Youth Development Lead - Outreach (London)

Would you love to be the friendly, welcoming face and voice of The King's Trust, championing our work with young people and partners across your local area? In this role, you'll play a key part in promoting our programmes and ensuring young people feel excited, informed and supported to engage. You'll design, plan and deliver inspiring events and engagement activities, from recruitment sessions and community showcases to partner-led and internal events. These moments will celebrate achievement, amplify young voices and bring our mission to life. Youth Participation will be central to your work, as you involve young people in shaping events and engagement activity through co-creation, facilitation and inclusive practice. Using your creativity and local knowledge, you'll develop a strong recruitment and engagement plan, working across a team to connect young people with opportunities. You'll build and nurture effective relationships with referral partners, agencies and community organisations, and confidently deliver engaging presentations, workshops and one-to-one conversations that show young people how our programmes can help them achieve their goals. A key part of the role will be leading the onboarding of young people onto our programmes, ensuring they are fully prepared and supported to begin their journey. This includes delivering high-quality inductions, liaising with external support workers and internal safeguarding teams to gather relevant information, and creating tailored support plans ahead of programme start dates. You will assess readiness, identify any additional needs and put the right support in place to enable positive engagement from day one. Ultimately, you will be responsible for ensuring courses are filled with young people who will benefit from our programmes, and that each young person is set up for success. You'll ensure young people have a consistently positive experience by staying in touch throughout their journey, signposting to appropriate support and keeping them engaged. You'll also maintain accurate records of young people, volunteers and partners, ensuring all information meets funding and compliance requirements. At The King's Trust, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You'll act as a local EDI champion, helping to shape and deliver an action plan aligned with our wider goals. This is a varied and dynamic role, so you'll be adaptable, proactive and ready to step in wherever needed - making a real difference to young people's futures every day.

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people's lives and we couldn't do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads!

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
• Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home.
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events - The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc.
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks - KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)