Digital Youth Work Officer

Job Title: Digital Youth Work Officer

Pay Grade: £24,173 – £26,762 per annum, dependent on experience

Duration: Fixed term to 31^st August 2019, funding dependent thereafter

Hours: Full-time, 37hrs per week, including evening and weekend work

Leave: 35 days

Probation: 6 months

Pension: Auto-enrolment with TPT Solutions Flexible Retirement Plan
Closing Date: Tuesday 21^st August 2018 (4pm)

Interview Date: Tuesday 28^th August (provisional)

Our client’s mission is to play a leading role in the provision of quality youth work to LGBTI young people that promotes their health and wellbeing, and to be a valued and influential partner in LGBTI equality and human rights.

At this time, our client is currently looking for enthusiastic and digitally skilled individual to join the team as a Digital Youth Work Officer.

Principal Responsibilities:

• To provide support and advice to young people online
• To train, co-ordinate and supervise digital youth work staff and volunteers
• To ensure that young people have opportunities to participate in our digital youth work
• To co-manage youth work content on LGBT Youth Scotland’s main website including the live chat function
• To manage & develop LGBT Youth Scotland’s key multimedia platforms for communication with young people
• To work alongside the Communications Officer to deliver strategically connected communications to young people
• To better connect LGBTI young people with their allies (supportive peers, teachers and youth workers) at school and in the wider community
• To ensure LGBTI young people have better access to information and support through effective digital platforms
• To work within LGBT Youth Scotland’s framework of policies and procedures, particularly in relation to the protection of children, young people and adults at risk
• To deliver training to staff and volunteers on multimedia, communications and online child protection work
• To contribute to key organisational priorities outlined in LGBT Youth Scotland’s ‘Strategy for a Sustainable Future’, and other tasks as required

The Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience of work with children and young people.
• Supporting and working with young people.
• Good knowledge and understanding of equalities issues and the issues affecting LGBT young people.
• Excellent knowledge of ICT and multimedia.
• Website maintenance experience using a CMS.
• Experience of dealing with and responding to Child Protection concerns.
• Experience of co-ordinating and supervising sessional staff and volunteers.

If you have the relevant skills and experience and are seeking a new career, then send your CV to cv@talent-finder.co.uk, with the subject line referring to the position and where you found it. Alternatively, call 01772 886799.