Aston-Mansfield are looking for a Youth Programmes Manager to lead our Young Adult Programmes for individuals aged 16–25 in Newham and the surrounding boroughs.

Role Overview

As the Youth Programmes Manager, you will lead Aston-Mansfield’s Young Adult Programmes for individuals aged 16–25 in Newham and surrounding boroughs. You will oversee the delivery of funded programmes, develop new initiatives, and ensure high-quality workshops, training, and mentoring.

This role also involves managing teams, budgets, safeguarding responsibilities, and building partnerships to support the charity’s mission of empowering young people and creating stronger communities. 

Key Details

Job Description

Aston-Mansfield is a charity with a rich history of supporting children, young people, and families in East London since 1884. Based in Manor Park, the organisation focuses on four key areas: Children and Families, Youth Empowerment, Mental Health and Well-being, and Community Development. 

Our work with young people includes training workshops, mentoring, youth-led heritage programmes, and other initiatives that help young people build confidence, develop decision-making skills, foster social inclusion, and improve well-being. We are passionate about amplifying youth voices, encouraging young people to join our board as Young Trustees and take on paid Young Facilitator roles to develop their leadership and delivery skills.

Our two most current young adult programmes include:

New Voices for Old Stories

New Voices for Old Stories is our youth-led heritage project which supports young people in investigating our heritage and the heritage of the area and reframing old stories from the past 100 years into new voices.

This programme is entering its second year of delivery.

Breaking Boundaries Collective

Breaking Boundaries Collective is our newly funded Reaching Communities programme. It aims to reduce loneliness and isolation and build stronger relationships across different communities. At the same time, the project will focus on increasing the social mobility of young people from disadvantaged and low socioeconomic backgrounds. This will be achieved by employing 16 Young Facilitators in key leadership roles as well as engaging 160 young people as Changemakers, providing training and development through learning days and Action Learning Sets using external freelancers. 

This programme will have an integrated and community-focused approach, alongside the development of Young Facilitators to lead the project. Breaking Boundaries Collective will build on Aston-Mansfield’s existing work and create a safer, happier, and more connected Newham for young people and the wider community. 

How to Apply

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. We recognise the value a diverse workforce brings to the charity, and we are especially keen for people currently underrepresented in our charity and the wider sector to apply.

Aston-Mansfield is an equal opportunities employer and as such welcomes applications from candidates regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, family status, disability status or offending background.

To apply 

To apply for this role, please submit a CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the person specification (experience, skills, knowledge, attributes, and values).

Please submit it via email, to:

We look forward to your application!