Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: 23:59 on 17/07/2026
Salary: £29,290.00 to £36,612.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience
Location: Edinburgh
Assessment Centre: 30th July in-person at our Edinburgh Centre
Overview
Are you a fantastic leader who is passionate about supporting young people and can lead a team? Join The King’s Trust as a Delivery Manager and play a pivotal role in transforming lives. You’ll oversee the design and delivery of youth programmes, including procuring partners to help us run programmes that build confidence, skills, and pathways into education and employment for 16–30-year-olds.
Collaborating with a passionate team and partners across Edinburgh and Glasgow, you’ll lead frontline delivery, ensuring high‑quality, inclusive, and impactful services that meet the diverse needs of young people. This role will involve leading our Employability programmes across Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead line management of the dynamic team working with young people either directly through one‑to‑one work or the delivery of programmes.
- Manage people, programmes and partnerships to achieve the Employability ambitions in Scotland.
- Engage, motivate and develop staff to deliver high‑quality, inclusive and impact‑driven services.
- Adaptively respond to challenges with optimism and resilience, embracing change and innovation.
What We Offer
To be successful in the role of Delivery Manager, you will be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation.
- Great holiday package: 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year.
- Flexible working: Where operationally possible, roles require a combination of office days and working from home. (Please speak with the hiring manager about this particular role).
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King’s Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc.
- In‑house learning platform: Develop your skills for your career and your role.
- Benefits platform: Health and financial well‑being support to discounts on restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Family leave: 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave; 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest‑free season ticket loans.
- Trust contribution of 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme.
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary).
Equal Opportunities
Here at The King’s Trust, we are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We aim to represent the communities we serve, focusing on diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. The Trust is a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and Disability Confident. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups such as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
Safeguarding
The King’s Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers undergo basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice; roles working directly with young people have an enhanced level of checks. A criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
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