Participation and Youth Voice Officer

At Become, we want to grow and develop our participation network of young people to make change and we are looking for someone who is ambitious and passionate about working with children and young people to plan, deliver and support our participation and youth voice work. This role sits in our Policy, Campaigns & Communications Team, putting young people’s voices at the centre. 

‘They [Become] really make young people the centre of everything they do. We had Voice Day recently and it was so nice to see all the staff in person, talking in depth about all the opportunities they give young people. It’s easy to say you involve young people, but Become really make them the core.’ (young person)  

Become we offer a wide range of employment benefits to all Team Members including generous annual leave, flexible working from the start, life insurance, and a rewards package which includes a Health Cash Plan.  We’re proud that we support our staff and want to see everyone who works here thrive in their personal and professional life.

Your application and answers will be anonymously reviewed to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review.  Please do not include any additional wording or messages on the application. 

As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. We actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalised communities and people with disabilities.  We also ask all applicants to fill in an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form so we can better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected to your application.   

If you would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Jo Petty, Campaigns and Participation Manager to arrange a convenient time. 

Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application. 

Interview details:  

Interviews will have two parts: 

A)  a session with young people 

 and  

B) a panel interview with Become staff 

These interviews may be held virtually, using a video calling app (Zoom or Microsoft Teams) or face-to-face in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFiis difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.   

Become also wants to ensure fairness in all our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance. 

Interviews will take place Young person session w/c 2nd Sept  and staff panel 4th Sept 2024. 

Please note:   

Before continuing with your application, you must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we do not offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.