Project Co-ordinator (Youth Offending & Recovery)
đź“Ť Based in North Tyneside (Hybrid: Home & Office in North Shields)
🕒 20–25 hours per week | Flexible working pattern
Make a Difference Where It Matters Most Are you passionate about changing lives and building brighter futures for young people? Do you thrive in fast-paced, purpose-driven environments? A new and ambitious charity is seeking a driven and experienced Project Co-ordinator to help develop a critical youth mentoring initiative in Tyneside.
This is your opportunity to be at the heart of a transformational project supporting young people at risk of offending, reoffending, or exploitation. You’ll play a key role in developing and managing services that tackle real, urgent needs in our communities.
About the Role:Â
Manage a caseload of ~20 young people, supporting and deploying trained volunteer mentors.
Help grow a scalable model for future replication across the North-East.
Work closely with the CEO and team to shape strategy, manage delivery, and build partnerships.
Oversee day-to-day operations, volunteer recruitment, and community engagement.
Support marketing and promotional efforts, including social media and fundraising events. What We’re Looking For:
Skills & Experience
 Proven experience in project management, ideally within youth or criminal justice settings
Strong administration, organisational, and communication skills
Competent in IT, Excel, social media, and database tools (Zoho preferred)
Experience supporting volunteers and leading small teams
Ability to develop effective partnerships with local authorities, community groups, and businesses
Confident in producing impactful content for outreach and promotion Personal Qualities
Emotionally mature, self-motivated, and resilient
Ambitious and excited by start-up challenges
Can-do attitude and infectious enthusiasm
Reliable, organised, articulate, and persuasive
Committed to the mission and capable of supporting leadership and strategy Additional Requirements
Ideally, a driver with access to a vehicle and no more than 3 points on their license
Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional evenings or weekends for events
A strong team player with a collaborative spirit and initiative Why Join? This is more than a job—it’s a chance to be part of a social movement from the ground up. You’ll contribute to meaningful change, have scope to shape your role, and build a career that improves life chances for young people.
Please note:Â All candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications, merit, and ability to perform the job duties outlined. This advertisement does not discriminate on any grounds, including religion, gender, race, color, age, sexual orientation, disability, or marital status
