Children, Young People and Families Programme Coordinator

Job description

Job Title: Children, Young People and Families Programme Co-ordinator

Salary: SPC 32 £31,405

Responsible to: Head of Children, Young People and Families

Location: BVSC, Latham House, 33 – 34 Paradise Street, Birmingham, B1 2AJ

Hours of work: 35 per week

Contract Duration 12 Months Fixed Term

• Are you passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families across Birmingham?

• Do you have a flair for building strong partnerships and coordinating impactful community projects?

• Are you organised, proactive and ready to take ownership of meaningful work that changes lives?

If you've answered yes, we'd love to hear from you

Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) is the city's leading infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector. We exist to strengthen and champion Birmingham's voluntary and community organisations, supporting them to grow, collaborate and increase their impact across the city. Our work spans a wide range of areas including health and social care, children and young people, community development, and multiple complex needs.

The successful candidate will have the DreamTeam Project as their primary focus, coordinating referrals, managing orders and deliveries, and building strong partnerships to ensure families in need receive essential support. In addition to DreamTeam, they will also play a key role in supporting other CYPF initiatives, including the West Midlands Multibank and the VCSEF Early Help Programme, contributing to their growth and success across the portfolio.

The purpose of the role is to work closely with the Head of CYPF and colleagues within the CYPF portfolio to ensure that the DreamTeam project is coordinated and managed successfully. You will also support the coordination of other CYPF programmes as required, manage contracts to ensure effective delivery, and collaborate with the Head of CYPF, other CYPF staff, and BVSC's Communications team to develop and deliver the communications strategy for the CYPF portfolio in line with BVSC's wider communications strategy.

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Has excellent organisational and coordination skills.

• Can build strong relationships and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Is experienced in managing projects, budgets, and reporting.

• Works collaboratively and shows a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.

• Is proactive, adaptable, and able to support multiple programmes across the portfolio.

What You Will Need to Succeed in This Role:

To succeed in this role, you'll need a proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines, strong attention to detail and excellent administrative skills, and confidence in engaging with partner organisations, funders, and community stakeholders. You should have experience in monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of project outcomes, as well as flexibility, resilience, and a positive approach to problem-solving. Enthusiasm for working within a collaborative team environment and supporting wider portfolio activities as required will also be essential.

Please see the job description for further details

Working for BVSC

BVSC is proud to provide a place to work in which staff feel valued and motivated. Our talented and committed staff team are provided with competitive terms and conditions, and a supportive, flexible, friendly working environment.

Our organisation's culture is underpinned by our 4 core values – Commitment, Collaboration, Inclusion and Integrity. These values are demonstrated in the work of our staff team, who are integral to the achievement of our mission to support and advocate for a vibrant, resilient voluntary sector in Birmingham.

Terms and conditions

• 35 hour working week

• 29 days annual leave + bank holidays a year

• 5% pension contribution

• 3.5 times salary Death in service benefit

• BVSC is a Living Wage Employer

Work-life balance

• Hybrid working, allowing staff to divide their working hours between our city centre office and their home

• Flexible working arrangements available for staff

• A flextime system is in place for staff

• We offer up to 7 days paid leave per year for undertaking voluntary work or public duties

• We provide generous maternity and paternity pay

Staff development

• We support staff to undertake training and development, providing funding and time off for study

Values based approach

• We take a values led approach to the full employee journey including values based interview, and values based supervision and appraisals

Wellbeing

• We offer free access to a range of wellbeing platforms

• BVSC offers all employees a suite of wellbeing support

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the following BVSC organisational values:

Commitment: Making a positive difference through passion, innovation and social action

Collaboration: Connecting people and organisations to work together to improve lives

Inclusion: Empowering and involving everyone in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham

Integrity: Building trust through delivering excellent outcomes

At BVSC, we are dedicated to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work. We actively strive to create an environment where all individuals - regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other aspect of their identity or lived experience - are welcomed, respected, and valued.

As part of our commitment to positive action, we take proactive steps, where needed, to address underrepresentation and create fair opportunities, particularly in recruitment. We aim to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to progress and succeed.

We stand in solidarity with all marginalised communities, ensuring that our policies, practices, and culture are inclusive, equitable, and empowering. We are dedicated to challenging discrimination and fostering a workplace where diversity is not only acknowledged but celebrated.

We strongly encourage suitably experienced applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join BVSC.

We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the role and person specification if there are essential criteria you do not meet, so please describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We are a Second Chance Charter employer, committed to ensuring that people with convictions can access employment. DBS checks, if applicable to the role, will be conducted once a job offer has been made and accepted.

Closing date for applications – Monday 24 November PM)

Interviews to take place – Wednesday 3 December 2025

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by Wednesday 26 November 2025. If you have not been contacted by Wednesday 26 November, you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Secondments will be considered.