Youth & Community Impact Lead

YMCA South Midlands; Manor Park; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

YMCA South Midlands is seeking a Youth & Community Manager to lead our youth and community services in Milton Keynes. You will oversee mentoring, engagement and community programmes, ensuring safety, inclusivity and tangible outcomes.

You will manage a small team of staff and volunteers, build strong partnerships with schools, local authorities and charities, and monitor impact to demonstrate progress against objectives.

Formación

• Experience working in youth services, community development, mentoring or a similar environment.
• Experience managing people, volunteers, projects or community programmes.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• The confidence to build positive relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• An understanding of safeguarding and the importance of creating safe, inclusive environments.
• Experience monitoring performance, demonstrating outcomes and delivering against agreed objectives.

Responsabilidades

• Leading our services: Overseeing the delivery of youth mentoring, youth engagement and community programmes, ensuring they are safe, inclusive and impactful.
• Managing projects: Taking ownership of funded programmes, including our Youth Mentoring project, ensuring activities, budgets and outcomes are delivered successfully.
• Supporting your team: Managing, coaching and developing a small team of employees and volunteers, creating a positive and accountable team culture.
• Building partnerships: Developing strong relationships with schools, local authorities, charities and community organisations to create more opportunities for young people.
• Demonstrating impact: Monitoring performance, measuring outcomes and ensuring we can clearly demonstrate the difference our work is making.
• Championing safeguarding: Ensuring the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of young people remain at the heart of everything we do.

Conocimientos

Youth services

Community development

Mentoring

Educación

Degree-level qualification

Descripción del empleo

YMCA South Midlands is seeking a Youth & Community Manager to lead our youth and community services in Milton Keynes. You will oversee mentoring, engagement and community programmes, ensuring safety, inclusivity and tangible outcomes.

You will manage a small team of staff and volunteers, build strong partnerships with schools, local authorities and charities, and monitor impact to demonstrate progress against objectives.