Youth Development Lead - Foundations (Southampton & Portsmouth)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on 27/07/2026

Salary: £25,092.00 to £28,783.00 dependent on your skills, knowledge and experience

Location: Southampton and Portsmouth, with frequent travel required across both areas

Assessment Centre: 6th August, in-person in Southampton

Could you become the personal champion of a young person facing barriers to achieving their goals? The South Coast Foundations team is looking for a new Youth Development Lead. Working across our Get Started and Explore programmes, you’ll lead personal development sessions that take our Foundation programmes to new heights. The sessions will range from outdoor activities in green spaces to world of work experiences, creative projects, life skills and everything in between!

You won’t be sitting behind a screen every day; this is an active role that involves frequent, funded travel between Southampton and Portsmouth to deliver these exciting programmes, as well as programme visits and quarterly short residential trips. You will provide pastoral support for young people, helping them to apply their newly acquired skills to their progression into education or employment. Keeping things on point means meticulously recording info and data about our programme participants, volunteers, and partners – ensuring every step of their journey aligns perfectly with our funding contracts and maximises impact for everyone involved.

Safety always comes first, so keeping a watchful eye on safeguarding, health and safety, and data protection is part of the job. You’ll empower our delivery partners and service providers to make a difference through exciting and impactful partnership work. Together, we will ensure every young person embarks on a remarkable journey, experiencing the extraordinary and achieving the dreams they aspire to.

Responsibilities:

• Select personal development topics and deliver engaging sessions to self‑confident learning experiences.

Benefits:

• Great holiday package – 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year.
• Volunteer for and attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events and more.
• In‑house learning platform for career and role development.
• Benefits platform – health and financial well‑being support, discounts on restaurants, shops and cinemas.
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN, KT GEN, KT DAWN and PULSE.
• Family leave: 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption, 8 weeks full pay for paternity.
• Interest‑free season ticket loans.
• Cycle‑to‑Work Scheme.
• Contribution of 5% of salary to the Trust Pension Scheme.
• Generous life assurance cover – 4 × annual salary.

Equal Opportunities:

Here at The King’s Trust, we are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex and aim to create an environment where everyone can be themselves and do their best work. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident and support our staff and volunteers through KT CAN, KT GEN, KT DAWN and PULSE.

Safeguarding:

The King’s Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff roles involve basic disclosure checks, and roles working directly with young people involve an enhanced level. A criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.