The Role

Communications and Media Officer

Part time 4 days / week • £22,500 - £28,500 pro rata • Home based, with travel across the UK

Are you kind, curious and courageous?

Do you have a passion for improving services WITH young people?

Are you a successful communicator and new media innovator?

Do you have a passion for motivating, inspiring and enabling young people, decision makers and communities by being playful in practice and serious about the solutions?

Sound like you? Then we’d LOVE to hear from you.

Participation People believe services work better with young people. We’re looking for a new Communications and Media Officer to help us, help organisations do that.

Our #YouthVoice Forums and Programmes provide spaces and opportunities for any young person who chooses to participate. This post will specialise in championing the work of Participation People and that of our team and their #YouthVoice Programmes.  

Participation People’s #YouthVoice programmes provide open, safe and inclusive spaces for young people to form and express their voice. They support decision makers to listen; creating solutions with young people to improve organisations and communities, together.

We expect a GREAT Communications and Media Officer to be an inspiring campaigner, an excellent relationship and network builder as well as a supportive and empathetic team player.

You’ll be proactive, confident and have a drive for social action and engagement excellence.

We welcome applicants with experience of managing interactive and enabling campaigns with young people and senior officers. Candidates with a commitment to Participation People’s values and experience of storytelling will thrive in this role.

In return for your hard work, we offer a generous holiday entitlement, a competitive salary, a highly flexible working arrangement and the opportunity to work in a team of like minded people.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from applicants from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds and from those with disabilities, as we have identified that these groups are currently underrepresented in the organisation.

The 'small print'

Start date: Ideally, we’d like the successful applicant in post no later than February 2022.

Term: This post is fixed term, to end on 31 January 2023 (possible extension, subject to funding)

Office base: Home based, with travel across the UK.

Please note - this post involves working directly with children and young people on a regular basis and so is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check. We will not accept CVs.

Questions?

Feel free to get in touch with us - call 07921 907210, to speak to Antonia Dixey, our Chief Executive, for a chat.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils