# Community Programmes Coordinator for Youth & Community - Calderdale **Company:** [Newground Together](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/wVTJvdUx7eMZwn1GQtfFZv.md) **Location:** Halifax, United Kingdom **Workplace:** on site **Employment type:** Full-time **Department:** Newground - Sustainable Communities Team [Apply for this job](https://jobs.workable.com/view/9bad7dfe-3ad3-4385-b9bb-fe54416b7928) ## Description Are you passionate about supporting young people and delivering youth work programmes that make a difference?   Join **Newground Together** as a **Community Programmes Coordinator – Youth & Community team** in Calderdale. You'll provide leadership, guidance and support to a dedicated frontline team of youth workers, ensuring young people have access to safe, inclusive and engaging opportunities where they feel valued, heard and supported. Building strong relationships with young people, families, community organisations and partner agencies will be central to the role, helping to ensure our programmes respond to the needs, interests and aspirations of young people across Calderdale. You will be responsible for leading programme delivery, managing performance and budgets, identifying funding opportunities, and driving continuous improvement across youth and community services. You'll play a key role in developing innovative youth work opportunities, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring young people are actively involved in shaping the services and activities that affect them. Through a youth-centred approach, you'll help create environments where young people can build confidence, develop skills, improve wellbeing and reach their full potential. This is a varied and rewarding role that combines youth work leadership, relationship-building, community engagement, project management and service development. It's an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about making a meaningful difference in young people's lives, championing their voices, and creating positive pathways for young people and communities to flourish. **Newground Together** is a registered Charity and a part of the Together Housing Group, a social landlord with over 38,000 properties across the north of England.  Newground Together aims to empower people to create sustainable communities that are connected, resilient, healthy, and prosperous. Newground Together is committed to supporting people into jobs and training opportunities, connecting with young people and families, creating memorable outdoor experiences and providing health and wellbeing activities. **Diversity & Inclusion:** As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Further information can be found at this link - [Equality and diversity - Together Housing Group](https://www.togetherhousing.group/about-us/our-social-responsibility/equality-and-diversity/) ## Requirements ### _Outline of Key Responsibilities in the Community Programmes Coordinator for Youth & Community - Calderdale..._ - Lead, motivate and support a team delivering youth and community programmes across Calderdale. - Ensure projects achieve agreed outcomes, contractual targets and quality standards. - Build and maintain positive relationships with community groups, partner organisations, funders and stakeholders. - Manage project performance, monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements. - Develop and implement improvement plans to enhance service delivery and participant outcomes. - Manage project and contract budgets, ensuring income and expenditure are effectively monitored and controlled. - Identify and secure new funding opportunities to support service sustainability and growth. - Ensure high-quality engagement and support is provided to participants, tenants and community members. - Promote Newground Together's services and social impact across local communities and partner networks. - Support staff development through coaching, supervision, training and performance management. - Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, GDPR and organisational policies. - Oversee the safe operation of community venues and hubs used to deliver services. - Represent Newground Together professionally and positively at meetings, events and partnership forums. ### _We're Looking for Someone Who Has..._ - Experience of delivering high quality youth work and can inspire, support and challenge a team through reflective practice whilst remaining connected to frontline youth work   - Understands Child First and trauma-informed approaches and can translate these into everyday practice.  - A strong understanding of safeguarding and working with young people who may experience vulnerability or disadvantage.  - Experience of leading, motivating and developing staff within a service delivery environment. - Strong partnership-building skills and experience working with statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations. - Experience of managing budgets, funding requirements and performance targets - Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills. - The ability to monitor performance, analyse information and drive continuous improvement. - Experience of engaging with local communities and involving participants in service development. - Confidence using Microsoft Office, databases and CRM systems to manage information and reporting. - A proactive, solution-focused approach with the ability to manage competing priorities. - A genuine passion for supporting young people, communities and people facing disadvantage. - A commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and delivering person-centred services. - Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle insured for business use. - Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet service needs. - Enhanced DBS clearance. - Holding a JNC approved Youth Work Qualification at NVQ Level 3 or above in Youth and Community Work would be desirable ## Benefits **What we offer:** - **Starting salary:** **£42,195** - **Generous holidays:** 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days with service) plus bank holidays - This is a **37-hour per week** role, primarily based within the community and at our youth centres across **Calderdale**. The successful candidate will **typically work 9:00am to 5:00pm, with regular evening working on Tuesdays and Thursdays (1:00pm to 9:00pm). Flexibility is also required to support occasional evening, weekend and community events. Hybrid working may be available where service needs allow, although the role is predominantly site and community based.** - **Work Location -** Based at **The Hub at Pellon, Halifax**, with delivery taking place across youth and community settings throughout Calderdale. - Regular evening working is required, typically **Tuesdays and Thursday from 1:00pm to 9:00pm**, with flexibility to respond to occasional operational, safeguarding or health and safety matters. - You will oversee the delivery of youth work programmes across a range of locations, while maintaining a hands-on approach and supporting front-line delivery when required. - Services currently include youth clubs and mentoring support in **Pellon, Ovenden, Mixenden, Elland and Rastrick**, alongside street-based youth work across Calderdale. - **Great benefits:** An attractive pension scheme, health and wellbeing benefits, including access to GPs, and a range of financial and lifestyle perks, like cycle-to-work and vehicle leasing schemes. - To view the full range of our benefits click on the [Employee Benefits Link](https://www.togetherhousing.group/careers/working-for-us/) THG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received. Therefore, please apply without delay! Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form. Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.