Head of Youth Revenue Programme Delivery and Performance

1 month ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Department for Culture, Media and Sport Full time

Job summary

The Youth division is an innovative team that has responsibility for a range of cross cutting and high profile policy areas, including delivering the National Youth Guarantee, supporting youth sector workforce, engaging with the youth sector, and ensuring the impactful delivery of the National Citizen Service (NCS). We work across government to represent youth services and the involvement of young people in policy-making.

The Youth team is a driven, friendly unit with a vision to ensure the programmes we deliver and the engagements we lead have the greatest impact for young people and their communities.�

See the attached Candidate Information Pack (and accessible Word document version) at the bottom of the webpage.

Job description

This role is in an exciting and fast moving environment where you will be overseeing delivery for the Government�s out-of-school youth offer. �You will lead a small, high performing team of 2 x G7 and 3 x EO/HEOs/SEOs. The team is collectively responsible for:

Overseeing the delivery and evaluation of a range of youth revenue programmes, including �the Uniformed Youth Fund, the Duke of Edinburgh�s Award, Adventures Away from Home, Million Hours Fund, and Summer Jobs.Overseeing management of core grants to the National Youth Agency and George Williams College, as well as funding to Regional Youth Work Units.�Developing the performance management framework for the youth programmes (including programmes managed by others in the wider youth team).Delivering new revenue programmes, including working with others on their design and early set-up, such as the development of new grant agreements, performance management systems and governance.Developing an implementation strategy for driving up delivery quality beyond directly funded programmes, including in the local authority and voluntary sector.Responsibility for international links and programmes.

This is a great role for someone who likes a wide range of responsibilities, thrives on seeing direct results and is committed to improving our approach to programme and grant management. You will be the lead on our relationship with the central DCMS grants team.

You will work in a positive working environment, and get to work with a range of �stakeholders and have regular contact with Ministers. You will also be a leading member of the youth and directorate leadership teams, and play an active role in stakeholder management.�

Person specification

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

Essential Requirements:

An excellent leader, with the ability to set direction in often ambiguous circumstances and motivate teams.Able to deliver at pace, with evidence of managing a number of workstreams to deliver stretching outcomes.Managing a quality service to those receiving funding, achieving high standards in delivery and changing and improving the way we deliver.Working together with internal and external stakeholders, and working collaboratively with delivery partners.Communicating and influencing to achieve positive outcomes and feedback.

Desirable Skills:

Experience of programme and/or grant management.Demonstrable interest in and experience of youth policy and public services and/or youth services.�

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Kirby Swales, and will take place on:�, 7th August 2024.

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this and you will be sent an invitation.�

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

LeadershipDelivering at PaceManaging a Quality ServiceWorking TogetherCommunicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �56,462, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes �15,244 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We�re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home

days annual leave on entry, increasing to days after 5 years� service

A with an average employer contribution of 27%

Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice

3 days of paid volunteering leave

Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave

Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year

Occupational sick pay

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice

Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks

Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work

Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more

Terms and conditions at SCS grades will vary. Those applying for SCS roles should refer to the candidate information pack for more information on terms and conditions.

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