Community Project Manager; Young ; Maternity cover

Department

Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust

Head of Facilities and Inclusion

full time, 40 hours per week

£33,281 - £35,360

Meriden Community Centre, Watford.

Fixed term 12 months, January 2027-December 2027. (possible extension dependable on funding).

13th October 2026

Monday 26th October.

Our vision is to ‘improve lives, enhance communities’ and aim to ‘make a positive difference for all through sport, physical activity and learning’. We have developed a strong track record of delivering high quality community-based initiatives and services.

Our work focuses on three priority areas:
Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Skills, and Social Inclusion, alongside a core theme of work in Football and Sports Development. These are all underpinned by our promise to deliver accessible opportunities.

Are you a passionate team player who wants to make a positive difference through sport and education? Alongside developing your management experience in an impactful and rewarding setting.

Look no further and apply to join our Social Inclusion Team to lead on our Premier League Inspires programme and other Secondary school focused projects. Working closely with the team to increase delivery of our school-based provision across Hertfordshire and Harrow. This role is a maternity cover role for currently 12 months starting in January 2027 until December 2027. Extension of this role might be possible if funding is secured.

• Manage, plan, organise, promote, and deliver all elements of the Premier League Inspires programme to the highest possible standard.
• Monitor the team’s delivery against financial and impact targets and ensure that programme KPI’s are achieved.
• Seek opportunities to ensure growth and development of Trust’s secondary education provision, working where necessary with colleagues across other departments.
• Work with the Trust’s Fundraising Officer on funding applications which can both look to grow programme delivery and help cover core costs.
• Reporting to be performed when required by the Premier League Foundation and other funding agencies.
• Provide an inclusive approach to raising young peoples’ educational achievements and prepare individuals for future pathways.
• Innovation to plan and deliver unique social projects within the local community.
• Organise meetings, training, and presentations as appropriate to promote the Trust’s programmes.
• To ensure that all young people engaged on programme receive a positive experience.
• Take an active role in the strategic planning of future provision across all areas, including within the Trusts Leaders group, Managers group and strategic work.
• Provide data and impact reports both internally and to funders where relevant via reports, case studies and testimonies.
• Networking and building positive relationships with other CCOs, local agencies in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
• Attend relevant training and review events as and when required.

• Youth work or mentoring qualifications.
• GCSE Maths and English.
• Able to demonstrate experience of working with young people (11-18years) and their families/guardians, particularly those young people identified as vulnerable or as having complex needs within an education and/or community setting.
• Examples of developing projects in the public, private or voluntary sectors such as youth and community work, teaching, or social work.
• Experience of dealing with safeguarding procedures including reporting concerns and risk and data assessments
• Examples of developing effective working relationships with schools, councils, funders or other stakeholders
• Experience of demonstrating impact…