Junior Zone Coordinator
Location:Various locations across Oldham Hub (Sir Norman Stoller Way)
Team:Youth Work
Contract:Full Time Permanent
Pay:£30000-£33500 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours:37.5 hours per week
Mahdlo Youth Zone is a state-of-the-art multi-million Pound location providing young people aged 8 to 19, and up to 25 for those with additional needs, engaging and exciting opportunities to try something new, seven days a week.
We’ve got incredible facilities including a 3G Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) pitch climbing wall, boxing gym, three court sports hall, sensory room, fully equipped gym including weightlifting equipment, recreation area and dance, arts, music and media suites and much more.
The role
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a highly motivated and pro-active person to the role of Junior Zone Coordinator.
The post holder will lead and coordinate our Junior Zone offer, developing and delivering high-quality youth work programmes for members aged 8–12 years, while supporting the delivery of our Holiday Zone provision. You will lead a minimum of three sessions each week and provide direct line management, coaching and support to coordinators, sessional youth workers and volunteers, ensuring young people receive safe, engaging and developmental opportunities that reflect their needs and interests.
The ideal candidate will have experience of planning and delivering youth work programmes, leading activities and working face-to-face with diverse groups of young people, alongside supervising and developing staff and volunteers. You will have a strong understanding of safeguarding best practice, be committed to promoting inclusion and youth voice, and be confident working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to deliver an outstanding offer for young people across Oldham.
This role offers:
- Flexible working hours
- 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Free onsite gym access
- Life insurance
- Birthday gift
- Staff discount for Mahdlo holiday club
- Automatic enrolment to Medicash Health Care scheme on successful completion of probationary period
In accordance with Mahdlo’s Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check and will require you to complete Safeguarding training within three months of appointment and refresher training thereafter.
Downloads
Application forms are also available by emailing hr@mahdloyz.org
You must be committed to working within the spirit of Mahdlo’s core values – Passion, Respect, Inclusion, Dependability and Excellence – which describe the way we work.
Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 19th August 2026