Youth Manager

Position: Youth Employment Manager
Location: Chaddesden

Youth Employment Manager
Regional Office Worker  - Site & Community based (Covering Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire)
Salary:  Starting from £40,000 per annum + Package

About the role

We are looking for a confident Leader to bring focus, pace and consistency to the Youth Jobs Guarantee programme. This is a delivery leadership role, supporting a multidisciplinary team to perform well, stay on track and deliver a high-quality service for young people, employers and partners.
Working closely with the Service Manager, you will turn programme priorities into clear team actions, keep workloads moving and use performance information to spot risks early. You will coach colleagues, strengthen practice and make sure records, evidence and customer journeys are accurate, joined up and audit ready.
You will create the conditions for frontline colleagues to do their best work: clear expectations, regular feedback, purposeful case reviews, strong operational controls and a culture of continuous improvement.
What you will be doing
Lead, motivate and organise the delivery team, setting clear standards for performance, quality and professional conduct.
Coach colleagues through regular one-to-ones, team meetings, objective setting, feedback and development planning.
Use data and management information to monitor progress, manage risk and keep delivery aligned to programme targets.
Coordinate caseloads, diaries, outreach, training, employer activity and administration so the service runs smoothly.
Lead case and pipeline reviews, making sure actions are clear, purposeful and followed through.
Support forecasting and reporting, giving the Service Manager clear updates on performance, staffing, participant progress, employer pipelines and emerging issues.
Check the quality of records, evidence and customer journeys, taking action where standards need to improve.
Respond appropriately to complaints, incidents, safeguarding concerns and service problems, escalating when needed.
Promote joined up working across Employment Advisors, Employer Engagement Advisors, Trainers, Contact Centre Advisors and programme administration colleagues.

Job requirements

About you
You have experience supervising, coordinating or leading colleagues in an employment, skills, public service or similarly target-driven setting.
You are a practical people leader who can coach, challenge and support colleagues to perform well.
You are confident using data to understand performance, identify priorities and improve delivery.
You can turn contractual, operational and quality requirements into clear team expectations.
You are organised, calm under pressure and able to manage competing priorities without losing attention to detail.
You communicate clearly, build trust quickly and are comfortable having honest, constructive conversations.
You understand the importance of safeguarding, equality, data protection, health and safety, accurate records and audit-ready evidence.
You are collaborative, accountable and solution-focused, with good digital confidence across Microsoft Office and CRM or case-management systems.
You are willing to travel across the East Midlands when required.