The King's Trust
Youth Development Lead - Foundations (Nottingham)
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Youth Development Lead (Outreach and Marketing/ Customer Service) Fixed Term: 12 months | Full-time (35 hours/week) | Nottingham, with travel to East Midlands sites
About The Role
Join The King’s Trust, where we empower young people to achieve extraordinary progress in their lives. As a Youth Development Lead, you’ll work with our Outreach and Marketing teams alongside customer service champions to impact thousands of young lives.
- Lead personal development sessions for our foundation programmes, both in-person and virtually across the East Midlands
- Foster one-to-one support for individuals in your care, enabling them to unlock their full potential
- Balance fieldwork—delivering activities outdoors—with administrative tasks like data recording and monitoring funding compliance
- Support delivery partners to ensure programme success through guidance and safeguarding
Rolle requires a blend of compassion, adaptability, and organisational rigour. Your passion for making a lasting, positive impact will be central to every action, from one-on-one mentoring to advocating for inclusivity and safeguarding.
Key commitment: Safeguarding—this role includes basic/depth disclosure checks as per The King’s Trust’s safeguarding policies.
Responsibilities
Travel to a variety of locations where programme activities are held.
- Personal Development & Outreach: Host engaging, impactful sessions to inspire growth and achievement
- Safeguarding & Operational Compliance: Uphold health, safety and data protection standards, alongside safeguarding protocols
- Partnership Leadership: Guide delivery partners to improve programmes’ effectiveness and funding alignment
- Reporting & Policy Implementation: Advocate for EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) across initiatives
- Administrative Coordination: Keep detailed records on beneficiaries, volunteers, and partner progress
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What You’ll Need
Intense, real-world advocacy attracts those with:
- Core: Empathy, flexibility, and a desire to work with underserved young people of all backgrounds
- Desirable: Experience in youth work, coaching, or programme delivery (informal education, social mobility projects)
- Safeguarding: Commitment to upholding organisational safeguarding standards
No criminal record will deter application (although deemed unfit roles face prohibitory checks).
What You’ll Receive
Salary
£25,092–£28,783 (dependent on skills and experience)
Work-Life Balance & Benefits
- 30+ days annual leave + extra holidays between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working: Remote (unless location remote) blend of office days and home hours
- Poll </green space workshop**: Collaborative team banquet
- Volunteer involvement: Engage in organisation-wide events like Anna awards, Charity Pride Season
- Professional growth:
- Free in-house learning courses aligned to role skills
- Network participation: KT CAN, KT GEN, KT DAWN, PULSE
- Travel support: Interest-free season ticket loans for local transport
- Financial & wellbeing reassurance:
- Cycle-to-work Scheme; discounted
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The King’s Trust Pension Scheme:**5% matched pension contribution
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Family & personal development: 13 weeks full pay maternity/adoption leave (26 total maternity); 26 weeks paid in total (6 weeks paid paternity leave)
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The DE&I Behind Great Impact
The Trust’s mission mirrors its workplace: we are a Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident employer. Our presence at the forefront ensures support for employees regardless of disability, ethnicity, religion, or role gender.
As an organisation that represents diverse communities, we emphasize nuanced experience and perspective-sharing. If you have unique backgrounds (e.g., from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic groups), we’ll celebrate every contribution toward creating meaningful, audible changes.
How to Apply
1.) Submit a strengths-based application
- Complete your profile & screening questions.
- Omit CV/cover letters—we assess through our online assessment process.
*2.) Timeline
- Closing date: Midnight 10th July 2026
- Initial screening: Within days
- Onsite assessment: If shortlisted, in-person at Nottingham on 21st July
- Notification of next steps by 18th July (after assessment)
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What comes next?
Once successful: Beyond observable achievements (like reporting next calls), your commitment will focus on ensuring efficacy for marginalized young group: Flourishing their journey.
For deeper insights
- Read Youth Development Lead expectations[via clickable link].
- Learn about working with young people and programmes [via link].
- Review FAQs [via link].
- Inquire about all benefits class exclusions[hurtful link].
Did we mention we Our vision: fuel a social movement where theظ funded young person thrives!
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