King's Trust Team Leader

The Sheffield College, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2RL

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Leadership and management
  • Student support, learning and progress
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Children's development and learning, Leadership and management
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £29,335 - £34,234 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience of working with young people

Experience of multi-agency working.

Experience of monitoring and evaluating projects.

Experience of working with specific target groups.

Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings.

Ability to work with a wide range of people and agencies.

Ability to undertake any necessary travel in connection with the duties of the post.

IT literate

Level 2 English and Maths Qualification or Equivalent

Qualifications in specified or relevant curriculum area at level 3 or equivalent.

Princes Trust Team Leader Qualification

Knowledge of local, regional and national relevant promotions and campaigns.

Knowledge and an understanding of the issues related to working with target groups.

Knowledge and an understanding of working in partnership to build capacity and develop sport and active recreation opportunities.

Knowledge and an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities.

What the college offers its staff

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £29,335 - £34,234 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits

• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA
• Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing, we offer
  • Employee assistance programme through Bupa
  • Occupational Health through PAM
  • Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and expand provision within the local community while being part of a supportive and forward-thinking college environment. 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.

Duties of the role also include:

• 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 Princes 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 the 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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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About The Sheffield College

• Organisation type: FE College, ages 16 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: No information available
• Age range: 16 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Sheffield College website
• Email address: jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-sheffield-college

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education college that provides academic, vocational and professional qualifications to approximately 13,218 young people and adults a year. Our mission is transforming lives through learning. 


The college, which is Ofsted graded ‘good’, provides high quality academic, technical and vocational training to enhance qualifications, skills and employability across the region, and operates from a number of campuses and sites across the city.

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