Senior Club Manager

Barnsley Youth Zone is looking for a passionate and energetic Senior Club Manager to join Base71, a brand-new, state of the art facility opening in early 2026. The Youth Zone will provide young people with top-notch facilities and over 20 exciting activities every session, helping them grow, try new things and gain support from our positive staff and volunteers.

About the role

As a lead member of the delivery team, you will work across all Youth Zone sessions and have lead responsibility for the Senior Club offer to 13 – 19 year olds and the Young Leader programme.

Ensuring there is a high-quality, creative and fun offer, which focuses on the needs of young people and is in line with the Youth Zone’s aspirations to provide young people with the best possible experiences and opportunities. You will have a passion to put young people first.

You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and inputting towards the strategic delivery plan for the Youth Zone including management of the senior club offer, and the staff supporting you. This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a new, growing, and ambitious charity with up to 250 young people attending a session and no two days will ever be the same.

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How to apply

Anonymous applications:

We recognise our workforce is under-represented in certain areas and are committed to addressing this. We strongly encourage applicants to submit anonymous applications; in practice this means removing your name & email address from your CV & cover letter. Only these documents will be shared with the selection panel.

To apply, please email a CV and cover letter (no more than one page) in response to the person specification and questions below to: recruitment@base71yz.org

1. Why do you want to work for us?
2. Looking at the person specification, briefly describe how your skills and experience (including any lived experience) make you a good candidate for this role. (200 words max)
3. How you demonstrate your commitment to fairness, equity and respect.
4. Confirmation you are eligible to work in the UK (the successful candidate will be required to provide documentary evidence before a job offer confirmed).
5. Any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or the selection process.
6. This role will be based in the Youth Zone and therefore require an Enhanced DBS.

•  Do you have any unspent conditional cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
• Do you have any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.

Closing date: Monday, 21 April 2025

Stage One: Tuesday 29 April 2025 – In person, in Barnsley

Stage Two: Date TBC within 2 weeks of interview, likely to be held in Warrington