[Hiring] Education Officer @The Electoral Commission

Role Description

As an Education Officer, you will play a key role in helping the Electoral Commission increase young people’s understanding of democracy and participation in elections. Working as part of the Voter Engagement team, you will develop and deliver education projects, resources and learning activities that help young people build the knowledge and confidence needed to participate in the democratic process.

You will work closely with schools, colleges, universities, youth organisations, charities and community partners to deliver impactful voter engagement activity. This will include:

• Developing educational content
• Facilitating workshops and training sessions
• Supporting stakeholder engagement
• Gathering insights to evaluate and improve our work

The role makes an important contribution to the Commission's objective of increasing participation in democracy by ensuring that voters have access to accessible, engaging and evidence-based information that supports informed democratic engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering education and engagement projects for young people and community audiences
• Building and maintaining relationships with education and community sector partners
• Developing and maintaining educational resources and voter engagement materials
• Supporting training sessions, webinars, workshops and events
• Gathering feedback and evaluating project effectiveness to inform continuous improvement
• Supporting wider voter engagement campaigns and partnership activity

Qualifications

• Experience delivering education, engagement or participation projects
• Experience developing resources or content for young people, learners or community audiences
• Experience working collaboratively with external stakeholders, including schools, colleges, charities, community organisations or youth groups
• Experience delivering workshops, presentations, training sessions or events
• Experience working directly with young people, building and maintaining relationships with schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly and accessibly
• Good organisational and project management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively
• An understanding of effective approaches to education, participation and engagement
• Knowledge of the English education system and experience working directly with young people would be advantageous

Benefits

• Flexible working and hybrid model for office-based staff, with a minimum of 40% of working time spent in the office
• Flexi-time scheme, allowing flexible hours with the option to accrue and take flexi leave
• 28 rising to 30 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Civil Service Alpha Pension Scheme - a valuable defined benefit pension providing a guaranteed, inflation-adjusted income in retirement, based on your pensionable earnings and years of membership
• Performance-related pay

How to apply

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. To help reduce unconscious bias and ensure all applicants are assessed solely on their skills, knowledge and experience, we use an anonymous recruitment process.

When applying, please provide an anonymised CV which omits your protected characteristics and any personally identifiable information:

• Do not include your name, address, phone number, email or other contact details
• Your date of birth or age
• Gender, ethnicity, nationality or other personal identifiers
• A photo of yourself
• Remove educational dates as these are a clear indication of your age
• There is no requirement to include your primary education details

Do include:

• Your employment history including employers and dates of employment
• Explanation for gaps in your history
• Your duties, responsibilities and achievements

If your CV contains personal details (such as your name or contact information), we will be unable to consider your application. Please double-check your documents before submitting, including the file name you use to save and upload your CV.

Key dates

• Application deadline: 20th November (23:59)
• Interviews (1st stage): Week commencing 30th November
• Interviews (2nd stage): Week commencing 14th December
• Anticipated start date: 1st February