Kings Trust Team Leader

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 F
urther information
can be found
on our
Benefits
and
Career Development
pages. Disability Confident We are a
Disability Confident
employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.
Please review our
Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates
which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us. Armed Forces Covenant As part of our commitment through the
Armed Forces Covenant
,
we're pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country. Safeguarding We are an employer who is?committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here
Safeguarding Next Steps: To apply:
Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team.
CVs are currently not accepted. As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Closing date: 1st November 2026 Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.
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