Youth Service Team Leader

Job title: Leeds Youth Service – Team Leader

Hours: 37

Contract:Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the ongoing growth and development of Leeds Youth Service. You will lead on the operational oversight of Youth Work delivery across the city whilst supporting the strategic growth of the service with multiple stakeholders. As a Youth Service Team Leader, you’ll thrive on the delivery, development, and promotion of Youth Work, bringing value to Young People and Communities across Leeds.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

As a Leeds Youth Service Team Leader, you will bring to the role:

• A passion for working with young people and communities
• Significant experience of both leadership and management.
• A proven track record of partnership working across multiple sectors
• The ability to implement and lead on multiple initiatives and projects simultaneously.

As a Leeds Youth Service Team Leader you will have the opportunity to lead the implementation and growth of Youth Work provision across the city. You will embrace leading a team to ensure the needs of Young People and communities are met through developing a range of innovative projects to engage Young People in universal and targeted Youth Work Provision.

As our next Leeds Youth Service Team Leader, you will be responsible for promoting and embedding the Youth Work approach and Leeds Vision For Youth Work in a variety of environments and forums. You will be integral to the ongoing development of the service across the authority and the wider sector, embracing multiple opportunities to integrate the values of Youth Work and the voice of Young People at both operational and strategic levels.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

Please complete the online application form.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact James McCarthy, Youth Service Manager, Call  or email

A disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose:

Working as part of the Management team to lead the continuous service improvement of Leeds Youth Service. Lead a team in providing high performing universal and targeted youth work delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Youth Service Manager in developing a strategic plan for the delivery of targeted youth work across the city to ensure it contributes to measurable improvements linked to the Leeds Vision For Youth Work, Children and Young People’s Plan priorities, and…