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Address: Lindbergh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9QX
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent, required as soon as possible
Reference: 0526
You will be managing staff rotas and providing operational support to youth workers, sessional staff, coaches, and volunteers. You will oversee the delivery of open‑access sessions (including sport), holiday clubs, detached work, school‑based activities, and targeted one‑to‑one support, including evening and possible weekend delivery.
You will drive high‑quality, needs‑led provision by undertaking local needs assessments, developing new projects, and ensuring programmes support children and young people to set goals, overcome challenges, and access further opportunities.
The core part of this role is ensuring young people are active partners and in shaping services, while maintaining robust safeguarding, health and safety, and professional standards. You will manage budgets and resources effectively, ensure accurate data recording across internal systems, and continuously improve delivery processes to maintain high‑quality, safe, and inclusive youth work.
The role holds key relationships with referral partners, schools, families, and community organisations, representing Inspire at stakeholder meetings and maintaining strong local networks.
Responsibilities
* Providing day‑to‑day operational support to Youth and Community Practitioners, ensuring the coordination of rotas across both sites for staff and volunteers
* Coordinating staff and volunteer participation in youth programmes
* Supporting safer recruitment of youth workers, sessional staff, and volunteers
* Leading and delivering youth provision, including open‑access sessions, holiday clubs, detached work, school programmes, one‑to‑one support, and evening sessions with possibility for weekend sessions
* Empowering and supporting young people through one‑to‑one and group work sessions, helping them set goals, overcome challenges, and access additional services
* Building strong relationships and partnerships, acting as a key contact for schools, referral partners, families, and representing Inspire at stakeholder meetings
* Assessing local needs and developing new projects, maintaining community networks and creating programmes that respond to the needs of children and young people
* Ensuring safe, high‑quality delivery, including safeguarding, health and safety compliance, behaviour management, and equipping staff to manage risk
* Championing youth voice, ensuring young people influence decision‑making, programme delivery, and opportunities for leadership
* Overseeing resources, budgets, and data systems, ensuring accurate recording, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of programmes
Benefits
* An extra day of annual leave for each year of dedicated service
* A competitive salary that recognises your skills and dedication
* Free spaces for your dependents at our holiday clubs, providing peace of mind for working parents
* Free car parking at our centres for easy access to the workplace
* And most importantly you’ll be making a real difference every day
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and Covering Letter to Jackie Partridge, Head of Services by emailing at jackiep@inspirecharityuk.org.
Closing date: 1pm, 2 January 2026.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Safeguarding
We believe in equality, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all.
Inspire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre‑employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.
We review every application carefully and, if we consider your profile a good match, we will contact you to invite you to take part in the interview process. The first part of the interview process will be a telephone interview, and the second part of the interview process will be a formal interview.
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