Do you love a challenge?

SPACE  is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services.  Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.

Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities?  Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Youth Work Manager

About the job

Employment type: Permanent

Hours of work: 37 hours per week

Salary: JNC AY 1-18 to AY 1-21 (£30,096.00 to £32,597.00)

Deadline for application: Sunday 15th January 2023

Interview Date: Friday 27th January 2023 - daytime

If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact  Kev on 07590639447 if your inquiry is before 3rd January 2023, or Steff on 07764 326414 if your inquiry is after 3rd January 2023 or for more information please visit www.spaceyouthservices.org. 

What is the role?

• To manage high quality youth work and teams - Barnstaple and Bideford Youth Centres (street / projects / Targeted / Digital Youth Work) 

• Build positive partnerships and work collaboratively

• Be enterprising, creative and dynamic

• Plan and evaluate work for the purpose of learning and improving practice

• Line manage, coach and ensure excellent support structures and communications

• Must be able to travel independently of public transport

• Must be willing to work occasional weekends

• Must be able to work evenings and be flexible and dynamic

Who we’re looking for

About You:

• Experienced Youth Worker - minimum qualification L3 Youth Work Certificate. Will be required to undertake the L3 youth work diploma.  L6 in Youth Work is desirable.

• Passion for developing services to meet the needs and expectations of young people 

• A great communicator who values and champions the ideas and contributions of others

• Interest and commitment to helping young people develop media and music skills and interests

• See the value in forward planning, measuring progress and authentic evaluation

• Willing to learn new skills

• People person, seeing the potential in others and helping them grow and develop

• Collaborator 

• Honest and authentic, willing to challenge and a champion of anti-oppressive practice

As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

What we offer

• Annual leave: 6 weeks for the first 5 years then 7 weeks after 5 years (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)

• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays

• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year

• Employee assistance programme 24/7

• Free on-site parking

• Dress code: Casual

• Flexible schedule

• Social occasions

• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities

• Enhanced sick pay

• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat

• Chromebook and work mobile

• Value-driven culture

How to Apply

• Download and complete this supporting statement:

• Return your completed supporting statement, along with your CV to recruitment@spacepsm.org Or post to: 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH

• Interviews may be conducted by phone / video / online - method to be advised and dependent on the individual and Covid restrictions in force at interview date - details will be given at offer of interview

• Unless specified when sending through your completed application, we do not normally acknowledge receipt of applications