Make the session worth turning up for. Then make it lead somewhere.
Gaming, virtual reality, sport, creative arts and the outdoors. These are your tools for reaching young people aged 18 to 24 who have not connected with traditional employment support. Every session has a second purpose: helping each young person see the skills they are building and take a step towards work, education or training.
If you coach, teach, train or run creative or sporting sessions, you already know how to hold a room. Here, the result is a young person who can name what they are good at and say it to an employer.
The opportunity
You will own the activity programme for young people aged 18 to 24, who are adults, not children. You will plan it, book venues and specialist providers, run the sessions and give each a clear purpose. With Mentors and Employer Engagement colleagues, you will match people to the right activities, bring in local employers and shape each person’s next steps.
Attendance, engagement and progression are measured, and the targets do not change. Not every young person will be receptive, and some arrive with bad experiences of education or work, so you will need resilience. Wanting to help people is a great start, but you also need to want to understand the commercials: what the contract says and why we need the outputs. You will travel daily between venues across Berkshire and Oxfordshire, including rural areas, and work in person, as homeworking is not available. If you would rather run activities without targets, this may not be the role for you.
What you’ll be doing
- Running a rolling programme of group and individual activities, from sport and creative arts to gaming and volunteering.
- Giving every session a clear purpose, so young people can name their new skills and use them in a CV or interview.
- Arranging employer talks, workplace visits and mock recruitment exercises.
- Working with Mentors to match people to activities and act early when attendance drops.
- Coordinating venues, providers and an agreed budget, and keeping accurate, audit-ready records.
What you’ll need
Essential (you need all of these):
- Experience of planning, coordinating and delivering engaging group activities for young people or young adults, such as sport or arts.
- Evidence of turning creative, recreational or community activities into learning that builds employability or personal development.
- Experience of facilitating groups with different levels of confidence and support needs, building rapport while keeping clear professional boundaries, and managing group dynamics, sensitive conversations and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of coordinating several activities, venues, providers or resources at once, and the ability to take ownership quickly without ongoing direction.
- Experience of keeping accurate electronic records of participation, progress and outcomes, and confident use of Microsoft Office and Teams.
- A practical understanding of safeguarding, professional boundaries, confidentiality, risk assessment and data protection, and of the barriers young people can face.
- Being able to drive and cover the Berkshire and Oxfordshire area, including rural locations.
- Willingness to work outside standard hours where participants’ needs require it.
- No specific qualifications are required.
Desirable (welcome, not required): experience in employability or careers advice, youth work, coaching or mentoring; a relevant qualification or first-aid certificate; knowledge of local youth services.
What good looks like in this role
These describe how we work. They are not extra requirements.
- People and Communication:You coach young people to build confidence and new skills, and work with Mentors, employers and partners.
- Strategic direction:You try new ideas for sessions and welcome change, asking whether it helps a young person move on.
- Deliver results:You review attendance and feedback honestly, own it when a session misses, and change what you do next time.
- Get it right:You follow safeguarding, risk and data requirements, and do what you say you will do.
Why join Get Set UK?
Our work happens in UK communities. On the Youth Mentor Programme, that means giving young adults experiences that lead somewhere.
Get Set UK is part of Palladium, an international consulting and implementation business that operates in more than 50 countries. Palladium belongs to the Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. (GISI) family of companies, which reported approximately $18 billion in annual revenue for 2025 and serves clients across more than 100 countries.
That scale puts stability behind local work.
Many of our managers started out as advisors. Be Inspiring and Be Considerate shape how we work.
If you have run sessions people wanted to come back to, and want the next one to lead somewhere, apply. Tell us what you personally planned, delivered and changed.
What you get
- Annual leave:25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service. For a full-time employee working five days per week in England, this normally equates to 33 days annually, five more than the statutory minimum. Entitlements are pro-rated where applicable.
- Healthcare and wellbeing:Vitality health and wellbeing support, including GP services, mental health support and physiotherapy.
- Employee assistance:A confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, including up to six counselling sessions annually and legal, financial and debt guidance.
- Pension and shares:Workplace pension, with salary sacrifice available subject to eligibility and scheme rules. Access to a share buy scheme.
- Health and fitness:Up to 360 annually through IncentFit for eligible activities.
- Discounts: Wellbeing, retail, fitness, travel and mobile discounts, including 20% off eligible EE mobile plans.
Recruitment process
Apply through our recruitment platform and complete the short initial questionnaire. If you start your application through Indeed or LinkedIn, you will still need to complete this step before we can review your application.
We assess applications against the essential criteria and the evidence provided. Keep your CV concise and show what you personally did, owned, improved or delivered.
Shortlisted applicants may complete a recruitment call, Teams conversation, role-related assessment or hiring-manager interview, potentially including a practical exercise.
Preparation, responsiveness and attention to detail matter. Any offer is conditional on satisfactory applicable pre-employment checks.
Safer recruitment
Get Set UK is committed to safer recruitment practices to help protect our colleagues and the people we support.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to provide a complete and accurate history of your employment and other relevant activity for the previous five years, including explanations for any gaps, together with referee details covering the previous three years.
Please ensure the information you provide is complete and accurate, as we may be unable to progress your application until our safer recruitment requirements have been completed.
Depending on the role, further pre-employment checks may include references, right-to-work checks, DBS checks and/or other appropriate vetting.
Eligibility and inclusion
You must have the full right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment.
Additional information
We reserve the right to close applications early, so we encourage early applications. Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals and are committed to supporting physical and mental wellbeing at work. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. This role is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks and a commitment to safeguarding learners and clients. Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.
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