Leeds Local Manager

Full Time (40 hrs/week) Location: Based centrally in Leeds with flexible working
Initial 12 months fixed term (with a view to extending)
Interview Date/s : Friday 19th December 2025 (45 minutes, digital), Wednesday 7th January 2026 (2 hours, in person in Leeds)
Are you passionate about working with young people and supporting them to be changemakers? Join a dynamic, fast-paced and growing social enterprise as the local manager for our new Leeds team - helping us to support young people across the Leeds City Region and the North of England to develop their skills, confidence and connection to purpose. You will play an integral part in Unloc’s mission to develop young people as changemakers; focused on building relationships with local stakeholders, managing the programme facilitation team & delivering programmes directly to young people.

By developing young people’s skills and confidence, we empower them to shape their lives and the world around them.

We have established teams, offices and community programmes in both Portsmouth and London - and we’re excited to add Leeds to that mix, as part of our strategic plan to reach 40,000 young people a year by 2027.

The new local manager in Leeds will lead the charge to grow our presence and impact within local communities in Leeds and beyond. You’ll create powerful connectivity with schools, colleges, businesses, local authorities and public sector partners to help us deliver on our mission. Unloc programmes for young people are unique. Our facilitators use innovative learning tools, both digital and physical, to create engaging events and experiences that young people will truly remember. They champion young changemakers and celebrate their successes, believing in the power of young people. A fixed term post with a view to extending the contract.
The opportunity to work with amazing young people.
A flexible approach to working life and 39 days holiday, including Bank Holidays, your birthday, and a company shut down period at Christmas.
A workplace pension scheme whereby the employer contributes 3% of total employee earnings, rather than the legal-minimum of 3% of employee earnings above the threshold.
A comprehensive mental health support scheme for you and your immediate family through Health Assured including the Wisdom app.
A full year of team-building and CPD opportunities.

All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks returning satisfactory results including an Enhanced DBS Check, a social media check and Right to Work checks. Any candidate with convictions relating to offences against children or other vulnerable people will be deemed as unsuitable to work at Unloc and any job offer will be made on this basis.

The recruitment process is outlined in Unloc’s Safer Recruitment Policy available on our Wesbite.

Most of the time, you’ll be based from our new Unloc Leeds office space at Clockwise on Greek Street in the city centre, or delivering programmes in Schools and Colleges in the Leeds City Region. 

Occasionally, you will travel to London or Portsmouth (our HQ) to spend time with other teams. You will likely have more travel in your first three months as part of your induction programme. Any travel costs outside of commuting to/from the Leeds city centre office will be covered, alongside an allowance for meals and accommodation.

Supporting the implementation of the Unloc Leeds Strategy
Building new relationships with local schools and colleges. 
Facilitating free-to-access Changemaker Challenge days for local schools in Leeds. 
Delivery of workshops and presentations, attendance at events to to promote Unloc’s programmes and initiatives to schools, colleges and community groups.

Working in partnership and building new stakeholder relationships
This will include Local Authorities, Education Trusts, Businesses and Community Interest Groups. 
Represent Unloc in external meetings, conferences and networking opportunities - building relationships that could support our efforts to generate new income.
Organise, plan and facilitate changemaker projects and programmes
Organise, plan and facilitate bespoke changemaker events (with support from the Operations and Quality teams) for individual businesses, grant giving bodies, schools & colleges. youth voice, leadership, entrepreneurship, and careers and employability. This generally involves designing agendas, booking speakers, managing event resources, actively leading individual sessions, briefing event support staff, liaising with key points of contact and managing attendance from multiple schools, colleges and partners.
Examples of our school and college programmes include our 12-week Leadership Academy, Student Union training, Enterprise Days, Skills for Success Days, and public speaking & debating courses. You can read more about these on our website programmes page .
Examples of recent bespoke business driven programmes include our Burberry/Verizon Women in Tech programme, the Palo Alto Skills for Success project, and Marketors’ Trust Changemaker Days. You can read more about some of these on our website blog .

To line-manage other members of staff in line with Unloc’s People Management Approach. Promoting a culture of excellence in programme management and facilitation.
Ensuring that facilitators you manage operate in line with Unloc’s policies, procedures and practices whilst instilling Unloc’s core team values.
Dealing with staff member HR requests and scenarios such as flexible working, holiday requests, sick days, etc.
Providing support and additional opportunities for young people you work with where possible, including the promotion of Unloc+ ( unloc.online/oppportunities )


To support other Unloc projects
~ To aid other Unloc projects as and when required by the team (in consultation between you and your line manager).


Essential: GCSE Maths and English at grade 9-4 (A*-C) (or equivalent e.g. A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent industry/sector experience).
A recognised qualification or chartership in management e.g. Previous knowledge, experience and connections across the youth and education sectors across Leeds.
Previous work with young people (e.g. youth work, education, activity centre).
Previous experience of youth engagement and empowerment.
Essential: High-level writing skills.
Ability to network and manage partner relationships.
Ability to maintain a professional online image on social media platforms, especially LinkedIn and Instagram. This includes promoting Unloc’s work and opportunities for young people.

Passion for young people
Essential: Willingness to undertake staff training and development as required.
Essential: Willingness to travel across the North of England and occasionally further afield to London and Portsmouth.
Desirable: Car driver with a clean UK driving licence.