King's Trust Team Leader

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

Further information can be found on ourBenefits andCareer Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confidentemployer 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 jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

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 at jobs@sheffcol.ac.ukCVs 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.