Youth Programmes & Outreach Coordinator

Global Generation is looking for a Youth Programmes and Outreach Coordinator who is passionate about engaging young people and local communities in reaching their full potential and creating positive social and environmental change. In this role, you will co-lead on the outreach and engagement of local communities, especially with a focus on involving and recruiting young people, as well as planning and facilitation of land-based and creative workshops. You will particularly focus on working with communities in Islington as we start to increase our engagement initiatives towards the co-build of our permanent community garden in King’s Cross (which sits on the Islington side).

Organisational Context

Founded in 2004, we grow food, people and community for a fair and just
world. Our vision informs our two charitable aims which are the guiding principles for our
work: 

• To provide opportunities for the direct experience of natural wilderness
  environments for children, young people and adults
• To support young persons to develop their full potential so they are able to
  contribute positively to society and the environment

We operate in the boroughs of Camden, Islington and Southwark and work with people of
all ages, particularly children and young people. Working from educational and biodiverse
garden spaces such as the Story Garden and Floating Garden in King’s Cross (with a permanent
community garden to be built over the next 2 years in KX) and the Paper Garden in Canada Water,
we combine activities such as urban food growing, carpentry, making, cooking, and healthy
eating with dialogue, storytelling, creative writing, performance and art, silence and
stillness. These practices help us to create the conditions for people to come together in a
fuller and more connected sense of who they are and what they are a part of and, from that
space, to practically and creatively contribute to ecological and social change. 

Young people have always been and continue to be at the heart of our work. We aim to
support them to develop and lead, offering progression opportunities to move from being
participants to being action researchers, co-facilitators and ambassadors, to being paid
fellows, staff and trustees.

What we are looking for

As the Youth Programmes and Outreach Coordinator, you will be outgoing and love working
and reaching out to people across backgrounds and sectors; you will be ready to take
initiative, have a flexible attitude, be able to think on your feet and enjoy finding solutions
when faced with challenges and change. You will be able to communicate your passion for Global
Generation’s work, the natural environment and social justice to others, particularly young
people, in a creative and engaging way, responding to where people are at, and adapting your
approach based on this. You will have prior experience of working with schools and finding ways
to make the offer relevant to the priorities and needs of young people.

You will readily pick up the phone, follow up on emails sent, visit other organisations
and schools, and offer activities in spaces where people are at. You will love to work deeply
with young people over a long period of time, finding out what engages them, building on their
interests and finding ways wherever possible for them to grow, progress and lead within Global
Generation and beyond.

You will have experience of actively seeking out partnerships to make our offer even
more compelling, beneficial and holistic for the young people. You will have strong project
management and coordination skills, as well as planning and facilitating year long programmes,
building in different ways of knowing and creative approaches so as to reach a cross-section of
young people, adapting to different abilities and needs. 

Ideally you will have experience and a love of urban gardening and/or food growing and
engaging people in getting their hands in the soil. You will also have an interest in action
research and/or participatory approaches to learning, acting and reflecting.

These are some of our core values which we aim for all of our staff to share and
develop to guide our work: 

• Commitment to equity, diversity and sustainability in all aspects of our
  approach
• Passionate about working with people to engage them in ways to learn new skills,
  build connections and fulfil their potential
• A love of working outdoors, the natural environment and urban greening
• Appreciation of working across sectors, disciplines and worldviews