Are you a passionate leader who wants to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people?
We are looking for a Youth Service Lead to oversee and shape the delivery of our programmes across Bedfordshire. This is a key leadership role where you will ensure our services are safe, engaging, and impactful for the young people and families we support.
At F4YP, we support over 500 children and young people across 50+ schools, providing safe spaces, enrichment opportunities, and vital pastoral support. As Services Lead, you’ll play a central role in making this happen every day.
What you’ll be doing:
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Leading and managing high-quality delivery across face-to-face services
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Supporting and developing a team of delivery staff and volunteers
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Ensuring excellent safeguarding, pastoral care, and behaviour support
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Overseeing planning, staffing, and day-to-day operations across multiple sites
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Monitoring impact, quality, and outcomes to continuously improve delivery
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Working closely with schools and partners to support young people effectively
What we’re looking for:
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Experience leading programmes or services for children and young people
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Strong knowledge of safeguarding and pastoral support (SEMH/SEND desirable)
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Proven experience managing and supporting staff
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A hands-on, organised leader who can balance people, operations, and quality
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Someone who is passionate about helping young people feel safe, supported, and confident
Bedford/Bedfordshire | Full-time (37.5 hrs) | 3-year fixed term | Working pattern: 9-day fortnight (one day off every two weeks), with full 5-day weeks required during holiday delivery periods
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Location: Homeworking with a requirement to occasionally work at Head Office (Vauxhall, London). The role will also be considered on a fully homeworking basis.
Salary: £47,701.95 per annum plus £3000 London Weighting (which may not be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement)
Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term (until April 2027)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Finance Business Partner on an interim fixed term contract basis during a period of significant change for the charity.
Refuge is transforming the way it manages its finances, modernising all aspects of financial management across the organisation with the implementation of a new finance system.
We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to cover this Interim Fixed Term Maternity cover contract, you will bring a deep understanding of delivering a modern finance partnering service, ideally in a charity or housing association setting. As the Finance Business Partner in this very hands-on role, you will manage and carry out all aspects of business partnering, preparation of monthly management information and insights to meet the needs of our colleagues across the organisation.
This is an exciting time to join an organisation which provides crucial services to women and children, helping us build our capabilities and make a significant contribution. This is a fixed term contract role and will allow you to focus on delivering what we need in the short term, whilst putting in the foundations for the next stages of financial transformation.
If you are inspired by our mission and would like to bring your skills and energy to our work, we look forward to receiving your application.
Closing Date: 09:00am 26 May 2026
Interview Date: Week Commencing 8 June 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.