Job Description

Bryson Pathways requires:

Youth Engagement Officer

(Ref: E/YEO/B/1125)

Permanent - 35 hours per week

27,403 per annum

Job Purpose:

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 referrals partners within the Greater Belfast and Antrim and Newtownabbey and Lisburn and Castlereagh council areas.

Principle Duties

To recruit participants onto the Skills for Life and Work Programme.

To promote and establish Bryson as the provider of choice for programme participants.

To work to a set of agreed targets measured through Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).

To 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.

To collaborate with existing referral partners, ensuring that the people who need us the most are recruited and supported through the programme registration process.

To 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

Essential Criteria:

Minimum of 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths

Knowledge of current training & employment programmes

Minimim of 1 year's 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 license and access to transport

Desirable Criteria:

A youth work qualification at Level 3 or above

Application:

For more information, or a full job description/person specification, please contact the Human Resources Department Tel: (028) 9084 8494 or email: recruit@brysongroup.org

Application packs are downloadable from https://bryson.getgotjobs.co.uk/home, where there is also the option to apply online.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is:

Wednesday 26th November 2025 at 12pm

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 27,403.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 26/11/2025