Y’s Girls Project Co-ordinator

The role

This post is part of the national Y’s Mentoring programme and will involve working closely with colleagues in YMCA England & Wales, YMCA Scotland and those other YMCAs across the UK who are delivering the programme. It will also involve working locally with colleagues in social work, police and education to develop mentoring pathways and community engagement. The post holder will recruit, train and support a team of volunteer mentors (over 18’s) to prevent vulnerable young girls from developing mild to moderate mental health difficulties by engaging them in a range of positive activities.

The post holder will work as part of a team delivering a range of youth work interventions, support and guidance. They will contribute to the national Y’s Girls programme to record and monitor outcomes and to deliver best practice and engage in peer support, as well as work towards developing the evidence base for mentoring in the field of early and effective intervention across the UK.

Key Duties/responsibilities

• Effective management of all aspects of project support to children, young people and families including home visits for new referrals, direct delivery of termly group events for young people and occasional mentoring sessions
• Supervision of staff, placements and volunteers delivering the Y’s Girls mentoring programme for young people
• Ongoing recruitment, training and support for a team of volunteer mentors

About you

Are you inspired by playing an important role in changing girls lives and improving their emotional health and wellbeing? Do you have experience of working with volunteers or delivering mentoring or training to support people to address the needs of children/young people aged 9-14 in paid or voluntary capacity? Interested in applying?

To apply

Closing date for the role is 9am Monday 14th April 2025. Applications submitted and/or received after this time will not be considered.

To complete an Application Form please click on the Apply Now button

Please complete the Equal Opportunities Form along with your application

Job Reference: BRAD32

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving, we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 14 working days of the closing date, please consider you application unsuccessful at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

The benefits

Salary £30,850 FTE

Part time hours of 30 hours per week will be considered

To the successful candidate we offer:

• Flexible working environment
• Comprehensive induction and essential training courses provided relating to the job role
• An opportunity to work for a company who offer on-going development within your role
• Opportunities to apply for other internal roles
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days (excluding bank holidays)
• The post holder must be aware of equal opportunity principles and comply with the YMCA Bradford equal opportunity procedures.
• Job Share will also be considered

This post can be office based or hybrid with some work from home