Youth Engagment Officer

Youth Engagement Officer (E/YEO/B/126)
Employment Terms

Permanent – 35 hours per week. Salary: £27,403 per annum.

The Youth Engagement Officer will engage with prospective participants, stakeholders, and the wider communities to maximise programme uptake, specifically on the Skills for Life and Work Programme, through developing new referral streams and establishing strong relationships with new and existing referral partners within the Greater Belfast, Newtownabbey, and Lisburn and Castlereagh council areas.

• Recruit participants onto the Skills for Life and Work Programme.
• Promote and establish Bryson as the provider of choice for programme participants.
• Work to a set of agreed targets measured through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Develop links with school leavers, young adults, those economically inactive, or long‑term unemployed to encourage participation on training and employment programmes to ensure targets are met or exceeded.
• Collaborate with existing referral partners, ensuring that the people who need us the most are recruited and supported through the programme registration process.
• Actively identify, engage and collaborate with new referral partners to ensure a strong and sustainable registration pipeline is maintained within the Greater Belfast and Newtownabbey areas.
• Ensure Bryson has a visible presence in the geographical areas through the development of links with local community networks and appropriate stakeholders.

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths.
• Knowledge of current training and employment programmes.
• Minimum of 1 year paid experience working in a similar role.
• Experience of community networking to engage and provide support to young people.
• Experience of working to targets and KPIs.
• Experience of working accurately and with good attention to detail.
• Experience of building community networks.
• A full valid driving licence and access to transport.

• A youth work qualification at Level 3 or above.

For more information, or a full job description/person specification, please contact the Human Resources Department by telephone or email. Application packs are downloadable and there is also the option to apply online.

Wednesday 28th January 2026 at 12pm