Activity Coordinator

Get Set UK Group; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension with salary sacrifice

IncentFit benefit

EE discounts

Job summary

Get Set UK is seeking an Activity Coordinator to design and deliver engaging activities for 18-24-year-olds across Berkshire and Oxfordshire. This mobile, community-based role requires travel and a valid driving licence to meet young people and build confidence and practical workplace skills.

You will own the activity programme, run sessions, coordinate partners and track attendance and outcomes. The role emphasises inclusive delivery, safeguarding awareness and strong relationships with

Qualifications

• Experience planning, organising and delivering engaging group activities, workshops or practical learning experiences.
• Experience engaging young people or people facing barriers to participation, adapting your approach to different needs, confidence levels and abilities.
• Ability to organise activities, resources and competing priorities, take ownership of delivery and respond constructively when plans change.
• Evidence of building productive relationships with colleagues, community organisations or external partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, recognise safeguarding concerns and follow appropriate professional procedures.
• Evidence of commitment, reliability and consistently delivering high standards of work.
• Evidence of delivering outcomes, targets, tasks, projects or agreed objectives.
• Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to learn other digital systems.
• Ability to present your recent employment history clearly, including explaining gaps or short-term roles during the previous five years.

Responsibilities

• Create a varied programme of activities that young people want to attend and give each session a clear purpose.
• Deliver teamwork challenges, employer visits, creative workshops, volunteering projects or tech-based activities as appropriate.
• Help participants recognise how experiences develop communication, problem-solving, teamwork and workplace confidence.
• Build relationships with community partners, employers and activity providers.
• Work with mentors to encourage attendance and respond to disengagement.
• Adapt sessions so people with different needs can participate.
• Coordinate venues, resources and safe delivery arrangements.
• Record attendance, feedback, progress and outcomes accurately.

Skills

Activity planning

Group activities delivery

Youth engagement

Relationship building

MS Office

Job description

Create experiences that open doors to employment.

Not every young person builds confidence in a classroom. Sometimes it starts with sport, gaming, creative projects or trying something completely new.

As our Activity Coordinator, you’ll design and deliver engaging activities for 18-24-year-olds, helping them develop confidence, resilience and practical workplace skills.

This is a hands‑on role. You’ll own the activity programme, deliver sessions, coordinate community partners and track participation and progress. Your success won’t simply be measured by how many activities you run, but by what young people gain from taking part.

This is a mobile, community-based role, not a position based at one office.

You will travel regularly throughout Berkshire & Oxfordshire to meet young people. A valid driving licence, access to a suitable vehicle and appropriate business‑use insurance are essential.

Before you apply: the essentials

To be considered, your CV and application must clearly demonstrate:

• Experience planning, organising and delivering engaging group activities, workshops or practical learning experiences.
• Experience engaging young people or people facing barriers to participation, adapting your approach to different needs, confidence levels and abilities.
• Ability to organise activities, resources and competing priorities, take ownership of delivery and respond constructively when plans change.
• Evidence of building productive relationships with colleagues, community organisations or external partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, recognise safeguarding concerns and follow appropriate professional procedures.
• Evidence of commitment, reliability and consistently delivering high standards of work.
• Evidence of delivering outcomes, targets, tasks, projects or agreed objectives.
• Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to learn other digital systems.
• Ability to present your recent employment history clearly, including explaining gaps or short-term roles during the previous five years.

Useful, but not essential

• Experience within youth services, employability, education, community engagement or similar provision.
• Experience using sport, creative arts, technology, gaming or community projects to develop transferable skills.
• Knowledge of local employers, training opportunities or community services.

The real job

You’ll create a varied programme of activities that young people genuinely want to attend, with a clear purpose behind every session.

One day you might deliver a teamwork challenge. Another could involve organising an employer visit, a creative workshop, a volunteering project or an activity using technology.

You’ll help participants recognise how these experiences develop communication, problem‑solving, teamwork and workplace confidence.

You’ll also:

• Build relationships with community partners, employers and activity providers.
• Work with Mentors to encourage attendance and respond to disengagement.
• Adapt sessions so people with different needs can participate.
• Coordinate venues, resources and safe delivery arrangements.
• Record attendance, feedback, progress and outcomes accurately.

What success looks like

Young people attend, participate and return because activities feel relevant and worthwhile.

They can recognise and explain the skills they’ve developed and take meaningful steps towards employment, education or training.

Your programme is organised, inclusive and reliable. Partners work effectively with you, records are accurate and participant feedback helps you improve delivery.

The working reality

This is a practical, participant‑facing role, not simply an events‑planning position.

Some young people may lack confidence, struggle with attendance or have had difficult experiences of education or employment. You’ll need patience, creativity, professional boundaries and the confidence to maintain a purposeful group environment.

You’ll balance delivering engaging sessions with planning, safeguarding, partner coordination and accurate administration.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

What you get

• 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service.
• Vitality health and wellbeing support, including GP services, mental health support and physiotherapy.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, including up to six counselling sessions a year and legal, financial and debt guidance.
• Workplace pension, with salary sacrifice available subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
• Up to £360 a year through IncentFit for eligible activities.
• Wellbeing, retail, fitness, travel and mobile discounts, including 20% off eligible EE mobile plans.

About Get Set UK

Get Set UK delivers employment, skills, apprenticeships, health and justice services, helping people overcome barriers and progress towards meaningful, sustainable employment. We are part of Palladium, a global impact organisation with more than 60 years' experience delivering programmes and solutions internationally.

Our values are Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Be Inspiring and Own It, and they shape how we work with colleagues, participants and partners.

Recruitment process

We assess your CV and application against the minimum essential criteria and the evidence you provide. Keep your CV concise and focus on what you personally did, owned, improved or delivered, rather than listing duties alone.

If shortlisted, the process may include a recruitment call or Teams conversation, role‑related assessment and a hiring‑manager interview with a practical exercise.

Preparation, responsiveness and attention to detail matter throughout. Any offer is conditional on satisfactory applicable pre‑employment checks.

Safer recruitment

Get Set UK is committed to safer recruitment practices to help protect our colleagues and the people we support.

As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to provide a complete and accurate history of your employment and other relevant activity for the previous five years, including explanations for any gaps, together with referee details covering the previous three years.

Please ensure the information you provide is complete and accurate, as we may be unable to progress your application until our safer recruitment requirements have been completed.

Depending on the role, further pre‑employment checks may include references, right‑to‑work checks, DBS checks and/or other appropriate vetting.

Eligibility and checks

You must have the full right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment.

Additional information

We reserve the right to close applications early, so we encourage early applications. Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals and are committed to supporting physical and mental wellbeing at work. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. This role is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks and a commitment to safeguarding learners and clients. Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.