Senior Club Manager (Barnsley Youth Zone)

Added 22nd April 2025

Barnsley Youth Zone – Known as Base71 – opens in early 2026. Opening 7 days a week and packed with opportunity Base71 will offer over 20 incredible activities per session – from sports to arts, music to enterprise and everything in between. We want every young person in Barnsley to feel they belong, grow their confidence, and discover their potential.

But before we open our doors, we’re looking for a dynamic, passionate and experienced Senior Club Manager to help shape the future — starting now.

The Role: Senior Club Manager

As a lead member of the delivery team, you’ll take the reins on our Senior Club offer for 13–19-year-olds and lead the Young Leaders Programme, ensuring every session is fun, safe, inclusive and bursting with opportunity.

You’ll manage a team of youth workers and volunteers, develop a brilliant weekly programme with input from young people, and help ensure our charity’s impact is measurable, meaningful and sustainable.

This role is equal parts hands-on leadership, strategic thinking, creativity and compassion.

Read the role profile here

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing and delivering a vibrant programme for Senior Club sessions

• Leading and developing a team of youth workers and volunteers

• Acting as a Deputy Safeguarding Lead and Youth Zone Duty Manager

• Managing budgets, outcomes, and KPIs to ensure sessions are safe, engaging and impactful

• Supporting our promotional work and community engagement strategy

• Helping to build something special — right from the ground up

We’re Looking for Someone Who:

• Has experience working with young people aged 13–19 in open access settings

• Has managed teams and created high-quality youth programmes

• Is passionate, people-focused and a natural leader

• Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment

• Brings energy, commitment and creativity to the table every day

You’ll Need To Have:

• A professional youth work qualification

• Experience managing staff or volunteers

• A sound understanding of safeguarding and the challenges young people face

• A flexible attitude – evenings, weekends and school holidays are when we shine

• A clear Enhanced DBS check (we’ll help with this)

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: Sunday, 11 May 2025

Interview Stage One: Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Interview Stage Two: Date TBC within 2 weeks of interview at Warrington Youth Zone (in person)

Salary £32,000 Contract Permanent, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Closing Date 11/05/2025

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Senior Club Manager (Barnsley Youth Zone)

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