Delivery Manager - Manchester

The King's Trust; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A youth-focused charity in Manchester is seeking a Delivery Manager to oversee youth programmes and lead teams ensuring impactful services for young people aged 16-30. The ideal candidate should possess proven leadership experience and a strategic mindset, along with a passion for transforming lives. This role includes flexible working conditions and a great benefits package that supports personal development and well-being.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Volunteer opportunities

In-house learning platform

Personal development opportunities

Family leave benefits

Interest-free season ticket loans

Trust Pension Scheme contribution

Generous life assurance cover

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing people, programmes and partnerships.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontline delivery to ensure impactful services for young people.
• Oversee design and execution of youth programmes.
• Collaborate with partners to deliver programmes in schools.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic mindset

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

Join The King's Trust as a Delivery Manager and play a pivotal role in transforming lives. You'll oversee the design and execution of youth programmes that build confidence, skills, and pathways into education and employment for 16-30-year-olds in Manchester. Collaborating with a passionate team and partners across the country, you'll lead frontline delivery, ensuring high-quality, inclusive, and impactful services that meet the diverse needs of young people. This role will involve leading our Education and Outreach teams to both ensure that we deliver quality programmes in secondary schools across GM, and lead on the recruitment of young people to a variety of King's Trust programmes.

If you're an inspiring leader with a passion for purpose, strategic mindset, and proven experience managing people, programmes and partnerships-this is your chance to make real change happen. At The King's Trust, you'll not only help shape futures but grow your own in an inclusive, values-led organisation that champions diversity, equity, and personal development every step of the way. Let's make a difference, together.

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 Delivery Manager - Manchesters!

Responsibilities

• Lead frontline delivery, ensuring high-quality, inclusive, and impactful services for diverse young people.
• Oversee the design and execution of youth programmes for 16-30-year-olds in Manchester.
• Collaborate with partners across the country and lead Education and Outreach teams to deliver programmes in secondary schools across GM and recruit participants to King's Trust programmes.

Qualifications

• Inspiring leader with a passion for purpose and strategic mindset.
• Proven experience managing people, programmes and partnerships.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams and external partners to deliver quality programmes.

Benefits

• Great holiday package: 30 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays; office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Flexible working: combination of office days and working from home where operationally possible.
• Volunteer opportunities and attendance at events (e.g., The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events).
• In-house learning platform and benefits platform for skills development and well-being discounts.
• Personal development opportunities through networks: KT CAN, KT GEN, KT DAWN, and PULSE.
• Family leave: 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity/adoption; 8 weeks full pay for paternity.
• Interest-free season ticket loans.
• Trust Pension Scheme contribution: 5% of salary.
• Generous life assurance cover (4x annual salary).