Youth Co-ordinator
Children's Services - Skills & Employment
Rate - £18.35 Paye / £24.56 Umbrella per hour
About the Role
We're looking for a proactive and passionate Youth Co-ordinator to help shape and deliver opportunities for young people aged 14-29. This is an exciting role focused on connecting young people with education, training, and employment pathways, while working collaboratively with partners across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
You'll play a key role in mapping and improving the local youth offer, engaging directly with young people, and creating clear progression routes into apprenticeships, work experience and jobs.
Key Responsibilities
- Map and develop the local and regional youth offer, identifying gaps and opportunities
- Engage with young people to understand their needs and support their progression into positive destinations
- Build strong partnerships with schools, employers, DWP, training providers and community organisations
- Develop employer links to create work experience, placements and apprenticeship opportunities
- Lead outreach, engagement and promotional activity to raise awareness of youth programmes
- Design and support innovative youth pathways and interventions
- Monitor outcomes, track progress and report on programme impact
- Support the development of a central youth offer portal and improve service accessibility
About You
- Experience delivering skills, employment or youth-focused programmes in a partnership environment
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage projects, analyse data and report outcomes effectively
- Confident communicator with excellent organisational and presentation skills
- Knowledge of funding, programme monitoring and local authority processes (desirable)
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience
- Committed to equality, diversity and safeguarding
Additional Information
- Occasional evening and weekend work may be required
- Travel across the borough is essential
- DBS check required
