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Details

Reference number

331879

Salary

£43,693 – £52,364

A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Management Band 1 SEO

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

WP – Communications

Type of role

Communications / Marketing
Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

The post will have flexibility to work from home, subject to business needs. The post holder will be expected to support occasional Senedd events in Cardiff and travel across Wales delivering engagement activity through events both in person and online.

About the job

Job summary

We are looking for an Education and Youth Engagement Team Manager to lead and deliver impactful engagement programmes with young people in communities across Wales. We are committed to providing opportunities for children and young people to engage and learn about the work of the Senedd. This role focuses on managing an outreach programme for young people across Wales.

The Senedd Commission is responsible for providing the services needed by the Senedd to fulfil its parliamentary functions. Its purpose is to ensure that the Senedd is an accessible and effective parliamentary body that instills the confidence of all of the people of Wales. Communicating with the young people of Wales is an especially key strategic function of the Senedd.

The Senedds Education and Youth Engagement Team provides a range of educational programmes, in person on the Senedds estate, in educational establishments across Wales, and online. In doing so, we are able to increase awareness of the role the Senedd performs, improve understanding of the work of the Senedd, and increase participation in the Senedd and the Welsh Youth Parliaments work.

Job description

You will lead a team of Education and Youth Engagement Officers based across Wales to develop an engaging outreach programme targeting young people across all communities in both education and youth work settings.

You will also play a key part in managing strands of the Welsh Youth Parliament programme, organising meetings and events for the 60 Welsh Youth Parliament Members including residential weekends in Cardiff, whilst working closely with the Youth Parliament Manager, and the Siambr Hywel Manager to ensure a consistent and worthwhile approach to educational visits to the Senedd Estate.

Since its establishment in 2019, the Welsh Youth Parliament has been supported by our Education and Youth Engagement Officers. Your role will be to manage the workflow of the team in supporting young people and in delivering the Welsh Youth Parliament programme.

Person specification

Job Specific criteria:

Qualification in the field of education or professional youth work, with significant experience of working within the education sector;
Experience of leading and delivering impactful projects that involve young people, across a range of different platforms
Ability to develop excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Experience in designing and analysing a research activity with young people and education professionals

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,693, Welsh Parliament contributes
£11,797 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Details of the Selection Process: Candidates are required to complete an application form through our recruitment portal addressing the job specific and desirable criteria.

Closing Date for applications: 14 January 2024

Your application must be submitted before midnight on the closing date.

You will be updated on your progress via the email address you first register with. Please check your Junk Mail and Spam folders to make sure you dont miss any future correspondence.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 5 February 2024.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.