Youth Worker

£26,500 per annum (pro rata), 30 hours per week, Permanent

Mahdlo Youth Zone is a young people’s charity based in Oldham with a vision to be a beacon of excellence for youth-led provision. Our mission is to deliver high quality, innovative activities and experiences for young people aged 8-19 (25 with a disability) to provide opportunities to raise aspirations and support young people to be the best they can be.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit two highly motivated and proactive people to the role of Youth Worker. You will provide professional youth work and deliver a range of exciting programmes to children and young people at Mahdlo and across Oldham.

You will also provide direct line management support, coaching, and development for sessional youth and activity workers and volunteers to ensure young people receive high quality youth service delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a qualification recognised by the JNC for Youth and Community Work. You will have experience of face to face youth work delivery and will be confident in working with and managing children and young people (8-19 and/or 25 years old with a disability, both in groups and individually) to develop their social education by providing programmes of activities, services and facilities that are engaging and enable young people to develop. You will also have a commitment to personal and professional development.

You must also be committed to working within the spirit of Mahdlo’s core values - Pride, Respect, Inclusion, Dependability and Excellence – which describe how we do things.

This role offers:

• 33 days annual leave pro rata (including bank/public holidays)
• Free onsite gym access
• Life insurance
• Birthday gift
• Automatic enrolment to Medicash Health Care scheme on successful completion of probationary period.

Application process

To apply for this opportunity please complete the Mahdlo application form downloadable from the link below.

https://www.mahdloyz.org/join/vacancies/

Please refer to the relevant job description and person specification from the link above which provides further information on the role requirements.

Closing date: 5pm on Monday 3rd June 2024

Mahdlo is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment; therefore an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required with this post. The successful applicants will be expected to join the DBS Update Service. Job offers are also subject to two satisfactory references.

Mahdlo is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from all candidates. We treat all applicants for employment and employees equally.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £26,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/06/2024