King's Trust Team Leader

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King's Trust Team Leader

Please apply by 1/11/26

Salary £29,335 - £34,234 per annum

37hrs per week

Transforming Lives Through Learning

Due to exciting growth and expansion of our King's Trust Programme, we are looking for passionate, energetic, and inspiring individuals to join our King’s Trust Team Programme within the college. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a life-changing programme that supports young people to build confidence, develop employability skills, improve wellbeing, and create positive futures either within the college or in a community setting. 

If you believe in second chances, inclusive education, and helping young people realise their potential, we would love to hear from you. 

About the King’s Trust Team Programme

The King’s Trust Team Programme is a 12-week personal development programme designed to support young people aged 16–25 who may be:

disengaged from education or employment
lacking confidence or direction
facing barriers to learning
experiencing social, emotional, or personal challenges 
looking to improve their future opportunities

The programme combines:

team-building activities
community projects
employability and enterprise skills
work experience opportunities
residential experiences
confidence and wellbeing development
English and maths support
progression planning
At the heart of the programme is the belief that every young person has potential.

About the Role

As part of the college team, you will work directly with young people within community and college settings to deliver engaging, supportive, and meaningful learning experiences. 

You will motivate learners, build positive relationships, and help young people overcome barriers while supporting them towards education, employment, training, or volunteering opportunities. 

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and expand provision within the local community while being part of a supportive and forward-thinking college environment. 

Key Responsibilities

Planning for the weeks ahead – setting out what team members want to achieve and finding out how to get qualifications

Planning for a week away/Residential

Community projects

Work placements

Planning for the future (CVs, interview skills and job applications)

Final presentation of the programme to an invited audience.
Duties of the role also  include:

Deliver the required number of “Teams” which comply with the prescribed 12 week programme

Recruit a range of young people across targeted groups

Progress young people through the programme in line with College budgets, achieving a range of Performance Indicator targets, including the number of young people recruited; their retention on the programme and the qualifications and positive outcomes achieved

Contribute to team review  as complied by Princes Trust and College staff and ensure agreed actions to improve the quality of the programme are followed up

Maintain accurate and up to date records, both paper and electronic, as required by the College and the Trust.

Negotiate residential and community project activities with local providers under the guidance of the Head of Department

Assess, verify and report student achievement through the College Exams department.

Implement action plans to address issues identified in Team Review

Attend all necessary internal/external training courses/ management and steering group meetings as required

Carry out related duties as may be reasonably required by the College and by the Trust.
What We Are Looking For

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals who are:

passionate about transforming lives
committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity
positive, adaptable, and resilient
able to inspire and motivate young people
experienced in working with young people or vulnerable learners
confident delivering group activities and community projects
strong communicators with excellent interpersonal skills
organised and able to work independently and as part of a team
Experience within education, youth work, employability, SEND,
community work, coaching, or mentoring would be highly valued.
What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £29,335 - £34,234 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits 

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA 
Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer

Employee assistance programme through Bupa
Occupational Health through PAM
Free eye tests for VDU users

Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses