The Kingsley Hall Heritage Project is an ambitious, participatory project to transform Kingsley Hall, the charity’s Grade II listed home in Bristol, into a safe and welcoming centre where the region’s most disadvantaged young people can rebuild their lives. 1625 is now recruiting to build the Heritage Activity Team, an inclusive, skilled team that will engage young people in cocreation of the project, maximise opportunities for them to build experience and skills, and deliver a high-quality, innovative five-year activity plan. The Kingsley Hall project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to develop and now deliver our plans to transform Kingsley Hall - our charity’s base and Grade 2 listed building - into a welcoming space that will provide training, support and housing for young people who have been homeless, at risk of homelessness or are leaving care. Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Wednesday 12 February 2025. As part of this exciting heritage project, we are recruiting a project team member to help us develop 1. Opportunities for young people to find out about and access careers in the heritage sector (talks, visits, work tasters, apprenticeships etc) 2. Opportunities for all sorts of people to volunteer as part of our heritage project You will join a small team of three with the opportunity to lead on various strands of the project and potentially support a trainee later in the project. We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from males and people from minoritized ethnic groups, as they are currently under-represented in the project and in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience. If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. Who are we? We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives. What you will be doing: Supporting young people to find out about careers in the heritage sector by arranging talks, visits, work tasters and other opportunities Liaising with heritage organisations to create opportunities for young people Working with other 1625 Education Employment and Training coaches to offer training to heritage employers around work with vulnerable young people Recruiting, training and supporting volunteers such as researchers, youth board members, activity assistants and mentors You will be in the Participation and Learning Team and your line manager will be our Senior Heritage Activities Co-ordinator. At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert. Contract details Hours per week: 22.5 (this represents 0.6 FTE) Contract type: Fixed term 3 years Pay: £29,572 - £31,067 (pro rata based on 0.6 FTE) starting at the bottom of the scale The location: Kingsley Hall, Bristol (alternative venue when building is closed) A few benefits at 1625ip In return for your dedication, we offer: A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum pro rata plus all Bank Holidays Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF Flexible working hours A supportive team Lots of training and development opportunities 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer. Important dates Application deadline closes: 23:59, Wednesday 12 February 2025. If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Wednesday 19 February 2025, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews are on Thursday 27 February 2025. Application information Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you. Please click here to access the job pack. This includes the criteria that will be assessed at application and interview. Please click here to download the application form. You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the end of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted. Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form. Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you. Contact us To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Grace Swordy: [email protected] If you have any queries, please email [email protected] For support with your application should you need it, Future Bright - WECA provide free coaching. Equitable opportunities for everyone We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications. As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager. We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges. Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.