£28188/annum
Not Specified, Birmingham
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Growth and Development Officer - Midlands to join our team. You will be homebased covering East and West Midlands. You will join us on a full time, fixed term contract until 1st February 2021 and in return for your hard work we will offer you a competitive salary of £28,188 per annum plus excellent benefits.
Although this job is fixed term, we do offer all our employees great learning and development at Scouts and support fixed term contactors in trying to secure further job opportunities during their time working with us.
As Scouts, we believe in empowering young people with skills for life. We encourage our young people to do more, learn more and be more. We believe in bringing people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance, always. We''re a worldwide movement, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures.
About the Growth and Development Officer - Midlands role:
The purpose of the job is to support, instigate and deliver focused growth projects and plans across the Region as agreed by the Area Growth and Development Manager. Also to initially provide high quality and proactive support to prepare key line managers (specifically Group Scout Leaders and District Commissioners) to undertake their roles effectively and thereafter throughout their term of appointment.
What will you be doing as a Growth and Development Officer - Midlands?
- Support and work in partnership with District Commissioners, Group Scout Leaders and other volunteers to achieve organisational growth.
- Open new scouting units in line with the project plan, and using local knowledge, contribute to the ongoing development of the project plan as needed.
- Enable and motivate local Scouting to devise, apply and refresh focussed, sustainable growth plans in existing and new provision (in line with the Association''s agreed Growth Strategy and using the agreed workbank model).
- Advise and support local Scouting upon the retention and recruitment of adult volunteers.
- Undertake and/or support the induction of District Commissioners (and Group Scout Leaders where appropriate).
- Advise, support and encourage Scouting to engage with communities currently under-represented in Scouting and provide Scouting for them.
- Help develop and deliver training, events and activities within and outside the Region(s), designed to support Scouting and promote local growth and development.
- Help identify, create and design new tools and resources to support growth and development across the Region(s) and more widely.
- Liaise with other staff from Scouting Operations and across headquarters, particularly concerning development and volunteering issues.
- Represent Headquarters and its Departments in the Region(s) and in Counties.
- Administer and maintain an effective home based office and budget.
What we can offer you as our Growth and Development Officer - Midlands:
- 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays
- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
- Life Assurance
- Simply Health Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
What we are looking for in our Growth and Development Officer - Midlands:
- An understanding of most, if not all of the following issues: rural communities, urban communities, minority ethnic communities, schools, local authority youth and community service, partnership projects.
- An understanding of being a Member of a youth organisation as an adult.
- Experience of working with volunteer groups outside Scouting.
- Responsive and genuine engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
Don''t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ''Apply'' now to become our Growth and Development Officer - Midlands.
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