Youth Work Administration Officer

Foróige supports a national network of some 430 volunteer-led clubs; Foróige Clubs (12 to 18), Foróige Juniors (10 to 12) and Interest clubs (10 to 18). The volunteers are recruited locally and supported through a network of staff. Each club usually has about 5 or 6 volunteers on average. The role of the volunteers is to enable young people to involve themselves consciously and actively in their own development and in that of society. All the volunteers are recorded in our Salesforce database. As a matter of safeguarding and good practice, they all are garda vetted, have references checked and are obliged to attend certain training courses.

Foróige has received funding under the DCEDIY Volunteer Activation fund with the aim of increasing the number of volunteer led youth groups and increasing volunteer retention. To this end, Foróige are seeking to enhance the capacity of Club Support Staff through the provision of additional administrative supports.  Arising from this, there is currently a vacancy for a Youth Work Administration Officer in the Club Support Team in the West of Ireland. The successful candidate will ensure that volunteer information is gathered, processed and updated as required and will support staff with administration including garda vetting and reference check for volunteers; volunteer retention measurement and social media post creation.