Programme Manager

About Spear

We launched the award-winning Spear Programme over 20 years ago, and there are now 18 Spear Centres across the country, equipping unemployed 16–24-year-olds facing barriers to employment with the skills and mindset they need to secure work and thrive in the workplace.

About the role

This is an exciting role within Spear’s programme delivery team, leading and inspiring Centre Managers across a region to deliver high-quality coaching and strong outcomes for young people. The role combines line management, performance oversight and contributing to the ongoing development of Spear’s coaching culture and curriculum. It’s a great opportunity for an experienced coach and people manager to shape delivery and help more young people move into education, employment, or training.

Key information:

• Salary: from £36,000 dependant on location


• Location: London/South of England or West of England


• Full-time, Permanent


• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days) plus bank holidays (pro rata)


• Regular staff prayer meetings, conferences and retreats (one residential)


• Closing date: Friday 10th August (We interview on a rolling basis and will close the role early if we find the right candidate)
  

We are an office-based organisation, working face-to-face with the trainees and value the collaboration and opportunities to work creatively and build community that this offers us. There is an expectation of travel and of spending time in the centres where the Programme Manager has oversight.

For more information please read through our Job Specification and Work with Us Pack.

If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Person Specification

• A practising Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Spear, and our mission to equip and support young people facing barriers to employment


• Excellent all-round coaching ability, with extensive coaching experience in group and 1-1 facilitation and/or other relevant transferable skills


• Highly experienced in line management and holding responsibility for others’ professional development and wellbeing


• Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, with the ability to relate confidently to church partners as well as a range of audiences, internally and externally


• Self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure


• Good IT skills, with a working knowledge of Salesforce and Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint