Youth Engagement Coordinator

Job Description

This exciting role will lead the continued development of Inspire Stirling’s Youth, a youth led programme empowering young people across the Stirling community. The post holder will support young people to overcome personal barriers to participation in sport, physical activity, volunteering, and employment by providing a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment.

A key aspect of the role is mentoring young people to become active decision makers. The coordinator will guide Inspire participants to take a lead in areas such as co-designing opportunities and helping to shape future opportunities for youth across Stirling as well as setting personal goals.

The post holder will also coordinate and deliver inclusive sporting activities, coaching clinics, and events throughout Stirling, ensuring accessible and enjoyable opportunities that support health, confidence, and life skills development.

They will deliver on the outcomes and priorities outlined by Young Start and Inspire Stirling’s Youth, ensuring the programme continues to grow as a youth led initiative that reflects the voices and ambitions of young people.

This post is fixed term in line with funding. End date is 31 March 2028. Please note, salary is £30,000 per annum (full time equivalent) and £16,216 per annum based on 20 hours per week.

Requirements

• Ability to engage positively with young people aged 8 – 25.
• Ability to enthuse and motivate young people to take part in activity.
• A passion to use sport to change lives.
• Good communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Resilient and never give up attitude.
• Ability to take constructive feedback.
• Confidence with public speaking.
• Confidence and experience with planning, delivering, and evaluating sports sessions.
• Experience and confidence with mentoring young people.
• Experience working with young people from challenging lifestyles.
• A desire to support young people access inclusive opportunity and encouraging positive pathways to employability or education.
• Experience in collaborating with local partners and organisations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver inclusive, community based sport and physical activity sessions for young people across Stirling.
• Establish and run weekly coaching clinics to support skill development, confidence, and progression in sport.
• Recruit, train, develop and deploy Inspire Stirling Volunteers and coaches.
• Provide regular 1-2-1 and group mentoring sessions for programme participants and referred young people, supporting personal growth and goal setting.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with local organisations, charities, schools, clubs, and services to create wider opportunities for young people and promote the programme.
• Coordinate and support events and activities that celebrate youth achievement and encourage community involvement.
• Work alongside young people to ensure their voice is central to planning, including their involvement in programme, recruitment, decisions on future opportunities, and management of a new funding application process for clubs and groups to support youth training and development.
• Deliver on the outcomes and priorities required by Young Start and Inspire Stirling’s Youth, ensuring the programme stays youth led, inclusive, and impactful.
• Work with the Employability and Volunteering officer to distribute funding appropriately across Inspires programme, training, and events.
• Deliver workshops, courses and coaching clinics to young people.

The Individual

At Active Stirling we are driven by the desire to improve people’s lives through getting more people, more active, more often. We expect our team to live and breathe our brand values: people centred, ambitious, respect, team spirit and integrity to help our customers and colleagues. This means you’ll be a true team player with a positive attitude joining a team of focused and passionate people where you’ll put people at the heart of what you do making sure a consistent quality service is delivered. As such, you will aim to develop your skills and the service of your business area. You’ll get to work at a great place with excellent learning and development opportunities. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension, generous holidays, and free use of our leisure facilities plus free car parking.