Youth and Community Engagement Officer

12 Months Fixed Term/ Secondment Opportunity

Good resident engagement and participation is a top priority for Housing Services. Making sure that we involve our residents in improving our services and promote strong, sustainable communities is paramount. We have recently remodelled our resident participation service to match our aspirations and are now looking for enthusiastic and dedicated professionals to join our new team.

This role of Youth and Community Engagement Officer will lead in shaping our approach to engaging young people across our housing estates, ensuring that their voices are heard, and that they are more actively involved in housing service design and improvement. The postholder will forge stronger links with other Council initiatives and services that promote the empowerment and development of young people, including the Young Futures Commission, Young Hackney and our employment and enterprise services.

The role will include responsibility for the development of new youth engagement models, as well as ‘on the ground’ work with a range of stakeholders to deliver new youth-led projects and initiatives that address gaps in provision and offer new opportunities and benefits. You will additionally contribute to other corporate strategies and plans which impact on children and young people on our estates and help to take forward key priorities.

To succeed in this position, you will need to be self-motivated, with strong communication skills and a ‘can do’ attitude. Significant experience of working with young people and delivering innovative and effective youth and engagement projects and strategies will be essential. You will additionally have an impressive track record of building and maintaining productive relationships with key stakeholders and working successfully in a diverse community.

Successful applicants will have a relevant children’s workforce qualification, ideally in youth and community work, and be required to undertake a DBS check.

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.

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Closing date for applications: 13 July 2025 (22.59)

Interview and assessment date: W/C 28 July 2025

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk