Work and Volunteering Opportunities

Brighton Youth Centre is a large, busy voluntary sector Youth Project in the City Centre. Our programme includes open Youth Work, Brighton’s only indoor skatepark and B.fest, Brighton’s  annual youth arts festival. As a Charity we own our own building which is well used by ourselves and many partner organisations. 

Vacancies:

Youth Work Manager

Role: Youth Work Manager
Reports to: Mike Roe, CEO
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Brighton Youth Centre, central Brighton (on site)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Practical requirements: Flexible hours including weekends and evenings
Salary: £32,000 – £35,000

Job Purpose: Support and manage the Youth Work team to provide the Youth Work programme including planning, face to face delivery, funding and safeguarding. Report and agree delivery plans with CEO. Ensure staff meetings, supervision and training take place and that recording, evaluation and reporting are in place.

We are looking for an efficient youth work leader; someone who is willing to get stuck in and join our warm and enthusiastic team. Importantly, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate they are passionate about wanting to support and work with young people along with sharing their expertise and knowledge alongside the CEO with the wider team.

How to apply:
Please send a thorough cover letter addressing all aspects of the Job Description along with your CV to office@brightonyouthcentre.org.uk
Closing Date & Time: The application deadline is 9 am on Monday, 11th March 2024.
Interviews: Date TBA, we anticipate a weekday from 3 pm – 7 pm. This is to ensure young people are involved in the process. There will be up to 2 hours of interviewing with an in-person panel interview (45 mins), a written test and meeting a young person involved with BYC. Please let us know when you submit your application if you have any issues with the interview date and time.

Contact
You should find the necessary information in the linked document below.

However, if you want an informal discussion before applying, please call the office on 01273
681368.

BYC Youth Work Manager Job Pack

Head of Fundraising

Role: Head of Fundraising
Reports to: Mike Roe, CEO.
Terms: 24-month fixed-term contract from March 2024 to February 2026. Review Period: 3 months.
Salary: £45,000 per annum, Full-time
Location: We are based in the centre of Brighton and expect you to be able to meet regularly, in person, with the team. However, this role will also be able to work in a hybrid way for some activities, as agreed with the CEO.
Job Purpose: Brighton Youth Centre (BYC) is about to be rebuilt! We have already secured £7.5 million towards the capital programme and a further 1.1 million revenue to support and develop delivery during the rebuild. The Head of Fundraising will work with the BYC team and fundraising consultants to build revenue fundraising and opportunities to ensure BYC can fund £538k annually by 2027/28. There will also be a need to raise funds for the equipment for the new building.

We are looking for an efficient fundraiser, someone who is willing to get stuck in and join our warm and enthusiastic team. Importantly, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate they are passionate about wanting to support and work with young people.

How to apply:
Please send a thorough two-page cover letter addressing the Job Description and your CV to office@brightonyouthcentre.org.uk
Closing Date & Time: The application deadline is 9 am on Monday, 26th February 2024.
Interviews: Date TBA, we anticipate a weekday from 3 pm – 7 pm. This is to ensure young people are involved in the process. There will be up to 2 hours of interviewing with an in-person panel interview (45 mins), a written test and meeting a young person involved with BYC. Please let us know when you submit your application if you have any issues with the interview date and time.

Contact:
You should find the necessary information in the document linked below.
However, if you want an informal discussion before applying, please contact Carla Pannett, Director of
Brighten Fundraising, at carla@brightenfundraising.co.uk

BYC Head of Fundraising job pack

 

 

volunteers

We are always on the lookout for volunteers to join our amazing youth work team. We have a volunteer induction termly, towards the start of the term. We are looking for volunteers for the following days and sessions.

Tuesday Youth Club – 6.30-9.30pm. Tuesday is our lively and dynamic, open drop-in youth club nights. With about 60-80 young people attending per week, there’s lots going on, including basketball, dj-ing, arts, gaming, pool, cooking, with the skate park also open. Session is from 7-9, plus set-up, pack down and evaluation.

Music volunteers. We’ve just had two rehearsal studios built in our basement, so we’re looking for volunteers to run sessions with our young people. Initially during our youth club sessions on Tuesday night.

B.Game – Wed 6:00pm-9:30pm B.Game is our weekly gaming group, digital and analogue gaming session, all levels welcome! Our B.game nights see a group of around 20-30 young people, and consist of an hour of board & tabletop games, and an hour of video games. Sessions run from 6:30pm – 9pm, with half an hour either side for set-up & evaluation.

Gigs and events, Friday nights, 6.30-10.30pm. Currently we run a monthly gig night on the last Friday of then month, but are looking to expand this to more regular events. Would especially welcome anyone with technical experience but also looking for general volunteers to help support the events.

B.fest. B.fest is the annual Youth Arts festival, run by young people, for young people to celebrate the arts and culture created by young people. B.fest runs in Oct half term.

If you are interested in volunteering please get in touch for more details:

Email:  office@brightonyouthcentre.org.uk
Phone: 01273 681 368

 

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