Job Title: Strategic Manager - Youth Voice and Creative Engagement Service (NY Voice)
Grade: N
Salary: £43,857 - £47,782 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week, Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Weekend Working: Occasional
Are you someone who has the passion to promote the voices of young people and ensure they are heard? Are you someone who can develop and co-ordinate the delivery of youth voice across the North Yorkshire area?
We are looking for a Strategic Manager to lead NY Voice, our Youth Voice and Creative Engagement Service, which sits within our successful Children and Young People’s Services Department. You will be responsible for managing a diverse team of youth voice and creative engagement officers and workers, ensuring that our children and young people, especially those from disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, are encouraged and supported to engage with youth voice opportunities; and have a genuine say in the services we deliver as a local authority.
The successful applicant will have significant experience of working with children and young people, be passionate about youth voice and participation work, and have a proven track record of success and delivering high quality work. The team sits within our effective practice and quality assurance framework, therefore the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and produce professional reports will be essential qualities for the successful candidate; as will a firm understanding of statutory inspection processes. The post holder will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy, coordinating with teams across Children and Young People’s Services, and feeding in directly to multiple senior management teams. Please see the attached documents for further information on the range of duties associated with this role.
This is a full time role for 37 hours per week and will involve a combination of home, office, and community working. The successful candidate will have a base at County Hall, Northallerton, but travel around the county area will be required on occasion, as will some weekend and evening working.
Our Children & Young People’s Service has a reputation of delivering high quality services and our Children’s Services are nationally recognised for their excellence, taking a national lead to share best practice. Our recent Ofsted rating judged us as ‘Outstanding’ across all provisions. We also have a good story to tell when it comes to value for money, service delivery and impact in the communities of North Yorkshire we serve. We are passionate, ambitious and driven about the future of our services. However, there is always room to do even better for young people in North Yorkshire. We are truly a learning organisation that continually seeks to innovate and finely tune the system with an unwavering desire to continually improve.
At North Yorkshire County Council we value our employees, offering a generous leave entitlement with bank holidays as an addition. Our Local Government pension package is significantly more than standard plans and our Everybody Benefits offers a wide range of money saving discounts on holidays, experience days, cinemas, family offers and DIY. We have salary sacrifice on technology and green car schemes, a fantastic Employee Assistance Programme which provides resources, factsheets and advice for healthy living as well as advice for your financial wellbeing.
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If you think you have the drive and passion to make young people’s voices heard in North Yorkshire, then please contact Samantha Clayton, Head of Effective Practice & QA, on 07811665858 for an informal conversation about the role, alternatively email Samantha.clayton@northyorks.gov.uk with any queries.
Key Dates
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 12th December
Shortlisting Dates: Monday 13th December and Tuesday 14th December
Interview Date/s: 17/12/21 and 23/12/21
Location: County Hall, Northallerton
We look forward to exploring your interest and receiving your application.
Documents
Job Description / Person Specification.pdf
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