Youth Employment Centre Manager

The Spear Centre Manager will work as part of the River Church staff team to oversee the delivery of Spear an employability programme equipping and empowering unemployed 16-24 year-olds to overcome barriers to employment and turn their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.

The important stuff

Salary: £25,213

Hours: Full-Time (4 days considered), Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Location: River Church Ipswich we are an office-based organisation, situated with direct and fast links to London

Closing date: We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate.

Application pack: Download our application pack for more information.

River Church has wheelchair access. Please feel free to contact the church for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Key Responsibilities

Partnership liaison and relationship management

• Establish the primary local referral agencies. Build and implement a strategy for developing relationships with them to ensure recruitment of young people onto the Spear programme is effective
• Maintain and develop relationships with local partners to form a strong referral network

Oversight of the Spear Programme

Spear Foundation is a 4-week initial phase, consisting of 2 group sessions and a 1:1 with each trainee per week, in which we coach young people around skills and mindsets to support them in returning to work or education, and equip them with the skills to stay there.

• As a confident communicator, you will lead group sessions of around 10 young people, using coaching skills to transform attitudes and to raise their awareness, maximising the trainees' potential in stepping into the world of work
• Prepare and coach group and 1-1 sessions with the Spear Assistant Coach
• Ensure the programme is delivered in line with agreed targets, and report KPIs on recruitment, retention and completion of Spear Trainees to Resurgo and River Church, as well as their ongoing progress and sustainment of work or education

Line management and training

• Manage the Assistant Coach, using a coaching approach to invest in their growth and development
• Be line managed by River Church staff, locally, and by Resurgo, nationally, to support with the set-up and ongoing operations of the centre and report back on KPIs

Supporting River Church s mission and ministry

• You will be required to establish strong relationships with key people at the church to ensure the engagement and backing of church members, and help the Assistant Coach to establish a strong presence at the church to build a network of supporters for the Spear programme
• Ensuring the Spear programme is a key missional feature of the work of the church
• Work with the Head of Operations and Fundraising Assistant to prepare successful grant funding applications for Spear Ipswich, and provide timely grant reporting
• Attend and participate in the life of River Church and our social transformation work