Job Purpose

The Engagement Lead is an exciting and important role that leads delivery of Babbasa’s Challenge Programme - a 5 year programme focussed on working with a group of aspiring young people to develop their leadership potential, skills and sense of self confidence through a stimulating and experiential training course, delivering a social action project and participating in 1:1 mentoring sessions. The Challenge Programme is the flagship Babbasa programme and has delivered some powerful initiatives in Bristol to date such as the Youth Ambassadors City of Change campaign and the ‘Our Bristol Our World’ Youth Conference working closely with Bristol’s elected Mayor.

The post is funded by The National Lottery (TNL) Reaching Communities Fund and has been nominated as a national case study example of the Lottery’s community projects. 

Core Responsibilities

●  Deliver outreach workshops to young people in education and community settings aimed at increasing their sense of confidence, belonging and empowerment.

●  Deliver and facilitate Babbasa’s workshop and training activities including the recruitment, enrolment and induction of participants (Youth Ambassadors) onto the Challenge programme.

●  Design and deliver weekly training and workshop materials through the use of appropriate teaching, learning and assessment methods - with the aim of encouraging critical thinking, debates and developing the ability of participants to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking. Including the incorporation of experiential leadership development opportunities and trips e.g. to the UK Parliament or social impact organisations with high impact.

●  Build a trusting relationship (based on Babbasa values) with young people engaged - to ensure we meet their progression outcome and identify/address any health and safety, disability, equality, concerns or welfare issues.

●  Lead a group of young people in the delivery of a social action project which develops their employability and enterprise knowledge and experience

●  Support Youth Ambassadors to engage successfully with businesses and city wide voluntary organisations, schools, colleges and local youth agencies on the social action project.

●  Coordinate a mentoring scheme after the social action project, which includes matching, training, and facilitation of first meetings and reviewing progress of mentoring pairs.

●  Monitor and evaluate each of the core elements of the Challenge programme and assist to produce a final report after the 6-month programme cycle.

General Responsibilities

●  Ensure young peoples’ comments, voices and suggestions are at the heart of service delivery and respond to their needs.

●  Ensure internal administrative tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner as required by Babbasa and the activity funder.

●  Deliver support and guidance to participants using best practice.

●  To attend and take part in all core Babbasa meetings

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

●  Good organisation and time management skills, able to manage own workload effectively, meet deadlines, monitor outcomes and achieve targets.

●  Able to provide young people with enjoyable, stimulating and challenging experiences.

●  Able to provide young people with appropriate information, advice, support and challenge, and refer them to specialist help when required.

●  Able to establish and maintain positive relationships with young people, including agreeing limits for acceptable behaviour.

●  Able to use a variety of approaches creatively – matched to young people’s different needs, abilities and interests.

●  Prepared to work flexibly, including evenings, weekends and other unsocial hours.

●  Able to build strong collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders including: Equal Opportunity Ambassadors, education bodies, community organisations, event venues, and corporate partners.

Knowledge and Experience

Experience of designing and delivering skills-development training and support packages (preferably with a training or Information & Guidance qualification such as PGCE, PTLLS, assessor award, or willingness to complete further relevant qualification training)

Knowledge of, and interest in, Equality and Inclusion

●  Experience of working with young people aged 16-25

●  Experience of delivering training or workshops

●  Experience of working with or across agencies

●  An understanding of the principles and implementation of Equality and Inclusion, Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies

●  Experience of using a variety of information technology and the ability to maintain records on a database

Incentives/ Benefits

• Work in an inclusive environment and supportive team who will support you to be great
• Have the opportunity to demonstrate your enterprise skills being part of the development of a new business unit
• Work for one of the few organisations in the UK honoured with Queen’s Award For Enterprise
• Be part of transforming the lives of low income and ethnic minority young people in Bristol
• Help Bristol to become an inclusive city by directly working with us to address inequalities
• Have access to flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• 31 days annual leave including public holidays
• 3% employer pension contribution
• Access to confidential Employee Assistance Programme