Youth Strategy Advisor

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role. Our aim is to support a thriving youth and voluntary sector, which is financially sustainable and a respected partner with government in achieving shared objectives. The Youth division is an innovative team that has responsibility for a range of cross cutting and high profile policy areas, including supporting youth sector workforce, engaging with the youth sector, and ensuring the impactful delivery of our programmes. We work across government to represent youth services and the involvement of young people in policy-making. The Youth team is a driven, friendly unit with a vision to ensure the programmes we deliver and the engagements we lead have the greatest impact for young people and their communities. We are firmly committed to our people, and this is reflected in our values. We work hard to build an environment that is diverse and inclusive, as well as warm, friendly and collaborative; where each member of staff can flourish, feel comfortable being themselves at work, learn about the policy area, develop their skills and move their career forward. I look forward to hearing from you. Kirby Swales, Deputy Director for Youth This role is in a positive policy area where you will be setting the strategy and negotiating funding for the Government's out-of-school youth offer. You will work within the Youth Strategy Team, collectively responsible for:

• Developing and delivering Ministers' youth priority projects
• Setting the Government's wider youth strategy
• Designing and delivering the DCMS Youth Spending Review bids
• Negotiating overall budget with HMT and DCMS Finance
• Designing and delivering the Youth elements of Dormant Assets funding
• Youth horizon-scanning analysis and research
• Leading on parliamentary activity and briefing Ministers
We work flexibility within the team to share out both long and short term projects to ensure no individual is overloaded and everyone is getting suitable development opportunities.