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CREATIVE ARTS CO-ORDINATOR at Salford Youth Zone

40 hours per week (including evenings & weekends)
From £29,385 to £31,484 depending on experience

Closing Date 12th October 2026

About Empower

Empower Youth Zones is the charity that oversees the creation, management and sustainability of Youth Zones in Manchester and Salford. These include HideOut Youth Zone located in Gorton (East Manchester) which opened in 2020 and Salford Youth Zone located in Pendleton, which opened to young people in June 2025. HideOut and Salford Youth Zone provide children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 for those with additional needs with somewhere safe to go, something positive to do and someone trusted to talk to.

Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy and crammed with incredible facilities. They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people – helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it. This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive. HideOut and Salford and HideOut Youth Zones are part of a national and growing network of Onside Youth Zones. There are currently 21 active Onside Youth Zones across the UK with 23 due to be open by 2027.

WHAT IS THE ROLE?

The Creative Arts Coordinator will work alongside a passionate youth work team to develop and deliver an exciting 7-day creative offer for our Junior and Senior members. With a 50:50 split between coordination and face to face delivery,

The successful candidate will be responsible for engaging both our existing and new local partners to offer wide creative offering to our young people. You will have the opportunity to not only shape the creative arts programme for young people but in doing so, allow them to develop existing skills, identify new passions and explore how they can use these skills and passions to shape their future as they become young adults.

Not only will you design, develop, and deliver creative activities for young people you well also provide direct line management support, coaching, and development for an energetic, enthused and skilled team of sessional youth workers

You will be responsible for overseeing sessions within the Arts, Media and Makerspace areas, maintaining a safe, well-organised and welcoming environment, managing equipment and resources, and ensuring activities are delivered to a high standard.

WHAT WILL I BE DOING?

• Planning, coordinating and delivering a comprehensive creative arts programme for young people aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) at the Youth Zone which will enable them to build their confidence, social skills and overall wellbeing.
• Leading the creative arts team of sessional workers and volunteers to provide a first-class offer to young people.
• Ensuring that the creative arts programme is high quality, accessible and meets the needs of the young people, including those with additional needs and disabilities and young people who typically don’t engage in creative arts.
• Ensuring that the creative arts programme contributes to the wider youth work agenda, supporting the development of young people.
• Motivating, encouraging and supporting young people to participate fully in creative arts.
• Ensuring all creative arts staff and volunteers are equipped with a range of resources and activities to engage, develop and inform young people.
• Identifying during sessions any relevant issues or areas of development for young people and ensure that these are targeted in the creative arts programme delivery.
• Maintaining a comprehensive and detailed up-to-date inventory of all equipment owned and/or used by the creative arts departments.
• Ensuring the creative arts delivery of the Youth Zone is safe and complies with Empower Youth Zones policies.
• Organising special creative arts events, challenges and projects on a regular basis.
• Supporting the Youth Zone promotional plan and work in the community to attract young people .
• Managing, inducting, training, supporting and developing a team full and part time creative arts workers and volunteers, working with the Training and Volunteer Manager and Youth Club Coordinators supporting CPD and opportunities for accredited and recorded learning.
• Monitoring recording and evaluating the creative arts programme and providing reports and information as required in order to ensure a consistently high-quality youth work provision and demonstrate the impact of the Youth Zone.
• Managing and monitoring the budget allocated to the creative arts programme effectively and efficiently.
• To seek to secure external funding to enhance the programme and build new relationships.
• Networking with local appropriate providers and other partner organisations to develop joint working programmes.
• In conjunction with other partners, identifying, supporting and developing talented young people.
• The role requires session leading and locking up of the Youth Zone to cover for Senior and Junior Club Leads on project night. This will be scheduled by your Line Manager and you will be assigned another member of staff to assist.

WHAT ELSE WILL I NEED TO DO?

• Be a role model for young people and present a positive “can-do” attitude.
• Take personal responsibility for one's own actions.
• Commit to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Work within the performance framework of Empower Youth Zones and OnSide.
• Represent Empower Youth Zones positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues and external partners.
• Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct, health and safety, equality, and diversity, to ensure all activities are accessible.
• Assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at the Youth Zone.
• Actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Empower Youth Zones is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The strength of Empower Youth Zones and the OnSide network of Youth Zones is the diversity of its people; we place huge value on equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, communities and abilities. The one thing we all have in common is our desire to raise the aspirations of young people across the country.

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Job Types: Permanent, Full-time

Pay: £29,385.00-£31,484.00 per year

Work Location: In person