The Partnership & Engagement Team are looking for a dynamic and committed Participation Officer to join the team and help put young people at the heart of decision making in Doncaster. The primary focus of the role is to deliver youth voice and engagement work across the city to ensure children and young people are actively involved in the shaping of services and positive activities in their communities.
This full-time temporary role will play a pivotal role in providing a city-wide voice service driven by the active participation of young people and their views and needs.
The successful candidate will work directly with children and young people across the city, supporting them to engage in meaningful participation projects, influence local decision-making, and drive campaigns to improve services that affect their lives.
The job will involve facilitating youth-led projects and campaigns on key issues identified by young people, support youth forum groups, develop inclusive and creative engagement methods to reach diverse groups of young people, collaborate with other service teams to embed young people's voices in service design and delivery, organise and deliver events, consultations, and training sessions to promote youth engagement.
The post holder will be required to travel across Doncaster in various settings including the myplace youth hub buildings.
The successful candidate must have experience of working and engaging with children and young people. The role will require someone adaptable with outstanding interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication skills are essential.

The ability to be flexible in approach to dealing with difficult situations, working with sensitive and confidential information, and working well under pressure is essential. As a participation officer you will need to be flexible with your working hours to meet the demands of the service and must be able to work evenings and occasional weekends.

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at
Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.
City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.

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These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities within the directorate commensurate with the grading of the post, without changing the general character of the post.
In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.
Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 23rd June 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 30th June 2025.