Job Vacancies
Global Youth Worker
Job description, person specification and application form documents now available for download - see "To apply" section.
Update Wed 11th Nov: The interviews for this recent Global Youth Worker vacancy have now been done and we are in the process of selecting the successful candidate.
The Harambee Centre has a vacancy for a Global Youth Worker. This post is part of a national project: Global Youth Action – and involves encouraging, inspiring and supporting young people taking action on global issues (for example environmental issues, social justice etc). The post holder would be working with 16-25yr olds - primarily through working with & expanding an existing youth group.
The Harambee Centre is a Development Education centre which promotes understanding and action on global issues. We provide opportunities for young people to understand more about how their everyday actions affect the world around them and how they can take action on global issues.
The worker would have access to a range of resources including an extensive library of youth work resources, and much audiovisual equipment (projector, video and stills cameras, digital sound recorder). Harambee is a member of Young Lives, an umbrella organisation for voluntary sector groups working with young people in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
Pay & conditions: £20858 FTE/pro rata - 14hrs a week. Evening work 1 day a week (for 2 hours) would expected in this role and occasional weekend work would be needed. The contract is until Mar 2010 in the first instance with renewal until Mar 2011 likely. Willingness to undergo an enhanced CRB check is essential.
Closing date: midnight Friday 6th Nov 2009 (so printed applications should arrive in the morning post and email applications should arrive by midnight at the email address on the application form).
To apply: Now (Mon 2nd Nov) available for download is
To apply successfully you should complete an equal opportunities monitoring form and the application form and send those to our postal address or the email address given on the application form by the closing date above. As explained on the application form candidates with a complete & current CV can also enclose a copy of their CV which will exempt them from filling in certain parts of the application form.
For any other queries email us using our contact form or ring: 01223 358 116.
(Note: a formatting error slipped through on the first version of the job description and person spec - a numbered list on page 3 should have been bulletted instead with a comment "4 and 5 below should be deleted" referring to the numbered format in the original - the current version has had this formatting corrected but there is no real change from the original version).