Head of Youth Engagement

We have an exciting opportunity to work within the senior leadership team at Bristol City Robins Foundation, strategically leading and managing our social inclusion, youth work, and participation activities as our Head of Youth Engagement.

• Do you have experience working at a senior and strategic level?
• Can you diversify and expand income streams to ensure the sustainability and growth of programmes for the future?
• Can you use impactful case studies and data insights to enhance community awareness and engagement?
• Are you a forward-thinking leader committed to advancing the organisation’s strategic objectives through effective and inspiring youth engagement initiatives?

If so, we would like to talk to you…

Bristol City Robins Foundation is a registered charity striving to make a positive difference through sports and learning. We recognise our positive impact on the community but are continually looking to develop and expand our reach.

The Head of Engagement is vital in shaping the organisation’s approach to promoting, engaging, and building lasting connections with young people through participatory programs. This position is designed to drive innovative and strategic engagement, empowering teams to think creatively about how the organization reaches and impacts its audience. The Head of Engagement delivers high-quality, meaningful programmes that foster long-term relationships based on trust and positive experiences.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• To play a key role in the Senior Leadership Team, specialising in community development and engagement with young people.
• Support the Chief Community Officer in developing and delivering the organisational strategic plan around youth engagement, including taking lead responsibility for agreed-upon strategies and deliverables to provide long-term positive relationships through positive activities.
• Work in partnership and proactively engage with key partners from across the city in the Youth and Play sector, physical activity, and sports participation.
• Manage commissioned contracts, grants, and other agreed projects, including work with partners and subcontractors.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting using case studies, data insights, and sector/local data comparisons to inform and measure impact.
• Lead on and support the preparation of reports and documents as commissioners, funders, and trustees require.
• Identify and lead funding bids, contracts, and partnerships to generate funding for projects to ensure the sustainability of programmes.
• Line Manage the Social Inclusion, Youth work, and Participation managers.
• Develop the skills, experience, and capabilities within the teams relating to local and current issues.
• Support the overall running of the organisation through robust budget setting and planning, safeguarding, health and safety, KPIs, operational updates, risk management, project development, and bid writing.

You will have:

• Proven track record of developing strategies to develop community delivery in youth engagement, including youth work and participation.
• Evidence of understanding the challenges young people face, specifically in Bristol, and the priorities set out by local authorities, police, youth and play services, schools, and other organisations.
• Proven links and strong relationships with contacts locally and nationally, including schools, local authorities, police, youth services, disability organizations, and NGBs.
• Ability to inspire, lead, and develop a team toward achieving project and department-wide goals.
• Ability to identify good practices and have a capability in monitoring and benchmarking performance using industry terminology and metrics.
• A creative mindset and experience around community development where unique and engaging community programmes are implemented is evident.
• Capable of analysing and assimilating information through qualitative and quantitative data/information to produce reports for stakeholders, trustees, and funders.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to connect with the community, staff, and stakeholders/partners.
• Ability to be flexible in navigating the evolving landscape of community-based delivery to young people, services locally and nationally, and address emerging needs.

Safeguarding Statement:

Bristol City Robins Foundation is committed to safeguarding children's and young people's welfare and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment. This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists; as such, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore, all convictions, including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS, should be declared.

Equality Statement:

The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment to equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description. The candidate must also promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years of employment, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of employment (plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days)
• A flexible working environment with generous planning, preparation, and admin time in your timetable.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Generous continuous personal development budget.
• 2 x BCFC and Bristol Bears tickets to home league games
• Work equipment (BCFC clothing, laptop, phone)
• The opportunity to be part of an incredible journey.