Creative Youth Worker (Zine Lead)
Deadline: 5pm on the 28th of March 2025
Contract: 2-year contract in the first instance.
Pay: 30hrs per week (Real Living Wage £24,570 pro rata per annum)
Responsible to: Management Team
Your challenge:
The Creative Youth Worker (Zine Lead) role is crucial to Comics Youth CIC’s mission. The successful candidate will lead the development of quarterly zines with young people aged 8-25 as part of the Beyond the Margins project, a three-year initiative providing creative, social, and emotional support to marginalised young people. This project uses zines and comics to empower participants, train peer mentors, and build a strong youth work community. The postholder will guide young people in sharing their lived experiences through creative expression, and facilitating workshops both online and in person. They will work flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays, to meet the needs of participants.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
The delivery of Creative Development Workshops: Lead engaging creative workshops for young people aged 8-25, focusing on writing, illustration, and editorial processes. Sessions will be focused on guiding young people through brainstorming, drafting, and finalizing content for the Beyond the Margins zine.
1-2-1 Creative Mentoring: Provide tailored 1-2-1 mentorship to help young people refine their ideas, develop storytelling and artistic skills, and produce high-quality, publishable content. Offer editorial support and constructive feedback.
Curation of Beyond the Margins Zine: Take a leading role in overseeing the quarterly publication of the Beyond the Margins zine. Collaborate with Young Marginal Associates and young people to ensure content authentically represents young people’s voices while maintaining a professional standard.
Editorial Guidance and Support: Work closely with CY’s Art Director to support young people in storytelling, illustration, and layout design. Provide technical guidance to help them translate creative ideas into finished zines.
Youth Work & Wellbeing Focus: Support young people, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds, in developing resilience, confidence, and self-expression through creative practice. Ensure sessions foster a safe, inclusive and supportive environment where young people can build social connections and improve their emotional well-being.
Flexible and Anti-Social Hours: Work evenings and Saturday’s as required to maximise engagement with young people (our sessions typically end no later than 6:30pm).
How to apply
You will need to complete an Equalities Monitoring Form as a part of your application process.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 28th of March 2025.
We actively encourage applications from people of colour, women, LGBTQIA folk and disabled people. Please let us know if you have any special requirements which we might need to consider in relation to the selection process. Any requests will be taken into account and will not affect you equal opportunity in the selection process.
Creative Youth Worker (Youth Work Lead)
Deadline: 5pm on the 28th of March 2025
Contract: 2-year contract in the first instance.
Pay: 30hrs per week (Real Living Wage £24,570 pro rata per annum)
Responsible to: Management Team
Your challenge:
The Creative Youth Worker (Youth Work Lead) role is integral to Beyond the Margins, a three-year project providing creative and mental health support to marginalised young people. This role is focused on fostering interpersonal skills, confidence, and leadership among young people aged 8-25, particularly those engaged as Volunteers, and Young Marginal Associates.
The postholder will co-deliver creative and youth work-focused sessions alongside the Zine lead, ensuring young people receive both emotional and practical support in their development. They will also provide supervision for Marginal Associate’s, facilitate group sessions, and offer 1-2-1 mentoring, working flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays to meet young people’s needs. Additionally, they will play a key role in coordinating and facilitating the annual Beyond the Margins community celebration event, bringing together young people, partners, and the wider community to showcase creative work and achievements.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Youth Work Delivery & Group Facilitation: Co-deliver creative and youth work sessions with the Zine lead, ensuring sessions are engaging, inclusive, and support young people’s social and emotional development. Create safe spaces for expression, creativity, and personal growth.
Marginal Associate support: Act as the primary point of contact for Young Marginal Associates, providing guidance, structured supervision, and ensuring they are well-supported in their roles.
1-2-1 Youth Mentoring: Offer tailored mentoring to young people, particularly those in leadership or Associate roles, supporting them with work-related challenges, confidence-building, and emotional well-being.
Youth Leadership and Empowerment Workshops: Deliver workshops focused on youth leadership, self-advocacy, and well-being skills. Develop young people’s interpersonal and decision-making skills whilst helping them gain experience in leading projects and peer-led initiatives.
Safe & Inclusive Space Facilitation: Implement trauma-informed approaches to create a welcoming and affirming environment for marginalised young people, including and not limited to LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse youth.
Advocacy and Youth Voice: Champion young people’s voices within Beyond the Margins and ensure their lived experiences shape the programme. Encourage them to use creative storytelling, zines, and comics as tools for advocacy and self-representation.
Community & Outreach Engagement: Build partnerships with schools, youth organisations, and community groups to recruit participants and expand opportunities for young people to share their creative work.
Flexible and Anti-Social Hours: Work evenings and weekends as required to maximise engagement and ensure young people can access support when they need it most (our latest sessions finish by 6:30pm).
How to apply
You will need to complete an Equalities Monitoring Form as a part of your application process.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 28th of March 2025.