JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Youth Engagment Officer
DEPARTMENT: Wolves Foundation
REPORTS TO: Youth Engagement Manager
LOCATION: Molineux Stadium and working across the City of Wolverhampton
HOURS PER WEEK: 20 hours per week
WORKING ARRANGEMENT: Your working pattern will be between Monday – Sunday and
include evenings and weekend work.
DATE: December 2025
Wolves Foundation is a cornerstone of the city of Wolverhampton. Through a team of highly skilled,
dedicated staff and volunteers it harnesses the strong local connection with Wolves to motivate,
educate and inspire tens of thousands of beneficiaries of its work across the city.
The charity works in partnership with key local stakeholders including the local authority, police,
health service and education providers to identify risk factors in the city around societal issues and
health status; using data and insight to deliver evidence-based practice through its vast array of
projects that address these needs through its key three objectives;
The charity covers three pillars:
Healthier, more active people
Lifelong learning and skills
Safer, stronger communities
Working in the community is vital to its work and removing barriers to engagement regardless of age,
gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. With participants ranging from 1 month to 100
years old across 225 different deliery sites in the city, work is delivered all year round improving the
physical and mental health, personal development and life choices of the people engaged in its work.
All employees must uphold the key values and ethos of the Foundation to ensure delivery excellence.
Employees must maintain professionalism and contractual, delivery and policy requirements.
Job purpose
To support the implementation and delivery of our Youth Engagement projects including Premier
League Kicks and Premier League Inspires. The project aims to engage young people ages 8-18
through the power of Wolves Foundation and Premier League. The role focusses on fostering
positive youth engagement and creating opportunities for young people to thrive.
The successful applicant will also support in ensuring positive session engagement and KPI's are
achieved which will provide invaluable data in management reports.
Key responsibilities
To have a clear understanding of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundations core values
and objectives.
To positively represent the Wolves Foundation and brand internally and externally.
Input to the continued Officers' operational meetings.
To support the Youth Engagement department with the project implementation, including
mapping and planning activities.
To establish new relationships and maintain existing relationships with key stakeholders and
partner organisations.
To liaise with local partner organisations to organise and book sessions.
To develop, deliver and lead on Youth Engagement sessions within the Premier League
Inspires and Premier League Kicks projects
To keep an accurate records and registers for all sessions.
To participate in project related meetings as directed by your line manager.
To work in cohesion with the Communications Team to develop creative promotional and
marketing materials to engage participants to meet the intended project outcomes.
Identify, train, manage and mentor project volunteers.
To collect and provide data for project reporting.
Assist the Youth Engagement team and Youth Engagement Manager with any other Youth
Engagement related projects where necessary.
Perform other duties as required and directed by your line manager which are considered
relevant to the post and to the objectives of the Foundation.
To support the scheduling, usage, maintenance, and upkeep of the Foundation Arena and
that the facilities are used to its maximum potential.
Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and
not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of
any description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and
customers.
The ensure positive commitment to sustainability and social action projects and targets in
line with the Foundation's One Pack One Planet action plan.
Safeguarding responsibilities
To follow and enforce best practice in relation to Safeguarding policies and processes
including but not limited to reporting procedures.
To work alongside the Safeguarding Team and Designated Safeguarding Leads to ensure
safeguarding standards are met and maintained.
Keep maintain CPD, knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding practices, delivery and
management.
Responsible for structuring adequate safeguarding related quality assurance assessments for
relevant business areas.
This role involves working with children and/or adults at risk in a Regulated Activity (or in close
proximity to children and/or adults at risk). This means that the post-holder is required to apply all
relevant policies and uphold the Club's commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk.
General responsibilities
Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation Policies.
Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation health & safety procedures.
Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation safeguarding policies.
Champion the club and Foundation values at all times.
To maintain professional conduct at all times.
To undertake other duties as may be reasonably expected.
Contractual Information
Due to the nature of your role, there will be an occasional requirement to work evenings
and/or weekends which will be directed by your line manager.
Key relationships
Wolves Foundation Management Team.
Foundation Youth Engagement Team
Local stakeholders/partners.
Premier League Charitable Fund
West Midlands Police
High School partners
Person Specification
Job Title: Youth Engagement Officer
Knowledge: the level and breadth of knowledge to do the job Essential Desirable
To understand the vision, mission, and values of the Foundation to ✓
implement these with participants.
Knowledge of the positive impact of youth engagment. ✓
Understanding of how to deliver an engaging session for ✓
participants.
Knowledge of local partners and organisations within the youth ✓
sector to collaborate with on our Youth Engagement projects.
Knowledge of the Wolverhampton community and local areas. ✓
An understanding of Safeguarding children, young people and ✓
adults at risk.
Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation, policies and procedures ✓
(including reporting platforms and/or requirements).
Wellbeing knowledge in relation to supporting children, young ✓
people and adults at risk.
Knowledge of the Youth Engagement programmes including ✓
Premier League Inspires and Premier League Kicks Project and
delivery KPI's and requirements.
An understanding of working with adults and children with SEND ✓
and disability requirements and possible reasonable adjustments.
Technical/work-based skills: skills specific to the job Essential Desirable
Understanding of safeguarding reporting procedures and policies. ✓
Ability to support the delivery of appropriate session to meet the ✓
needs of the participants.
Strong IT and presentation skills. ✓
Competency and confidence in delivering practical physical ✓
activity sessions.
Ability to manage your own workload and effective time keeping ✓
Excellent project organisation and time management skills. ✓
Awareness of safeguarding reporting procedures and policies. ✓
Competency and confidence in communicating with individuals ✓
from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Moderate competency around monitoring and evaluation. ✓
General skills and attributes Essential Desirable
Understanding of how to work safely with children, young people ✓
and adults at risk to uphold Safeguarding best practice.
Highly motivated, keen to inspire and enthuse others. Excellent ✓
interpersonal and communication skills.
Confident, enthusiastic, and non-judgemental. ✓
Availability for flexible working hours. ✓
Ability to travel around the Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation ✓
geographical area or to get to Molineux Stadium.
Committed to making a positive impact to beneficiaries. ✓
Resilient and compassionate. ✓
An energetic team worker. ✓
A strong set of values that meets the organisations own values. ✓
Experience: proven record of experience in a particular Essential Desirable
field, profession, or specialism.
Experience of working with children, young adults and adults at ✓
risk.
Experience of reporting and handling Safeguarding concerns. ✓
Able to demonstrate proven experience in youth engagment. ✓
Experience of project implementation and delivery of community ✓
programmes aimed at young people.
Experience of delivering youth engagment sessions. ✓
Experience of line managing/ leading people/ managing volunteers ✓
Experience of partnership working. ✓
Qualifications: the level of educational, professional and/or occupational Essential Desirable
training required
Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earliest opportunity the ✓
relevant safeguarding training (i.e. FA Safeguarding Children
Workshop).
Post-holder will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level ✓
and cleared by the Wolves Head of Safeguarding.
Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earliest opportunity a first ✓
aid qualification.
Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earlier opportunity a Level ✓
2 Mentoring qualification.
Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earlies opportunity ✓
relevant Youth Work qualifications.
Post-holder must hold a valid driver's license. ✓
Relevant coaching and/or session delivery qualifications. ✓
Post-holder to be educated at degree level or higher in a relevant ✓
area.
NB: This job description and personal specification is intended to be a general guide to the scope
of the duties and not an inflexible specification.