Youth Opportunities Coordinator

Confidential; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression after probation

37.5 hour working week with core hours

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Health plan and discounts

Training programme

Job summary

Single Homeless Project in Greenwich, London is hiring a Youth Opportunities Coordinator on a full-time, permanent basis. You will lead a varied programme of activities spanning education, training, employment, life skills and wellbeing to help young people build confidence and independence.

You will collaborate with colleagues, community organisations and specialists, applying trauma-informed approaches to engage NEET young people and to support staff development.

Qualifications

• Connect with young people who may be reluctant to engage and turn curiosity into meaningful participation
• Experience designing, coordinating or delivering engaging groups or programmes for young people
• Understand trauma-informed and psychologically informed ways of working
• Confident building relationships with colleagues, community organisations and specialist services to open up opportunities
• Organised, adaptable and full of ideas with ownership of a programme

Responsibilities

• Lead a varied programme of activities across accommodation services, bringing together education, training, employment, life skills, wellbeing, creativity, sport and personal development.
• Deliver some sessions and shape others with colleagues and partner organisations.
• Coach frontline colleagues to run effective activities and embed opportunities across services.

Job description

Single Homeless Project has a new opportunity for a Youth Opportunities Coordinator ?to join our team based in Greenwich, London. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and, in return, receive a competitive salary starting at £29,822.41 and rising incrementally to £32,034.46 per annum.

We re London s leading homelessness charity and we get things done.

In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we re not shying away. We re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.

We re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.

Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.

We re not perfect, but we re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn t just a job. It s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.

About the Youth Opportunities Coordinator role:

For a young person who has felt stuck, disconnected or unsure what comes next, the right opportunity can be the thing that changes everything. As our Youth Opportunities Coordinator in Greenwich, you ll create the spaces, experiences and encouragement that help young people build confidence, discover what they are capable of and take meaningful steps towards greater independence.

You ll lead a varied programme of activities across our young person's accommodation services, bringing together opportunities around education, training and employment, life skills, wellbeing, creativity, sport, pre-tenancy preparation and personal development. Some sessions you ll deliver yourself; others you ll shape alongside colleagues, community organisations and specialist providers. The aim is simple: make the programme relevant, engaging and worth showing up for.

A big part of the role is understanding what can sit behind disengagement. You ll work creatively with young people who may be NEET (young people who are not currently in education, employment or training), have experienced trauma or struggled to engage with traditional services, using psychologically informed, trauma-informed and person-centred approaches to build trust and motivation. You ll also coach frontline colleagues to run effective activities of their own, helping opportunities become part of everyday life across the services.

This is a role with real scope to create, test and improve. You ll be part of a wider Opportunities team, sharing ideas and good practice while developing your own expertise in youth engagement, group work and programme delivery. You ll also have access to Single Homeless Project's (SHP) learning and development opportunities, helping you build specialist skills to grow your career across the organisation.

About you as our Youth Opportunities Coordinator:

• You know how to connect with young people who may be reluctant to engage, and can turn curiosity, creativity and persistence into meaningful participation.
• You have experience designing, coordinating or delivering engaging groups, activities or programmes for young people.
• You understand trauma-informed and psychologically informed ways of working, and can balance empathy, professional boundaries and appropriate challenge.
• You re confident building relationships with colleagues, community organisations and specialist services to open up new opportunities for young people.
• You re organised, adaptable and full of ideas, with the confidence to take ownership of a programme while working collaboratively with others

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Important Information

Closing Date: Sunday 25th October at midnight

Interview date: Tuesday 3rd November in Service in Greenwich

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient/without current right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.