We have a great opportunity for a talented Participation and Engagement Worker to inspire and involve young people in our Kingsley Hall Heritage Project, a unique project made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). Thanks to National Lottery players, we can develop our plans to transform Kingsley Hall - our charity’s base and Grade 2* listed building - into a welcoming space that will provide training, support and housing for young people who have been homeless, at risk of homelessness or are leaving care. 

With a passion for co-production and a creative and participatory approach, you’ll proactively engage with young people both within 1625ip and beyond, enabling them to shape and develop inspiring heritage activities and ensure their voices are at the heart of building design. You’ll support them to develop and take advantage of the amazing opportunities available - from traineeships and apprenticeships, to training and leadership through the new Heritage Youth Project Board. With your colleagues, you’ll support the co-production of work between young people, volunteers and partners, lead on creative projects and develop your project management skills. 

Through co-design of the new building and piloting a fresh programme of heritage activities, we want to use heritage as a platform to transform young people’s lives.

For more information about the Kingsley Hall Heritage Project see: www.1625ip.co.uk/kingsley-hall 

Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 06 February 2023.

Who we are: 
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the South West, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.

We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from ethnic minority groups and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience. 

If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. 

What you will be doing:

• Using your brilliant engagement and communication skills you will inspire and motivate young people. 
• Working with partners and volunteers you will design and deliver a programme of heritage activities. 
• Using your people skills, you will support young people and volunteers, facilitating their ongoing engagement and personal development.
• Developing your project management skills, you will take responsibility for some of the projects that will form the development programme.
• Making use of your organisational and planning skills you will juggle lots of different tasks whilst keeping an eye on the big picture and overall goals.

You will be in the Participation and Learning Team and your line manager will be our Senior Heritage Activities Co-ordinator.

At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based, and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. 

If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

What we are offering:

• An opportunity to be part of large transformation project.
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays.
• Employee Health Cash Plan with UK Healthcare (up to level 2).
• Regular support and supervision.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A friendly and supportive team.

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 37.5 hours (this represents FTE).
• Contract type: Permanent.
• Pay: £26,357 - £27,852 per annum (NJC Scale 16-19) starting at the bottom of the scale.
• The location: Your base will be our Kingsley Hall office, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant Bristol city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home.

Important dates: 

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 06 February 2023.
• If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Tuesday 14 February 2023, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 
• Interviews are on Monday 20 and/or Tuesday 21 February 2023.