Job Description
The Service & Team:
We are looking to recruit 2 Full-time and 1 Part-time Youth Engagement Officers to work as part of the Youth Engagement provision(YEP), to deliver the Cornwall Youth Hub project in collaboration with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and Cornwall Council. Youth Engagement Officers will be required to proactively identify and develop additional opportunities for collaborative initiatives between the business sector and education.
The Role
This role is centred on empowering young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive, unemployed or individuals who are not in education, employment or training, to enable their integration into mainstream employment and training opportunities.
The Youth Engagement Officer role, involves working within our Youth Engagement Provision to support these individuals into employment. The role will have a specific focus on working with our Youth Hubs to provide a range of services to our target audience, with the ultimate objective of supporting these individuals into employment, training or educational opportunities.
The Youth Engagement Officers will recruit and support young people facing barriers to employment or engagement in training, playing a key role in providing intensive and wraparound support to individuals guiding them towards mainstream provision and employment. Officers will create personalised action plans with participants to help them overcome their barriers and advance their entry into the workforce.
Working closely with employers and skills sectors, the role-holder will identify employment opportunities which align with the needs and aspirations of participants and the local labour market. They will possess current knowledge of 15-25yrs developments, encompassing skills and work-related learning and Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) education. Combined with good knowledge of labour market information, they will inform the creation of tailored employability programs, actively involving participants in the process.
The employability program will lead to quality, structured opportunities including work experience placements and employer taster sessions, which will be designed to progress participants into suitable employment or training pathways. The role holder will be responsible for thorough follow-up work with participants and employers to address any ongoing support needs, ensuring sustained success.
The role holder needs to be committed to facilitating employment, education and training opportunities for people for whom Health Conditions, Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) issues, present a barrier to employment.
The role holder needs to have extensive experiencing of working with Young People aged 16-24, especially in group settings as well as demonstrable experience of working as part of a team to bring success.
You will work closely with the wider Employment and Enterprise team and other services within Cornwall Council Education to ensure work is complimentary, coordinated and not duplicated.
These positions are initially for 6 months fixed term period, however, we hope to be in a position to extend this subject to successful funding requests.
This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
This role requires a strong commitment to empowering young people aged 16–24 who are economically inactive, unemployed, or not in education, employment, or training. You will have extensive experience working with young people, particularly in group settings, and a proven ability to provide intensive, wraparound support. Knowledge of labour market information, careers education, and employability programs is essential, along with the ability to create personalised action plans and deliver structured opportunities such as work experience and employer engagement. You’ll work closely with employers, skills sectors, and internal teams to ensure coordinated, high-quality support, while addressing barriers such as health conditions, SEND, and SEMH issues.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Michael Anderton Michael.Anderton@cornwall.gov.uk
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
