Are you an experienced coach who loves developing others and investing in their potential? Are you passionate about the vision of the church to transform communities? If so, this is the opportunity for you. We’re looking for a Development Coach to join us for this London-based role, with travel across the UK to support regional centres as needed. This is an exciting opportunity to travel across the UK, working directly with 16–24-year-olds facing challenging barriers to finding work, equipping them with the confidence, mindset and skills they need to move into sustainable employment. We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us. The important stuff Location : Various Spear Centres across the UK Contract : Permanent, Part-Time Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations Salary : from £27,500 Closing date : Monday 28th July, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate). Upcoming Assessment Days: Thursday 31st July and Thursday 14th August Application pack : Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Benefits 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays Excellent benefits including Health Insurance, access to Cycle to Work scheme, and enhanced parental leave, dependants leave, and sick leave policies with income protection Excellent personal development and training opportunities, including our iLM-accredited 5-day Coaching for Leadership programme (worth £3,000) Regular staff prayer meetings, conferences and retreats (one residential) In this role, you’ll be responsible for: Delivery of Spear Programme As a coach you will support Spear centres in London and across the UK by preparing and coaching Spear Foundation group sessions and 1-1s, ensuring that young people are engaged, retained and work-ready by the end of this initial phase of the programme Quickly building relationships with young people on the programme and managing culture and attitudes in the training room Adapting the Spear coaching material according to the needs of the Trainees and managing behaviour effectively You will be required to travel outside of London and potentially stay for a period of time at the centre. All business expenses will be covered during the working week Spear Centre Support You will form part of a central support team that enables Spear Centres to deliver high quality, high impact sessions to young people when one of their team is sick or the centre is short-staffed You will be placed where the support is needed most, working peripatetically across centres. This could look like 2 months based in one centre or various weeks working across different centres both in London and across the UK Trainee recruitment Supporting Spear Centres to ensure that the maximum number of Spear Trainees are enrolled on each programme, through active face-to-face recruitment Active participation in and support for Resurgo’s team and mission Help build and develop Resurgo’s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo’s operation and for the success of its mission This role will suit you if: A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo’s mission to transform urban communities You have demonstrable experience as a coach, or a background in youth work or teaching, and are keen to develop these skills further You have a heart for young people and releasing their potential, no matter what challenging circumstances they are facing Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with a sense of humour and fun Exercises initiative, highly self-motivated, flexible and a forward planner Good administrative and organisational skills, working well under pressure with the ability to prioritise workload A couple of things to note: This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme). In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested.