Advertised from 7 July 2025

Role

About Intercultural Youth Scotland

Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) is Scotland’s leading voice for Black and People of Colour (BPoC) children and young people. We exist to create safe, inspiring, and supportive spaces, driven by youth voice and lived experience, to challenge inequality and build a more inclusive Scotland.

About the Role

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Youth Work Coordinator to lead and grow our creative and empowering Youth Work Programme. This role plays a vital part in delivering high-quality, culturally responsive and youth-led projects that support young people of colour across Scotland.

Within this role, you will oversee programme delivery, manage staff and facilitators, develop new youth-led activities, and build strategic relationships to expand our reach. From youth clubs and studio sessions to issue-based workshops and school outreach, this is a dynamic role requiring creativity, empathy, and leadership. If you’re a committed youth work professional with strong facilitation skills and a drive to make change—we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of our Youth Work Programme.
• Support and line-manage Youth Work Officers and freelance facilitators.
• Plan and develop new youth-led activities in collaboration with young people.
• Oversee programme planning, budgeting, evaluation, and reporting.
• Promote the programme to schools, youth organisations, and communities.
• Safeguard the wellbeing of participants as programme safeguarding lead.
• Build partnerships that strengthen programme delivery and impact.
• Work collaboratively across IYS to connect young people to wider services.

For more information about this job and our current programmes, please refer to the full job description.

What You’ll Bring

To be considered for this role you should be able to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds

• Experience of mentoring young people one to one

• Strong facilitation and relationship-building skills

• At least 2 years’ experience managing youth-focused or education-based projects

• Practical skills in youth work in at least 3 of the following areas:

• Games/Sport/Physical Activity

• Creative Arts/Drama/Music

• Digital

• Life Skills/Employability

• Youth Voice/Participation/Young Leaders

• Issue-based youth work (e.g. drugs, sexual health, homelessness, young offenders)

• Experience evaluating youth work and maintaining monitoring records

• Proven planning, budgeting, and impact reporting experience

• Experience reporting to funders and external partners

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Experience delivering skills development and youth projects

• Commitment to anti-racism, inclusion, and youth empowerment

• Line management or supervision experience

• Knowledge of the challenges facing young people today

Desirable

• Experience working in or with schools
• Experience in the nonprofit or third sector
• Youth Work qualification

Why Work with Us?

• An opportunity to make a difference
• 4-day full-time working week (32 hours)
• £33,000 salary
• 29 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) (over 7 weeks!)
• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Employee Assistance Programme

Application notes

To apply for this role, please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your interest and suitability to:

Garvin Sealy, Interim Executive Director (Garvin@interculturalyouthscotland.org)

Closing date: 1 August 2025

PVG and safeguarding checks required for this role.

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