Course Manager – King’s Trust Team Programme - Harehills

Location: Harehills

Contract Type: Full-Time – 37hrs, Permanent

Salary: SP22 - £28,360 to SP25 - £30,863 per annum

About the role:

Make a Difference. Change Lives.

Are you passionate about empowering young people to realise their potential and take positive steps towards their future? Askham Bryan College is seeking an enthusiastic, inspirational and motivated Course Manager to lead the delivery of our King's Trust Team Programme in Outreach sites in Leeds. This is a rewarding opportunity to work with young people aged 16–25, helping them build confidence, resilience, employability skills and aspirations through personal development, community projects, residential experiences, work placements and employer engagement activities.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy making a tangible difference to people's lives and have experience working with young people, education, employability or personal development programmes, we would love to hear from you.

As Course Manager, you will be responsible for the recruitment, management and high-quality delivery of the King's Trust Team Programme. You will lead learners through a transformative journey, supporting them to overcome barriers, develop essential life and work skills, and progress into employment, education or training.

Working as part of the Adult & Future Skills team, you will build strong relationships with employers, referral partners, community organisations and stakeholders to create meaningful opportunities and experiences for learners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruit, enrol and retain learners onto the King's Trust Team Programme.
• Lead and deliver engaging personal development, employability and team-building activities.
• Support learners during classroom sessions, community projects, employer visits, work placements, and residential activities-including overnight stays.
• Create a positive, inclusive and motivating learning environment where young people can flourish.
• Monitor learner attendance, progress and achievement, ensuring positive outcomes and progression.

Excellent communication, organisational and relationship-building skills are essential. You should have the ability to inspire, motivate and engage learners from diverse backgrounds, along with a flexible approach to working, including occasional evenings, weekends and overnight-residential activities.

Join Askham Bryan College and help shape brighter futures through the King's Trust Team Programme.

Interviews: W/C 24th August 2026

Start Date: The College operates 2 starter/induction days per month to welcome and onboard new members. These are usually the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month (unless there is a bank holiday).

About the College:

Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead. We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.

Benefits of working with Askham Bryan College:

• On-site facilities including a fully functional farm, equine centre, wildlife park and VR suite.
• Beautiful grounds for outdoor learning, meetings and well-being walks.
• Generous pension scheme with generous employer contributions.
• 35 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday, plus Christmas shut down.
• Options for flexible working arrangements (role dependent).
• On-site catering including a canteen and shop.
• Highly discounted gym membership at the on-site gym.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Continuous support from our Recruitment and Employee Lifecycle Partner.
• Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave scheme.
• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay.

Safeguarding Statement:

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence.

We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks. We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as 'spent'. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details. We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.

Note on regulated activity:

You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

• Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
• Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
• Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.