Programmes Manager - London

Barking, Greater London (Hybrid)
£37,000 - £38,000 per year
Full-time
Temporary (12 months)

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Job description

We're looking for someone with strong roots in Barking & Dagenham, experience working alongside young people and communities experiencing inequality, excellent partnership-building skills, and a commitment to anti-oppressive practice and social justice to shape our place-based work in Barking & Dagenham.

Key responsibilities

  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with local stakeholders, including youth organisations, community groups, grassroots leaders, local authority teams, schools, colleges, funders and voluntary sector networks.
  • Conduct community engagement and local mapping activities to gather insight on services, networks, needs, opportunities and gaps in provision, helping to inform Blagrave's work and partnerships.
  • Convene and support an intergenerational steering group of local people experiencing deep-rooted inequality to guide the development of a youth hub in Barking & Dagenham.
  • Lead local grant-making activity, including developing grant programmes and partnerships, managing relationships with grant partners, and ensuring local organisations are supported to flourish.
  • Collect and share learning, insights and intelligence from community engagement and grants activity, and work with partners to deliver community events that centre youth and community participation.

 

Application resources
Organisation
Blagrave Trust View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 11 - 20

Empowering young people who face deep-rooted inequality to lead lasting change, by investing in their leadership, their communities, and their spaces.

Posted on: 19 August 2026
Closing date: 16 September 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Communications, Fundraising, Project Management, CRM, Database Management, Education, Ethnic Minority / BAME, Insights, Justice, LGBTQ, Programme Management, Youth / Children, Grants

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