Youth Development Lead - Outreach

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.