We have an exciting opportunity for a Development Team Assistant to join our team. This is a home based position covering Yorkshire. As Scouts, we believe in empowering young people with skills for life. We encourage our young people to do more, learn more and be more. We believe in bringing people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance, always. We’re a worldwide movement, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures. About the Development Team Assistant role: Roles available in Leeds and Wakefield. This role will work as part of a team to support and deliver the creation of more Scouting places in every community across the project area. You will be a fundamental part of taking Scouting to new and under represented communities and will involve working directly with both adults and young people to run and support youth provision. What will you be doing as a Development Team Assistant? With the Development Team Lead Officer and District Commissioner: - Support the opening of Scout sections in new communities. - Ensure the good and safe running of the youth sections in accordance with POR responding to the current needs of the Group. - Work together to ensure problems and challenges are overcome. - Welcoming and induct new adults and young people to Scouting. Be part of a Development Team to: - Undertaking events to attract young people such as school assemblies. - Promoting Scouting through different mediums in the area where the new section is opening. - Supporting and running open evenings and taster sessions for adults and young people. - Recruiting adults and converting parents into volunteers. - Mentoring and inducting new adults in partnership with the Appointments Advisory Committee and Training Team. - Assisting groups to write and implement programme plans. - Running the new section alongside the new adults for a period of time, enabling sustainability following ‘handover’. - Any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Pears Project Manager. What we can offer you as our Development Team Assistant: - 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays - Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year - Life Assurance - Simply Health Scheme - Generous Pension Scheme What we are looking for in our Development Team Assistant: - Possess high level of communication and relationship skills including the ability to talk to large groups of people to ensure effective relationships with a wide range of partners (eg. Local Volunteers, Schools) -  Be enthusiastic and able to enthuse and motivate others - Work independently of direct supervision - Able to plan and organise own travel - Work as part of a team - Must live in a geographical location to enable effective support to volunteers in the relevant area - Able and willing to work at least two evenings a week and occasional weekends Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now to become our Development Team Assistant. Term: Temporary (12 months) Hours: Part-time - Average 12 hours/week Locations: Home worker Salary: £16,295 per annum pro rata, £5,587 exact Closing date: 1st March 2019 at 23.59 The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. Strictly no agencies