CHLH/2404/34 Highland Youth Convener 2024/25

HIGHLAND YOUTH CONVENER | NEACH-GAIRM ÒIGRIDH

 12-month contract, working from home (laptop and smartphone provided)

 £22,113 annual bursary, a full-time role from August 2024 for a one-year term. The post requires some evening and weekend work and travel to attend and represent the views of young people at meetings and events as appropriate.

 We are looking for the Highlands’ next Youth Convener. You will help make the Highlands the best place in Scotland to be young by ensuring that the voice of young people in Highland is heard on issues and developments that impact them. You’ll work with the High Life Highland Youth Services Team in developing Highland Youth Parliament and other initiatives that increase youth involvement in decisions that affect them. You’ll be a key representative of young people in Highland at various Highland Council and other committee meetings.

You should be aware of a spectrum of issues affecting a wide range of young people and be able to represent their views. You will be a good communicator–speaker/facilitator/writer, with the ability to work with and relate to a wide range of people and organisations (See Contract Specification attached).

Please email to us in no more than 500 words ‘How you would ensure young people’s views are voiced to The Highland Council and Community Planning Partners’, with a CV, and 2 referees noted. Applications can also be submitted as video or audio, equivalent to 500 words.

Closing date for Applications is Thursday 9^th May 2024.

Please note that interviews will take place in two stages, on Friday 31^st May and Wednesday 5^th June 2024.

Email applications to:

[email protected] and [email protected]

For further information:

Youth Convener Contract Specification 2024