Youth Liaison Officer

Job description

**Youth Liaison Officer - East Anglia (predominantly between Swaffham and Wisbech**

**Salary**:£14,147.69 pro-rata including holiday pay, based on a working pattern of 25hrs/week and 39 weeks/year. £24,200 FTE

**Hours**:25hrs a week, working term time only (39 weeks/year) with a view to increase to 30 hours after the first year

**Contract**:Permanent

**_ Ideal opportunity if you enjoy working with young people and want to help them be the best they can be._**

**_ Flexible and rewarding position within a dedicated and supportive team, working together to develop teamwork, leadership, and _**_employability skills that inspire the next generation to aim high._**

**Join our team and make a real difference**

Our charity, the Jon Egging Trust, is looking for a highly motivated individual with experience of working with young people, to plan and deliver inspiring teamwork, leadership and employability programmes in East Anglia. The role involves liaising with school staff, local partners (including the Military and local businesses) and volunteers to ensure programmes meet the needs of our young people and is supported by the Regional Manager, East Anglia.

**About the Jon Egging Trust (JET)**

At JET, we support vulnerable young people to get back on track and realise their potential; more than 30,000 young people right across the UK to date, and there’s so much more we can do. We’re an organisation that really values its people and we’re immensely proud that our team culture is based on caring and raising each other up.

**Our benefits package includes**:

- Flexible working
- Enhanced annual leave
- Homeworking allowance
- Occupational pension scheme
- Occupational sickness scheme
- Special paid leave provision

**Child and adult at risk protection policy statement**

The Jon Egging Trust is committed to providing a safe and positive environment for everyone involved in its services and activities. The Trust takes its extended moral and legal duty of care very seriously in relation to children, young people, staff and volunteers. We seek to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children and to protect them from harm or abuse when they engage in any of our activities.** **JET expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

**To apply**

The closing date is Sunday 16th June at 23:59.

Interviews to be held in person at one of our partner schools in East Anglia, week commencing on 24th June, location to be confirmed.

**Questions?**

Please find our contact details on the JET website: Contact | Jon Egging Trust

**Please note**: In order to become an employee at JET you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work in the UK and a satisfactory DBS check - enhanced with children’s barred - is required for this role.