The King's Trust
Head of Delivery
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Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: 23:59 on Wednesday 9th September 2026
Salary: £40,000.00 to £48,000.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge, and experience
Location: South Coast Hub (Southampton region)
Interviews:
- 1st round - via Teams on 17th September
- 2nd round - Face to face assessment centre on 28th September in our Southampton Centre 2026
Making a difference to young people's lives isn't something that happens by chance. It takes great leadership, strong partnerships, and a team united by a shared purpose.
At The King's Trust, we're committed to helping young people develop the confidence and skills they need to move forward in life. Behind every programme, partnership, and success story is a team of passionate people working together to create opportunities where they're needed most.
We're looking for a Head of Delivery to lead this work across your area, ensuring our services reach the young people who need them most and deliver meaningful, lasting impact.
This is a role for a strategic leader who enjoys bringing people together around a common purpose. You'll lead talented teams, shape how our services are delivered, and build strong relationships with partners, funders, and stakeholders who share our ambition to change young lives.
You'll provide leadership across a broad portfolio of programmes and services, ensuring we continue to deliver excellent outcomes while identifying new opportunities to extend our reach and impact.
Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, you'll help turn strategy into action by:
- Leading and developing high-performing teams that are motivated, supported, and focused on achieving great outcomes for young people.
- Building strong relationships with partners, funders, and stakeholders to strengthen our local presence and create new opportunities.
- Using data, insight, and feedback to continuously improve performance, quality, and efficiency.
- Ensuring safeguarding, inclusion, and young people's wellbeing remain at the heart of everything we do.
You'll also play an important role in helping us deliver against funding commitments, maximise resources, and ensure our programmes continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of young people and communities.
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We're looking for someone who combines strategic thinking with a genuine passion for supporting young people. You'll be an experienced leader who knows how to inspire teams, build credibility with stakeholders, and create a culture where people can do their best work. You'll be comfortable balancing big-picture thinking with operational delivery and will enjoy finding practical solutions to complex challenges. Experience leading services, partnerships, or programmes at scale will be important, as will the ability to use insight and performance data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement. Most importantly, you'll share our belief that every young person deserves the chance to succeed.
If you're ready to lead with purpose and help create brighter futures for young people, we'd love to hear from you.
What happens next?
Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills, and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need Head of Deliverys?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education, or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues, or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Head of Deliverys!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events, etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops, and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
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Equal Opportunities
Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers, and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). For more information, please click here.
Safeguarding
The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!
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