This is a pivotal leadership role within our Early Help & Prevention Service, focused on strengthening our locality‑based approach to supporting children, young people and families. As Localities Service Manager (Youth), you will lead the development and delivery of a high‑quality, impactful youth offer, ensuring services are responsive to local need and contribute to improved life chances and aspirations. You will play a key role in embedding integrated locality working, bringing together youth provision, family hubs, early help and wider partners to deliver a coordinated, preventative system of support. The role combines strategic leadership with operational oversight, including managing a range of services, driving innovation and funding opportunities and operating confidently within a political and partnership landscape.
About the team
The Youth team is part of our wider Early Help & Prevention Service, delivering a dynamic, community‑based offer across Haringey. The team brings together targeted and universal youth services, youth participation, outreach provision and multi‑agency locality working aligned with family hubs and early help. Working closely with partners across the statutory, voluntary and community sectors, the team is committed to early intervention, prevention and co‑production, ensuring young people and families receive the right support at the right time while helping to reduce escalation into statutory services.
Qualifications
* Strong professional background in youth work and/or youth service delivery
* Proven experience managing diverse teams and multiple service areas
* Demonstrable success in partnership working across statutory, voluntary and community sectors
* Experience of service transformation, innovation and developing new models of delivery
* Ability to develop creative approaches to funding and commissioning
* Strong data analysis and performance management skills, using insight to inform service planning
* Experience producing high‑quality reports and briefings for senior leaders and elected members
* Ability to work effectively within a political and strategic environment
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands
* A strong commitment to early intervention, prevention and improving life chances
Benefits
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money‑saving discounts.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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