Job Introduction
Child Friendly Medway are seeking to appoint an Engagement Officer. You will be required to demonstrate knowledge, experience and skills to allow you to perform within this role. You will identify, through application, how you meet the elements detailed within the person specification, at either Level A, B or C. You will be supported to develop in your role through induction, probation and a supportive Performance Appraisal and Career Conversation. Through your induction you will be introduced to the Career Progression Framework (CPF), which will help you to identify your areas of strength and any development needs.
Would you like to be part of our Child-Friendly City initiative?
Apply for this exciting role to support Child-Friendly Medway’s face-to-face engagement with children, young people, parents, carers, families, and wider community including internal and external partners.
Help us to capture the voices of our youngest residents and ensure they feel valued and included in local decision making and have opportunities to help shape Medway’s future.
In your role you will be helping to lead delivery for our exciting Seeing is Believing programming of events and activities for children, young people, and families. We deliver a wide variety of free engagement opportunities to capture the voices of children and young people, including arts workshops, drop-in sports, storytelling, soft-play, seasonal and themed activities and our literacy programme For the Love of Reading. As well as larger scale events like Child- Friendly Medway City Halls and partner led community events.
Supporting children and young people to engage with Child-Friendly Medway projects by facilitating focus groups, public talks, and school assemblies. Duties will include chaperoning young people and the Young Mayor at community events.
Support a variety of administrative tasks to support: event planning, finance, funding bids, guest management, data collection, analysis, and reports. As well as managing social media and communication platforms to ensure key information is shared with our target audience and stakeholders across Medway.
This is a fixed role working from Medway Council’s Gun Wharf office and face-to-face within the community and will involve evening and weekend work in accordance with the needs of the service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who will bring energy and ideas forward for our children and young people in Medway.
For more information about this role please contact Amy St Louis, Child Friendly Medway Lead at amy.stlouis@medway.gov.uk.
The successful post holder will be subject to a Enhanced DBS check.
Interviews will be held 10 June 2025
Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to C.
When writing your application, it is important to ensure you identify your suitability against the requirements of the job profile, as this information will be used for shortlisting and may contribute to the CPF assessment. Your application may be rejected if the minimum required criteria is not met. Further information relating to the requirements for this role can be found in the CPF Guidance document attached.
The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level A details the essential criteria that all applicants must be able to demonstrate through their application and interview.
Level B details the developed competencies that an individual who is practised in this role would be able to demonstrate and will be a progression of knowledge, experience and skills from level A.
Level C requires the highest level of competence and applicants would need to fully meet and demonstrate all aspects of the job profile, including qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
For further information, and for details of the benefits of working for Medway Council, please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
