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Youth, Skills and Training Officer, Bradford2025

  •  Yorkshire
  •  Â£25k-30k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes February 27, 2025
  •  recruitment@bradford2025.co.uk
  • #Charity

Description

Job Summary

Youth, Skills and Training Officer Closing date for applications: 27th February 2025 Interviews to be held:  7th March  2025 Start date: March 2025 Fixed term till March 2026 Annual salary of £27,000 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays Contributory pension scheme with 5% employer contribution

Job Description

37 hours per week worked flexibly Monday to Friday with occasional evenings and weekends Predominantly office (city centre).

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (Bradford 2025) runs from January 2025 to December 2025 and is a celebration of Bradford city and district, taking place across its city, towns, villages and greenspaces. It will showcase the rich history of the area and spotlight its dynamic contemporary culture in all forms; dance and theatre, music and film, visual arts and crafts, food and sport. Bradford 2025 is created for, with and by the people of Bradford - and it has young people at its heart.

We are seeking a Youth, Skills and Training Officer to work alongside our Youth, Skills and Training Manager to help organise and coordinate several creative careers and skills events across 2025.

Reporting to the Youth, Skills and Training Manager, you will help support and organise a range of events that encourage young people across the Bradford district and beyond to access arts and culture.

We're looking for a someone who is young person focused, with an excellent eye for detail and experience of working with projects and budgets.

Additional Assets:

It would be great if you also have:

  • Personal and/or professional knowledge of Bradford District
  • Previously worked as part of a safeguarding team
  • Experience in facilitation
  • Experience of working in a similar role in the arts and culture sector/ education sector or Youth work

If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Job Requirements

Key responsibilities:

  • To support the delivery of a year- long programme of creative career events for young people
  • To support our Youth Panel and help coordinate experiences that help raise aspirations and encourage youth voice across the district
  • To help deliver youth strands of our activity supported by The National Lottery Community Fund - regular community-level careers events; a creative careers festival; and a youth leadership conference
  • To manage the project budgets, and report on these within agreed frameworks
  • To develop a robust community of practice for the wider recruitment of apprentices throughout Bradford's, and West Yorkshire's, creative industries
  • To work closely with relevant colleagues in Bradford's FE and Skills Sector, and at Bradford Metropolitan District Council (including SkillsHouse; Careers and Technical Education; and ChildFriendly Bradford
  • To work with Engagement and Programme/ Producing teams to ensure join-up and complementarity across the BD25 pr

Job Responsibilities

You will have:

Essential criteria:

  • Experience of working with young people, providing enriching experiences and opportunities to help support their individual development
  • Experience of working with individuals to break down access barriers
  • Experience and knowledge of creating opportunities for young people to shape projects
  • Proven ability to collaborate with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Good administrative skills with strong attention to detail and some proven track record of project planning and monitoring/ evaluation
  • Strong working knowledge of IT - including spreadsheets and adaptable to working with new systems and processes
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and adapt to changing priorities in a busy, fast-moving environment
  • Experience of monitoring / reporting against specific funding requirements
  • Understanding of and commitment to safeguarding, safety, inclusion, diversity, and sustainability practices

How to Apply

To apply for this role please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 to [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE:

Your covering letter is an important part of your application. Please read through the ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (listed above) and ensure that your letter clearly sets out one or more examples of how you meet each of the essential criteria. Also, please do tell us if you have any of the ADDITIONAL ASSETS.

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