Centre Leader

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation , our staff team is helping 56,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role . You will be taking up a permanent role as Centre Leader at our Into University centre in Grimsby.

You will have responsibility for running your Into University centre, including managing your team, planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders and meeting Into University’s targets for delivery.

A substantial element of this role is delivering our education programme to children and young people aged 7-18 , so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people , including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.

Contract :
Full-time, permanent

Final date to receive applications - 9am Friday 6th January 2026

Interview day (in-person) - Friday 23rd January 2026

Start date :
February 2026

Mon and Thurs : 09 : 30-18 : 00

Tues, Weds, Fri : 09 : 00-17 : 30

(Some additional weekend & unsocial hours will be required)

Centre Leaders are based at one of our Into University learning centres and work directly with young people, schools and families on a daily basis. It is therefore not a hybrid role and is based full-time in our centres

Into University Grimsby

The role requires intermittent travel in your region (usually within the day). Periodic travel out of the area is also required e.g. to London, this may include occasional overnight stays.

£36,400 per annum.

33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

• Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
• Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
• Summer working hours (finish at 1pm on Fridays for six weeks in the summer), pro-rated for staff joining after January in the same year
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support
• Life Assurance scheme with Aviva including Smart Health service with access to 24 / 7 online GP appointments
• Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
• Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year