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Job Description
Title: National Citizen Service (NCS) Programme Manager
Employer: Groundwork South Yorkshire
Duration: Initially to October 2018
Hours: 37 hours a week including some evenings, weekends and holidays (inc residential weeks away)
Salary: £26,500 to £29,500 depending on experience
Pension : Employer Contribution 4%
Responsible to: Groundwork Operations Director
Location – Sheffield City Centre
Main purpose of the post:
Groundwork South Yorkshire is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, charismatic and dedicated National Citizen Service (NCS) Programme Manager to organise and deliver our NCS project for young people aged 16-17 in the Sheffield area. The successful candidate must have project management experience and have experience of working in a youth or community setting.Previous experience of NCS would be highly advantageous.
NCS is a voluntary four – week programme for 15-17 year olds that promotes:
- A more cohesive society by mixing participants of different backgrounds
- A more responsible society by supporting the transition into adulthood for young people
- A more engaged society by enabling young people to work together to create social action projects in their communities.
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Specific Duties:
1. To deliver the contractual requirements of the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme through customer recruitment in line with profiled outputs.
2, To Plan, Implement and Co-ordinate the programme whilst also leading on the residential and social action elements of the project.
2. To be the main contact with the EFL (English Football League) Co-ordinator and to provide reports as appropriate whilst working to tight deadlines.
3. To market the NCS opportunity through schools and colleges; creation of marketing packs/materials; use of existing forums and mechanism – eg, websites and on-going youth activities; identification of innovative ways to attract young people.
4. To sell the scheme to partners and recruit young people on to the local programme using a variety of mechanisms including presentations, social activities and innovative ways to engage the target group.
5. To have a proven track record of project management and budget management(minimum of 3 years experience)
6. To recruit appropriate staff and volunteers to deliver the programme, including a group of youth volunteers to act as Ambassadors for the NCS programme.
7. To book all necessary venues, activities and arrange other resources needs – for example residentials’, transportation and equipment.
8. Engagement with local volunteer centre, community groups and charities for social action project opportunities.
9. To undertake outreach in the community to engage hard to reach young people and including those whose first language is not English
10. To create signposting links to other Education and volunteering provisions for young people
11. To attend related networks, meetings and NCS events, supporting partnership and sharing good practice.
12. To liaise with a range of key stakeholders such as schools and parents to ensure effective engagement and participation in NCS.
13. To draw down additional funding to increase and enhance the project activities
14. Keep accurate up to date filing systems, data and records relating to the programme
15. To undertake project evaluation and monitoring as required
16. To support the marketing and promotion of NCS/EFL/Groundwork related activities
17. To ensure equality of opportunity is afforded to all persons both internal and external, actively seeking to eliminate any direct or indirect discriminatory practices/behaviour.
Special requirements:
Committed to continued professional development and willing to undertake training relevant to the post.
The post holder will be required to work evening and weekends as the requirements of the job demands
To undertake other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time commensurate with the grade of the post.
Experience of engaging with and delivering activities to people with Disabilities
A sound working knowledge of the barriers people with disabilities face and the practical means in which these can be overcome.
A history of working with young people who have behavioural difficulties
A knowledge of how to market activities to young people would also be advantageous
A full and clean UK driving license- Car owner
Person Specification
Essential / DesirableEducation, Qualifications, Training
Good standard of education to A level or equivalent with a demonstrable Higher Education aptitude / X
Level 3 equivalent or above in management/leadership / X
Experience
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project/programme management position / X
Management / Delivery experience of the NCS programme / X
Experience of managing a team of people to deliver a complex and demanding programme/project / X
Experience of delivering targets and outcomes in line with project requirements / X
Experience of managing a “Payment by Results” programme or project / X
Experience of managing end to end delivery of a multi-faceted programme / X
Knowledge
Knowledge of the problems/challenges faced by young people / X
Understanding of the needs of young people / X
Knowledge of the NCS programme / X
Knowledge of basic skills issues / X
Understanding of the maintenance of records, office procedures and producing reports / X
Skills and Personal Characteristics
Willing to undertake necessary training / X
Competent with Microsoft Office / X
Self-motivated & enthusiastic / X
The ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a wide range of people / X
An acceptance of out of hours working / X
Excellent organisational and planning skills / X
Ability to work as part of a team / X
Ability to manage heavy workload/tight deadlines / X
Ability to adapt to new circumstances / X
Application for NCS Programme Manager
Before completing this application, please make sure that you have read the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification carefully. Short listing will be carried out on the basis of information contained on the Application Form – we therefore advise you to give the fullest description of your skills, qualifications and experience in relation to the Person Specification so that we may consider your application fully.
Please DO NOT send a CV.
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Please indicate what skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to each of the Person Specification criteria. We will look more favourably on applicants who provide specific examples.
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References
Please provide a minimum of two referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer, either paid or voluntary. The second can be anyone of your choice, but if should be in a position to complement rather than duplicate the reference form your employer. It would be helpful if one of the referees could comment on your abilities with respect to this post including; providing advice and guidance, working with NEET /Young people client groups.
It is acceptable to provide details of additional referees should you wish to do so.
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If you are selected for interview we would like to contact all your referees. Please sign the statement immediately below if you do NOT wish us to contact your referees at this stage:
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Please return this application form and equal opportunities monitoring form by email to:
or by post ,marking the envelope Private and Confidential to:
Philip Hayes – Operations Director.
Groundwork
Unit 21
President Buildings
Sheffield
S4 7UQ
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APLICATIONS IS 10AM ON THE FRIDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2017, NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED AFTER THIS TIME.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON 9TH & 10THFEBRUARY
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Please complete this to help us to monitor and implement our equal opportunities policy. This information will be detached from your application form on receipt, and will in no way affect the outcome of your application, and will not be made available to the appointment panel.
GENDER:ETHNIC ORIGIN:
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DISABILITY
Do you consider yourself to have a disability?* YesNo
(*The loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the life of the community on an equal part with others due to physical or social barriers and discrimination.
NB. This definition has been provided by disabled peoples’ organisations).
DEPENDANTS
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Guidance on completing the application form
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Please note that the short-listing panel will decide whether to short-list you for interview by comparing the information that you provided in your application form with the requirements listed in the person specification. It is essential therefore, that you tailor the content of your application form to all the requirements listed in the person specification, describing as fully as possible how you fulfil each of these requirements. In this way, the short-listing panel has the best possible picture of your knowledge, skills and experience.
REMEMBER
To read the job description and person specification before you start.
To complete all of the application form.
We will not make any assumptions about you or your abilities, even if you already work for Groundwork or Doncaster West Development Trust or the wider partnership
If you do not tell us, we will not know!
DO......
Make sure that you address all the requirements on the person specification, giving examples of how you meet the criteria - if you fail to address any of the requirements, this could result in your not being short-listed for interview.
Use extra sheets if there is not enough space for you to tell us all the relevant information but avoid using a CV - make sure all such sheets are securely attached to the application form and have your name at the top.
Include relevant dates of when experience was acquired or activities were undertaken.
Make sure your referees are happy for us to contact them as this will save time.
Take a copy of the application form before you send it to us.
Make sure you return the application form to us on time. To be fair to everyone, we cannot accept applications which are late.
DO NOT......
Refer us to your current job description.
Just say: “I can do the job and will give more details at interview” - we need
to know precisely what you have done, when you have done it and where you have done it.
Leave out any relevant experience or skills/knowledge gained, wherever or however gained e.g. voluntary, domestic and unpaid work can be valuable too.
Substitute your CV for a completed form.
Guidance continues.
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
In order to measure our success in attracting applicants from all sections of the community, we retain information about who has applied for jobs within our organisations. To help us with this, we ask you to fill in the equal opportunities monitoring form. . You do not have to complete this form however.
We hope you will be successful in your application. However, if you are not, please do not be discouraged from applying for other posts in our organisation – your skills and experience may be what we need for our next vacancy.
Groundwork South Yorkshire, Unit 21, Presidents Buildings, Sheffield, S4 7QE
T: 0114 263 6420
Company Registration no: 5172628. Charity no: 1111393. BS8555 accredited.