Young Wales Manager

Location: Hybrid – agile working from home or in the office with Attendance at office required at least twice monthly. Hours of Work: 35 hours per week Annual Leave: 25 days per annum Method of Pay: Salaries are paid directly into staff member’s nominated bank account on the15th of each month Pension: Children in Wales’ employees are automatically enrolled to the Workplace Pension Scheme, but you may choose to opt out. We are looking for a strategic and ambitious individual to join Children in Wales as the Young Wales Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a multi-strand children and young people’s national participation programme. Working closely with partners including Welsh Government you will lead a programme of meaningful participatory engagement opportunities for children and young people across Wales to have their say in decisions that affect their lives. Main purpose of role: To manage and lead the Young Wales Team. Responsibility for operational delivery and contract compliance of the Young Wales programme, and additional participation projects. Relationships Line management of Young Wales participation workers and senior officer. Reporting to Delivery Director. Working with colleagues across Young Wales, Partnerships and Policy Teams. Finance/Resources Responsibility to manage allocated budget in alignment with KPI’s Main duties and responsibilities * To lead the Young Wales team to deliver the Welsh Government funded programme of work as well as additional participation contracts. * To lead on developing positive partnerships with children and young people’s practitioners across Wales to ensure engagement in Young Wales activities. * To take responsibility for report writing and recruitment and engagement activities to ensure Young Wales is a representative vehicle for children and young people’s voice in Wales. * To oversee and coordinate all relevant data sets as required for monitoring grants and contracts. * To support and performance manage up to 5 members of Young Wales staff including the Young Wales Senior Officer. * To take responsibility for planned and dynamic risk assessment and safeguarding protocols being in place across all Young Wales activity. To act as one of 3 designated safeguarding leads for the organisation (training to be provided). * To ensure that all Young Wales environments – online, in—person and at residentials are psychologically and physically safe and that all team members, external professionals and other stakeholders are made aware of safeguarding policies and procedures and risk assessments. * To develop methods of ensuring that children and young people are able to participate in and contribute to the development of the work focusing on inclusion, safeguarding and maximising meaningful impact for participants. * To lead on meeting Young Wales communications output targets including blogs, articles and social media content. * To ensure compliance with all monitoring, measurement, evaluation and reporting in relation to the Young Wales programme. * To provide opportunities for children and young people’s effective participation in all devolved Ministerial portfolios in Wales. * To oversee the development and delivery of a range of activities and training programmes to children and young people in schools, youth groups and Young Wales settings, in partnership with the schools and organisations that support them. * To work with colleagues to develop bids for relevant grant funding schemes to further our participation work with children and young people. * To lead the promotion of the Young Wales programme and brand, positioning it as the leading national participation programme in Wales. * To assist Children in Wales in the delivery of training to professionals. * Deliver objectives and agreed work programmes to the standards of Children in Wales * Undertake own administration. * Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the SLT of Children in Wales. This list is not exhaustive as there may be other duties and responsibilities, which Children in Wales may require the post-holder to perform from time to time in contributing to the delivery of its activities. Person Specification General The role of Young Wales Manager is a crucial role for the delivery of Children in Wales’ programme of work embedding Children’s Rights in policy and practice. The post-holder will need to be able to work strategically and ambitiously with excellent project management and staff performance management practice in order to lead the flagship participation programme for Children in Wales. The post holder will be required to travel to events and meetings across Wales. Key Requirements – Essential Substantial experience of managing youth focused programmes or services Excellent knowledge of approaches and techniques for children and young people’s participation and engagement. Expert knowledge and understanding of the National Standards for Children and Young People’s Participation. Excellent relationship building, relationship management and collaboration skills. Excellent knowledge of Children’s Rights and their practical application. Excellent knowledge of the context of children and young people’s participation and children’s rights in Wales. Excellent knowledge and working understanding of the political environment in Wales, including the Senedd, Welsh Government and local government. Excellent knowledge of Safeguarding in practice including contextual and digital safeguarding and a commitment to continuous learning and development in this area. Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) whilst collaborating with colleagues and external stakeholders. Able to work effectively in a team, collaborating with colleagues and external stakeholders. Able to represent Children in Wales with external audiences. Effective organisational skills. Able to produce a range of written resources, including good practice guides and toolkits for external audiences. Able to meet deadlines and motivated by targets. Strong project/programme delivery track record. Ability to engage and motivate partners/stakeholders. Ability to manage a complex and varied workload