Youth Programme Manager

About the role

Hackney Council’s Employment, Skills and Adult Learning Service is seeking to recruit a Youth Employment Programme Manager. This pivotal role provides strategic oversight and coordination for two of the Council’s high‑profile initiatives: the Supported Internship Programme for young people with SEND, and the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer initiative for care‑experienced and NEET young people with barriers to accessing the labour market.

• Lead the delivery and implementation of the Supported Internship Programme and Youth Guarantee Trailblazer initiative, ensuring they achieve successful impact across Hackney.
• Implement effective monitoring processes to review success, drive strategic and operational improvements and establish robust governance structures.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships, providing effective leadership to staff to drive employment outcomes.
• Work closely with commissioned partners, overseeing performance and compliance to ensure high‑quality and impactful service delivery.
• Collaborate with the wider Employment, Skills and Adult Learning team and Education stakeholders to build a strong pipeline of young people for both programmes.
• Embed co‑production so that young people remain central to programme design while maintaining operational excellence.

• Excellent people manager with proven experience in leading complex employment or skills‑based programmes within a target‑driven environment.
• Extensive experience coordinating multi‑agency partnerships and deep understanding of the challenges faced by care‑experienced young people and those with SEND.
• Working knowledge of Supported Employment models and a commitment to championing diversity and inclusion.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.