Global Citizenship Youth & Public Engagement Manager

About Us

GOAL has responded to the world’s major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 15 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of 3,500 personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.

About the role

GOAL is seeking a Global Citizenship Public & Youth Engagement Manager. The purpose of the role is to manage the development and delivery of GOAL’s Global Citizenship public engagement strategy, including line management of Public Engagement Officer, with a focus on empowering young people and engaging the wider public (target audience) to understand and take action on global challenges related to GOAL’s work.

Main Duties

• Develop and implement strategies to increase GOAL’s engagement with young people in Ireland around Global Citizenship in line with GOAL’s Crisis to Resilience Strategy 2022-25 under GOAL 4: People Pursue a sustainable, resilient and inclusive world.
• Coordinate and deliver GOAL’s Global NextGen Youth Programme & Network.
• Manage the development and delivery of Global Citizenship’s public engagement strategy and related campaigns ensuring full integration of GOAL NextGen outputs and resources within wider public engagement activities.
• Support facilitation GOAL’s Global Citizenship Education programme, external talks and workshops fostering enhanced Global Citizenship.
• Develop robust monitoring and evaluation tools in order to review the effectiveness of the programme at all stages of development and implementation and adjust the vision for the future of the programme accordingly.
• Ensure at all times best practice in child protection and welfare standards are adhered to.

Qualification and Skills 

• Passionate about young people, Global Citizenship, international development and social justice issues.
• Degree or equivalent in community development, youth work, public affairs, international development, communications or related disciplines or evidence of comparable professional or volunteer experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in co-ordinating, developing and implementing programmes relating to youth and public engagement
• Experience of working with young people and developing and fostering youth networks essential with proven ability to lead and inspire young people
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills and experience
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Note: As an organisation who works closely with children and youth GOAL has a comprehensive Child Protection Policy. Any offer of work is subject to standard Garda vetting.

*GOAL offers staff flexible working with our hybrid model, we require our HQ employees to work 2 days per week from our office in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin**

GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling GOAL’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and equal treatment. GOAL does not discriminate against any employee or volunteer; or any applicant for employment or volunteering on the basis of age, gender identity, ancestry, political opinion, civil status, medical condition, ethnic background, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Accountability within GOAL

A commitment to GOAL values and GOAL’s integrity framework is critical to working with GOAL. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability: 1) Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols; 2) Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area; 3) Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with GOAL as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

General Terms and Conditions

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.