Job Vacancy Announcement: Youth Manager

YOUTH MANAGER VACANCY 

Greenstars is MCEC Youth Development team which has been successfully running with a strong team of volunteers. Now is the time to take the function to a higher level and MCEC are pleased to announce a vacancy for a Youth Manager reporting to the MCEC Centre Manager.
Overall purpose of role:
To take the lead in building MCEC’s youth development function through various community and educational activities, developing campaign strategies and plans, organising events and other campaign activities, building partnerships and increasing MCEC’s public and media profile.
Main responsibilities:

• Develop strategies, implementation plans and budgets for current and new youth activities and campaigns
• Develop strategies to engage with the youth in the community and encourage participation in MCEC Youth Activities.
• Actively recruit, manage and mentor volunteers to support delivery of projects in line with MCEC’s policies and procedures
• Actively build and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders including government, CBOs, community groups, schools, mosques, scholars and individual community members
• Proactively seek opportunities for funding through writing project proposals and networking with CBOs and donors
• Take the lead in developing materials (online and print) for campaigns including regular updates for MCEC’s website, e-newsletters, blogs, leaflets, reports, briefings etc.
• Develop and coordinate social media activities to increase MCEC’s profile and attract new supporters including updating the MCEC’s Facebook page and Twitter account with regular and relevant posts. Actively seek media coverage for campaigns and projects
• Establish and maintain appropriate campaign / project monitoring and evaluation systems to measure operational achievements against intended outcomes

Note: MCEC will arrange to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (formerly known as a CRB check) on all staff.
TO APPLY: Please send a letter of application detailing how you meet the person specification PLUS your CV to [email protected] (Closing date: Midnight, 26th April 2015)
More information is available here.