Ready to Help Manager

Ready to Help Manager
Location: UK Flexible Location (Hybrid, home and office)
Salary: £39,496 to £42,257 per annum (plus ILW, £3,344, if residing & working in London)
Hours: 35 per week, flexible
12 months fixed term contract
 
Could you have oversight of the Ready to Help programme, driving youth engagement with the organisation through the design and delivery of small accessible grants in partnership with young people; distributing and monitoring funds; providing guidance and advice; capturing learning and hosting a conference in the final quarter?
 
Could you remove barriers to young people taking social action and contribute to our vision that young people are resilient and ready to help?
 
What will a day in the life of a Ready to Help Manager involve?
  • As the Ready to Help programme lead develop effective programme design, governance and delivery processes ensuring alignment with the BRC Youth Engagement Strategy across the UK.
  • Provide logistical support – ensuring participants have equipment, transport, and the resources they require to deliver projects.
  • Ensure risks are managed through robust risk assessment and mitigation.
  • Establish, recruit, and support a Youth Steering Group to co-design and guide the programme ensuring young people’s voices shape decision-making at all stages.
  • To administer the grant budget, allocating funds appropriately and managing receipts and reports.
  • To promote the opportunity to young people (and routes to them) creating appropriate assets across internal and external communication routes.
To be a successful Ready to Help Manager, what will you need?
  • Proven experience managing projects from inception to delivery, including budgeting.
  • Experience working directly with young people, ideally in participation, youth leadership or co production contexts.
  • Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate young people.
  • Ability to facilitate groups and create inclusive, safe spaces.
  • Strong administrative, reporting and digital skills. 
Interested? Closing date for applications is 23.59hrs on Sunday 26th April 2026. Interviews to follow soon after.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you’ll get:
  • Flexible working: Remote and hybrid working, flexitime, compressed hours, and job sharing.
  • Holidays: 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + option to buy 5 extra days (per annum).
  • Pension scheme: Up to 6% contributory pension.
  • Learning & Development: A range of career & learning opportunities.
  • Discounts: Blue Light Discount Card, Tickets For Good & employee benefits platform.
  • Wellbeing Support: Peer Supporters, CiC (EAP) & Headspace App.
  • Cycle2Work: Lease a bicycle through the scheme.
We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme for UK-based roles. During your application, you'll have the option to apply under the scheme.
We are dedicated to building an inclusive, equitable and wellbeing‑focused culture where everyone feels safe, valued and can thrive. Guided by our Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Strategy, we foster belonging, psychological and physical wellbeing, and work to remove barriers to fair opportunities. Grounded in compassion and anti‑racist practice, we listen to diverse voices, value lived experience and create environments where staff and volunteers can succeed. Join us and be part of an organisation that leads with care, celebrates difference and helps everyone succeed.

Together, we are the world's emergency responders
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