Senior Young Adult Pathways and Specialist

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-profile, innovative trial focused on successfully transitioning young adults who are not working due to health into their next steps. The initiative is funded by the Shaw Trust Foundation. You will play a key role in evidencing how best to prepare young adults for their future, exploring employment options and improving access to mainstream support services.

This is a highly visible project: the findings will be shared with a senior external advisory group, including expected representation from the Department for Work and Pensions, Mayoral Combined Authorities, and Local Authorities.

As a Senior Young Adult Pathways and Progression Specialist, you will lead a small team of Pathways and Progression Specialists. You will combine management responsibilities with hands‑on work, supporting a small caseload of young people.

This is a community-based role where you will collaborate closely with service providers, employers and local partners to create integrated pathways that transform lives. You will provide mentoring, training and supervision to your team, while modelling best practice in client support.

• A strong communicator and motivator, able to inspire both staff and young people.
• Experienced in employment support, youth engagement or mental health services.
• Passionate about creating sustainable solutions that improve wellbeing and social inclusion.
• Skilled in building partnerships and fostering collaboration across communities.

This is your chance to play a leading role in shaping a new approach to supporting young adults – helping them overcome barriers, access opportunities and achieve lasting change.

This is a one‑year fixed‑term contract, with the potential for extension depending on funding and project needs.

Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years' service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year.
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months.
• Life assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate.
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid apprenticeship and master's level qualifications, and management development programmes.
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women's Network, Managing Network, Menopause Network Group).
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan.
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one.

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trust’s aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here:
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Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.