King’s Trust Team Leader. Job in Sheffield Education & Training Jobs

Company: The Sheffield College
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Location: Sheffield
Job Description:

Transforming Lives Through Learning

Due to exciting growth and expansion of our King’s Trust Programme, we are looking for five passionate, energetic, and inspiring individuals to join our King s Trust Team Programme within the college. The available roles are Team Leader (x3), Assistant Team Leader, and Curriculum Manager. If you believe in second chances, inclusive education, and helping young people realise their potential, we would love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a life-changing programme that supports young people to build confidence, develop employability skills, improve wellbeing, and create positive futures either within the college or in a community setting.

We will be holding an Information Event on 10th June 6:00pm – 7.30pm at our City Campus. This is a drop in event and staff will be on hand to answer any questions and talk to you about the college and the King’s Trust. Please email us for more information and to register your interest.

About the King s Trust Team Programme

The King s Trust Team Programme is a 12‑week personal development programme designed to support young people aged who may be:

  • disengaged from education or employment
  • lacking confidence or direction
  • facing barriers to learning
  • experiencing social, emotional, or personal challenges, looking to improve their future opportunities

The programme combines:

  • team‑building activities
  • community projects
  • employability and enterprise skills
  • work experience opportunities
  • residential experiences
  • confidence and wellbeing development
  • English and maths support
  • progression planning
  • At the heart of the programme is the belief that every young person has potential.

About the Role

3x positions available. As part of the college team, you will work directly with young people within community and college settings to deliver engaging, supportive, and meaningful learning experiences. You will motivate learners, build positive relationships, and help young people overcome barriers while supporting them towards education, employment, training, or volunteering opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Planning for the weeks ahead, setting out what team members want to achieve and finding out how to get qualifications
  • Planning for a week away / Residential
  • Community projects
  • Work placements
  • Planning for the future (CVs, interview skills and job applications)
  • Final presentation of the programme to an invited audience
  • Deliver the required number of Teams which comply with the prescribed 12‑week programme
  • Recruit a range of young people across targeted groups
  • Progress young people through the programme in line with College budgets, achieving a range of performance indicator targets, including the number of young people recruited, their retention on the programme and the qualifications and positive outcomes achieved
  • Contribute to team review as complied by Prince’s Trust and College staff and ensure agreed actions to improve the quality of the programme are followed up
  • Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date records, both paper and electronic, as required by the College and the Trust
  • Negotiate residential and community project activities with local providers under guidance of the Head of Department
  • Assess, verify and report student achievement through the College Exams department
  • Implement action plans to address issues identified in Team Review
  • Attend all necessary internal/external training courses, management and steering group meetings as required
  • Carry out related duties as may be reasonably required by the College and by the Trust

What We Are Looking For

  • Passionate about transforming lives
  • Committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity
  • Positive, adaptable, resilient
  • Able to inspire and motivate young people
  • Experienced in working with young people or vulnerable learners
  • Confident delivering group activities and community projects
  • Strong communicators with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Organised and able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Experience within education, youth work, employability, SEND, community work, coaching or mentoring (highly valued)

What We Can Offer You

Salary: £28,760 – £33,563 per annum, based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience you bring to the role.

Benefits:

  • Enhanced pension contribution scheme with SYPA
  • Annual leave – 30 days (222 hours) + 8 bank holidays (59.2 hours), including a discretionary Christmas closure period
  • Health and wellbeing support: employee assistance programme through Bupa, occupational health through PAM, free eye tests for VDU users
  • Free parking at majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we repledged to support the Armed Forces Community.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.

Next Steps

To apply: Please apply online. CVs are not currently accepted.

Please note if we have a high number of applications, we may close the vacancy earlier.

Closing date: 21 June 2026.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

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Posted: June 6th, 2026