Local Growth Officer

6 months ago


Barnet, United Kingdom The Scout Association Full time

We have an amazing opportunity for a **Local Growth Officer - Barnet **to join our Growth and Communities Team.

**Salary**: £11,161.02 per annum - Band E, Level 3 inclusive of Outer London Weighting (pro rata £32,553, Band E Level 3 inclusive of Outer London Weighting)

**Location**: Home Based within Greater London (Barnet)

**Term**:2 Year Fixed-Term Contract

**Working Hours**:12 hours per week (including evenings and weekends)

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world.

**About the Local Growth Officer Role**:
As a Local Growth Officer you will be pro-actively helping the District to achieve their growth ambitions focusing specifically on opening new sections by collaborating with local volunteers and our wider Growth & Communities team.

You will provide practical ‘hands on’ support that creates new spaces for young people to join, and recruit adult volunteers to support them, prioritising lower income communities, Muslim and Black, Asian minority ethnic families of young people.

**What we are looking for in our Local Growth Officer**:

- Ability to work effectively as part of a remote team.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage and deliver a varied workload and set of projects whilst ensuring effective prioritisation and balancing of the needs of a range of stakeholder
- Experience of working with volunteer organisations and groups.
- Experienced in community engagement and demonstrate an understanding of best practices when recruiting and supporting volunteers.
- Self-starter with the ability to work remotely.
- Able to operate an effective home-based office, juggling personal/family life with work

**Key responsibilities as our Local Growth Officer**:

- Support and work in partnership with District Commissioners, Group Scout Leaders and other volunteers to open new sections to grow Scouting within the District according to the District Growth Plan.
- Open new sections in line with the District Growth Plan, and using local knowledge, collaborating with local volunteers and contributing to the ongoing development of the Growth Plan as needed to ensure that we are achieving our ambitions to create more Scouting opportunities for young people within IMD 13 areas and within predominantly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.
- Work with the relevant local lead volunteers, to understand their current community reach and identify opportunities for growth within their local areas.

**As our Local Growth Officer in return, we offer you**:

- Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
- Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
- Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
- 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
- Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
- Three extra days over Christmas
- Work with the relevant local lead volunteers, to understand their current community reach and identify opportunities for growth within their local areas.

**We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer**
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits

**Interviews will be held on Saturday 13th April at The Scouts HQ, Gilwell Park**

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

**Strictly no agencies.



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