Youth Engagement Officer (Covering Newport)
Salary banding: £24,700 – £26,700
Location: Covering Newport and Torfaen County (On-site).
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 09:00am to 16:30pm
Mileage: 45p per mile
As a Youth Engagement Officer, you will be responsible for designing and delivering programs that actively involve young people in meaningful activities, enhance their skills, and cultivate a strong sense of community.
Jobs Growth Wales Plus (JGW+) is a Welsh Government initiative that provides work experience and training opportunities to young people and unemployed individuals, enhancing their employability and supporting job creation in various sectors.
Your Impact
- Identify, engage, and recruit new learners to the Itec Jobs Growth Wales + programme.
- Use various techniques (sales, business development, marketing) to attract new learners.
- Establish new business partnerships and maximize existing relationships for learner opportunities.
- Actively sell and endorse Itec training products and services to attract learners.
- Drive new learner generation through calls, networking, digital activities, and community outreach.
- Build effective relationships with schools and community-based venues to attract learners.
- Build strategic relationships with Centre Leads and Learner Coaches to ensure seamless learner transitions.
Job Criteria
Essential
- Experience working with young people and/or being passionate about making a difference.
- Strong and relevant knowledge of local networks
- Willingness to undergo a DBS check (cost covered by the company) and EWC registration.
- Full driving license with use of own vehicle
Desirable
- Experience within Post 16 Education or youth-based organisations.
Employee Benefits
Itec is an Employee Owned organisation. This status allows our employees to have greater engagement and ownership in the future growth and success of Itec. At Itec we are passionate about our people and collaborative in the way we work. We are:
- Leading provider of work-based learning programmes for 40 years
- Employee Owned organisation
- Investors in People Platinum
- Disability Confident Leader
- Living Wage Employer
As an Employee Owned business, our people are our main asset, and everyone has a say in the direction that the business is heading. As a valued employee owner, you will be entitled to receive the below corporate benefits:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Being an employee owner as part of the EOT
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Annual bonus (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Life Assurance
- Personal development and career opportunities
- Employee Mental Health first aiders
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Medicash – Healthcare scheme
- Length of Service Payment Scheme
- Employee of Month Awards
- Discounts on Gym Membership and fitness products discounts
- Travel expenses and business mileage
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Social & Charity Events
- Refer a Friend Payment Scheme
- NUS/ Totum discount card
The most tangible advantage of being an Employee Ownership Trust is our annual bonus; this percentage is determined by the overall performance of the organisation and subject to qualifying criteria.
This role is subject to a DBS check. The cost of the DBS check will be met by the company.
Itec operates as an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome all applications inclusive of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions, or trade union membership.
Itec reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.
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