Schools and Youth Engagement Officer WCC623979

Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £49,155 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience 
Work location: 101 Orchardson Street, London NW8 8EA
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check  
Closing date: 19 May 2026
Interview date: 3 and 4 June 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE’S PASSION AND DEDICATION

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we’re holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making.

To see the work of the Westminster Citizens’ Climate Assembly, click here

The Role:

As a Schools and Youth Engagement Officer, you can make your own powerful contribution to people and communities across Westminster. Joining our Integrated Gangs & Exploitation Unit (IGXU), you’ll help create safer communities, reduce gang violence, and improve outcomes for children and young people affected by violence.

Working in close partnership with schools, colleges, youth clubs and youth organisations, you’ll provide dedicated support, hold consultations and deliver workshops and training to pupils and staff. Where required, you’ll mentor young people one-to-one, prioritising early intervention and supporting them to access potentially life-changing services.

Acting as a key point of contact for Government departments, Ofsted and Violence Reduction Unit, you’ll be a source of expert advice and guidance, proactively identifying and escalating complex issues that require more senior output. Taking a sensitive, empathetic approach to everything you do, you’ll put vulnerable children and young people at the heart of your work.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

An established professional with experience of working in a community safety environment or with young people, you’ll be capable of building relationships with a range of multi-sector organisations.

Bringing knowledge of community safety, including Serious Youth Violence, Prevent, Anti Social Behaviour, and Violence Against Women and Girls, you’ll have experience of working with vulnerable young people who may be challenging to engage. You’ll also have delivered 1:1 sessions, presentations, workshops and training to varied audiences in a previous role.

On a personal level, you’ll be a true team player with strong communication, organisation and prioritisation skills. Empathetic, sensitive and passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable young people, you’ll take a proactive, solutions-focused approach to managing conflicting priorities. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive, highly commended team dedicated to reducing the effect of gang violence on young people, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.