Urban Youth Room Worker

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

Urban Youth Room Worker RBKC608732

Job Summary:

Salary range: £29,364 – £33,510 pro rata per annum (actual salary £23,491 – £26,808 per annum) (Pending pay award)
Work location: London
Hours per week: 28.8
Contract type: Temporary up to 24 months
Vetting requirement: Enhanced DBS check
Closing date: 11th June 2023

About Us:

Be the most inspirational person in the Room.

At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people at the heart of everything we do. A new initiative, the Urban Youth Room in Notting Hill Gate is a collaboration between the Youth Council and our Placeshaping and Youth Participation teams. By day, it is home to local groups, voluntary organisations and Council services that work with young people. During evenings and weekends, it is where young people come to study, socialise and relax.

The Role:

Created by young people for young people, the Urban Youth Room goes beyond education – to provide support on mental health, wellbeing, education, finances, and exploring how we can better provide for our community’s youth.

As a Room Worker, you will be a friendly face of the team. It is a fantastic opportunity to build a career in youth work and children’s services, and gain an insight into how grant programmes work.

On site four days a week, the focus will be on first championing the Youth Room to the community, and then helping young people make the most of the services on offer.

That means building partnerships with organisations, schools, churches and community groups. Handling inductions, managing bookings and learning about safeguarding. And planning for key events, like anti-bullying week, Youth Day, Black History month or Enterprise Week.

You will also focus on the young attendees: sending out comms, introducing them to services, and managing social channels. Along the way, you will learn all kinds of new skills – and have access to a wealth of training related to your role.

Please refer to the Job Description for information.

About You:

It is important you have a good standard of general education, including English and Maths at GCSE Grade C (or equivalent). However, your supportive, open minded and welcoming personality will set you apart.

You will have the organisation skills to plan event effectively, and the charisma and gravitas to get young people engaged in the Urban Youth Room’s services. Ideally, you will already have a good knowledge of our Borough. But most important is your confidence working with young people in a diverse urban setting.

In addition to a competitive salary and generous annual leave, you can look forward to joining a Council that puts you first. Supportive, friendly and open-minded, we take pride in providing training and learning opportunities that broaden your expertise. And career opportunities that will help your career take flight.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.
You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: