Youth Employment Assistant / Employment Skills Builder - The Youth Trust
Job Posted: 16 May 2025
- Contract Term: Fixed Term
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full or part time
- Salary: £24,637 FTE (pro-rated)
- Industries: Administration Charity / Voluntary General Office Recruitment
Youth Employment Assistant - 22.5 hours (0.6FTE) / Employment Skills Builder - 15 hours (0.4FTE) - (or a combined full-time role)
Isle of Wight Youth Trust is an independent local charity, working in our local community for 40 years, delivering confidential, professional counselling, therapeutic and wellbeing services for children and young people. If you want to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for two part-time roles working within our expanding youth employment team, in partnership with the DWP. We are seeking a Youth Employment Assistant and an Employment Skills Builder. For the right candidate, this could be a combined full-time role.
Purpose:
Youth Employment Assistant: To support young people in overcoming barriers to employment, training, and education by providing direct assistance, guidance, and connection to appropriate services, while supporting their mental health and personal development.
Employment Skills Builder: To empower young people with practical employability and life skills through structured and informal 1:1 and group-based training, enabling them to be job-ready and resilient in the job market.
How to apply: If you want to join our dedicated team, please visit our recruitment portal to view the full job description and person specification and apply, submitting both your CV and a full covering letter. It is essential that you outline how you meet the requirements of the post against the person specification in your covering letter. Applications not made via the Youth Trust recruitment portal, or incorrectly submitted will not be considered. If you have any issues with uploading your documents, please contact [email protected]
Contract type: Fixed Term - until 31st March 2026 (with hope this would extend, funding dependant)
Hours: Dependant on role
Salary: £24,637 FTE (pro-rated)
Applications close: Thursday 22nd May at 5pm.
Interview date: Please note if you are shortlisted for interview, you will be invited to attend an assessment workshop from 09.00-12.00 on Monday 2nd June - and those who are successful in the morning will then be asked back for an interview that same afternoon - so you will need to be available from 09.00-15.30 on Monday 2nd June.
Isle of Wight Youth Trust
Here at the Youth Trust, we offer a range of support for children, young people and their families. The majority of our work is concerned with providing a professional one-to-one counselling service. We also offer group work and increasingly training and other early-intervention opportunities. There are many reasons why a young person might wish to come to counselling, which means that we see a wide range of issues. Whatever the reason you're reaching out, we are here to help.
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