Ncs Project Officer

5 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Groundwork South Full time

Location: Homebased with travel in Swindon
Contract: Zero hours contract

**Salary**:Up to £12.05 per hour (FTE £23,500 FTE)
Hours worked each week will vary depending on delivery which will include early afternoons, evenings, weekends during term time only

**Background National Citizen Service Trust (NCS)**

NCS Trust’s vision is of a country of connected, confident and caring citizens where everyone feels at home. More than 700,000 young people have taken part in NCS over the last decade, completing over 15 million hours of community based social action, and gaining priceless life experiences. NCS offers a range of experiences for young people that support them to become world-ready and work-ready through growing their confidence, independence, and skills; connecting them with people from all walks of life; and empowering them to make a difference in their communities and wider society.

**Background to NCS ‘Open to All and Targeted’ Community Experiences**

Through a Grant from NCS Trust, Groundwork South will be providing young people (aged 16-17 Years old) with year-round activities. These will be close to home and provide choice and flexibility to engage with up to 3 x 16-Hour Community Experiences. Each experience is designed to be fun and engaging and provide a breadth of learning and development opportunities. One of our key priorities is to increase the provision of our offer to underserved young people and learn more about what works for these groups.

Our Community Experiences aligns with the four key objectives:

- developing life skills and supporting independent living;
- building employability and work-readiness;
- providing opportunities for volunteering and social action; and
- enabling social mixing of young people from all backgrounds.

**Summary of role**:
As the NCS Project Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the smooth running of each Community Experience. You will lead and inspire cohorts of young people aged 16 to 17. You will be responsible for delivering Employability, Life Skills and Social Action sessions, coordinating programmes.

This is a fulfilling and challenging role where you will make a real impact on the lives of young people. As part of this role, you will need prior experience of working with young people and programme coordination and delivery. Whilst on the programme you will support and work closely with existing Groundwork provision, with staff in schools, colleges, and other local youth provision. The Youth Project Manager and the Team Leader will support you with coordination and delivery of NCS. This is a rewarding and demanding role, suitable for those with an enthusiasm for youth work, delivering impactful programmes and providing pastoral support for young people and reporting any safeguarding concerns to your Team Leader.

As the NCS Project Officer, you will be required to work the entire duration of one or more of the 16 Hour Community Experiences, work evening and weekends to support the delivery of NCS. The locations for NCS delivery will be either at Groundwork South offices or another venue, Travel flexibility is essential.

**For key requirements of the role please see the personal specification attached to the Job Description on our website.**

We are a creative, committed and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and develop your role within our friendly team.

Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.

We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change.

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

Pay: £12.05 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Free or subsidised travel

Work Location: In person

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