young people.
Essential: Previous experience of youth engagement and empowerment.
Desirable: Previous knowledge of the youth sector across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Desirable: Some experience in a public sector environment.
Abilities and Skills
Essential: High-level writing skills.
Essential: Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
Essential: Ability to manage a budget.
Essential: Ability to work as part of a team.
Essential: Ability to work independently.
Desirable: High level of skill when using G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps For Work).
Desirable: Ability to use Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Other
Essential: Willingness to undertake staff training and development as required.
Desirable: Car driver with a clean UK driving licence.
