Job: Youth Projects Coordinator

September 21, 2022
Vacancies - expired

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Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 12 October 2022

SALARY RANGE: £24,000 – £32,000 a year full-time equivalent. Starting salary dependent on skills and experience.

LOCATION: Contractually based at our office, Eden Rural Foyer, Old London Road, Penrith, CA11 8ET, however, homeworking can be agreed. The role is also likely to involve extensive travel around Cumbria.

HOURS: 22.5 – 30 hours a week with flexibility to be worked across 3 to 4 days . There may be opportunities for additional paid hours to assist with delivery of some of the youth related projects.

DURATION: Initial fixed-term contract from October 2022 to 31 March 2024 with potential to extend subject to additional funding.

Are you a dedicated and passionate communicator with experience of working with young people, schools or youth organisations? We’re seeking a new colleague to be our Youth Projects Coordinator and make sure that the next generation of Cumbrians are involved in our county’s response to climate change.

You’ll develop and manage CAfS’ relationships with schools and other youth hubs with a goal of inspiring action on climate change centred around young people. As our representative to the education sector, you’ll design new opportunities for projects and funding.

Working for CAfS

As an employee of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS), you’ll be working for an organisation that is flexible, supportive and values your wellbeing. We can offer you a healthy work/life balance, including some flexibility in when and where you work your hours, along with an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment and holiday entitlement of 22 days pro rata plus bank and public holidays.

CAfS is Cumbria’s climate change organisation. Our vision is a zero carbon Cumbria which is socially, environmentally, and economically beneficial for all. We aim to achieve this by promoting and facilitating low carbon living and its benefits – inspiring and supporting individuals, communities, and organisations across Cumbria and beyond to decarbonise lives and businesses by 2037 or sooner.

We manage and deliver events, advice, training and practical projects across the county as well as providing specialist consultancy services to enable individuals, communities, businesses and local authorities to drive a shift towards a Zero Carbon Cumbria. 

We hope you will consider joining us and being part of Cumbria-wide efforts to tackle climate change while making lives better.

If you have any questions about the job or the application process, please do get in touch for an informal chat with us: john.forbes@cafs.org.uk.

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Job description & person specification

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Download the job description and person specification to see full details about the role and the skills and experience you’d ideally have:

Youth Projects Coordinator – Job Description

How to apply

To apply, please download, fill in and return the application form. CVs will not be considered. Send your completed application form to: recruitment@cafs.org.uk.

Application Form

Closing date for return of applications is 9am on 12 October 2022

The provisional dates for interviews are Tuesday 18^th October or Wednesday 19^th October 2022. There is however flexibility if either of these dates are not suitable. The interviews will be held on Zoom and candidates will be notified by 5pm on Thursday 13^th October if they have been selected for interview.

Some great benefits of working at CAfS

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Deciding whether to apply? Working at CAfS comes with some great benefits. You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive organisation, and your wellbeing and work/life balance are hugely important to us. As well as flexibility around your working hours and location, as mentioned above, you’ll have 22 days of paid annual leave pro rata, plus bank/public holidays. We pay an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment.

Find out more about the benefits of working at CAfS >

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