JOB SUMMARY

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role. Our aim is to improve outcomes for young people, and to support a thriving youth sector, which is financially sustainable and a respected partner with government in achieving shared objectives.
The Youth team is an innovative team that has responsibility for a range of cross cutting and high profile policy areas, including delivering the National Youth Strategy, supporting youth sector workforce, and ensuring the impactful delivery of a range of revenue and capital programmes
The Youth team is a driven, friendly unit with a vision to ensure the programmes we deliver and the engagements we lead have the greatest impact for young people and their communities.
We are firmly committed to our people, and this is reflected in our values. We work hard to build an environment that is diverse and inclusive, as well as warm, friendly and collaborative; where each member of staff can flourish, feel comfortable being themselves at work, learn about the policy area, develop their skills and move their career forward. I look forward to hearing from you.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role is in an exciting and fast moving environment, helping to deliver the Government’s National Youth Strategy. In particular, you will be responsible for achieving the Government’s vision for young people to be highly involved in shaping local, national and international youth policy and practice. In addition, you will lead on the following

• Policy and programmes to increase young people’s rates of volunteering and social action.
• International youth representation and policy, covering international fora, such as the Council of Europe and international programmes such as Erasmus+
• Responsible for maintaining the legacy of the National Citizen Service programmes.
• Leading on the development and oversight of national grants that support young peoples’ access to opportunities for development and fun, including clubs, activities and outdoor adventures.

This is a great role for someone who likes working directly with young people and external stakeholders, and thrives on seeing citizens more directly engaged in policy making. You will be the lead for the team on our relationship with the CSY volunteering team, and DCMS international team. You will work with a range of stakeholders and have regular contact with Ministers.
You will lead a team of 3 x G7 Team Leaders and 7 junior staff (2 x EOs, 3 x HEOs, 2 x SEOs)

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• An excellent leader, with the ability to set direction in often ambiguous circumstances.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate with young people, and senior internal and external stakeholders;
• Great written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to deliver complex and difficult messages to a variety of audiences, including senior officials and ministers;
• Effective decision-making, including the ability to use facilitation skills involving a wide range of stakeholders to reach evidence-based solutions.

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

• Experience of grant design and management.
• An interest in policy, particularly as it relates to the civil society and youth sectors
  We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Kirby Swales, and will take place on: Tuesday 16 September 9:30am - 10:30am
  The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.
  Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form by Monday 15th September and you will be sent an invitation.
  Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk

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)
• 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

Further information on nationality requirements

This role is in an exciting and fast moving environment, helping to deliver the Government’s National Youth Strategy. In particular, you will be responsible for achieving the Government’s vision for young people to be highly involved in shaping local, national and international youth policy and practice. In addition, you will lead on the following

• Policy and programmes to increase young people’s rates of volunteering and social action.
• International youth representation and policy, covering international fora, such as the Council of Europe and international programmes such as Erasmus+
• Responsible for maintaining the legacy of the National Citizen Service programmes.
• Leading on the development and oversight of national grants that support young peoples’ access to opportunities for development and fun, including clubs, activities and outdoor adventures