Director of Housing and Youth Services

£59,054-£61,440 starting salary 

depending on skills and experience

Full-time, permanent. London

The Director of Housing and Youth Services is a newly established role, and you will be joining us at an incredible moment in our history. 

After a recent merger we now operate services across six London Boroughs and the City of London. We are also on the cusp of opening a brand new, flagship centre for homeless young people called LandAid House offering offer the opportunity for 146 young people to move off the streets and sofa’s and into a safe place they can call home. With it, they will have the opportunity to create a future of their own choosing. It is the first purpose-built accommodation designed for homeless young people in London for over a decade! We are very proud to be at the forefront of this change for young London.

As Director of Housing and Youth Services you will lead the strategic development and operational management of housing services across 5 sites, including the new flagship provision at LandAid House.  Your initial focus will be on bringing together staff, systems, and services to create a unified team within the merged organisation.  

Crucially, your role will also be to lead the strategic development and operational management of youth work, ensuring maximising of synergies between housing and youth with the shared focus on supporting young people to create a future of their own choosing.

As a member of the Executive Team you will also have the opportunity to contribute to our wider strategic development and help us seize future development and growth opportunities.

City YMCA London is an independent charity affiliated to the YMCA movement that was founded in 1844. Our work is based on the ethos of the international movement and we work across some of London's most deprived boroughs in Islington, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barnet and Hackney as well as the City of London.

We passionately believe that every young person should have the opportunity to build a future of their own choosing. Over the past fifty years we have helped over 30,000 isolated young people struggling with family breakdown, school exclusion, poor mental health and drug and alcohol dependencies. 

HOW TO APPLY

For more information and to apply, please visit 

www.nfpconsulting.co.uk/cityymca 

Download our Candidate Brief

For an informal discussion, please contact our recruitment partner, Simon Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting on 07961 988 523 or email simon.lloyd@nfpconsulting.co.uk 

Application is by way of CV and a Supporting Statement.

Closing date:         Monday 15^th February

First interviews:    Week beginning 22^nd February

Final interviews:   Week beginning 1^st March