Project Manager (Job Ref 26-14)
Full Time (37 hrs) at £35,469 per annum. Permanent contract – based in Newton Abbot or Exeter.
Overview
Join us and make a difference at Young Devon as our next Project Manager. LIFT – Listen. Inspire. Forward. Together (formerly In‑Reach), winner of the 2024 Young People Now Award, is looking for an inspiring Project Manager to lead our award‑winning youth work service.
Delivered in partnership across Devon, LIFT connects youth workers with four major hospitals to support young people with their emotional wellbeing, resilience, and transition back into the community. Through a relationship‑based, trauma‑informed approach, we help young people feel heard, recognise their strengths, and build confidence to move forward positively.
Responsibilities
The role will lead the development, coordination and delivery of the LIFT service, ensuring strong partnership working, effective project management, and a safe, responsive offer for young people. The Project Manager will help shape and develop an innovative county‑wide service that supports admission avoidance and discharge from hospital, helping to reduce readmissions and improve outcomes for young people across Devon. The role will also motivate and support a skilled youth work team, strengthen partnerships across health and community services, and ensure young people and families receive high‑quality, young‑person‑led support.
Benefits
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one; access to training; and a welcoming, kind, and passionate workplace culture.
EEO & Safeguarding
We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates. Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and embracing diversity. We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups, and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience and those with transferable skills and experience.
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Full Time (37 hrs) at £35,469 per annum. Permanent contract – based in Newton Abbot or Exeter.
Overview
Join us and make a difference at Young Devon as our next Project Manager. LIFT – Listen. Inspire. Forward. Together (formerly In‑Reach), winner of the 2024 Young People Now Award, is looking for an inspiring Project Manager to lead our award‑winning youth work service.
Delivered in partnership across Devon, LIFT connects youth workers with four major hospitals to support young people with their emotional wellbeing, resilience, and transition back into the community. Through a relationship‑based, trauma‑informed approach, we help young people feel heard, recognise their strengths, and build confidence to move forward positively.
Responsibilities
The role will lead the development, coordination and delivery of the LIFT service, ensuring strong partnership working, effective project management, and a safe, responsive offer for young people. The Project Manager will help shape and develop an innovative county‑wide service that supports admission avoidance and discharge from hospital, helping to reduce readmissions and improve outcomes for young people across Devon. The role will also motivate and support a skilled youth work team, strengthen partnerships across health and community services, and ensure young people and families receive high‑quality, young‑person‑led support.
Benefits
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one; access to training; and a welcoming, kind, and passionate workplace culture.
EEO & Safeguarding
We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates. Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and embracing diversity. We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups, and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience and those with transferable skills and experience.
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