OUR VACANCIES
At Reaching Higher we’re here to champion young people to be leaders of their own lives within their place of influence. We are committed to continuing to make diversity, equity and inclusion part of all we do from recruitment, the planning and execution of projects to providing youth voice. Our work ranges across an array of diverse communities and we embrace diversity and endeavour to create spaces whereby all those we encounter can be themselves.
Sports Programme Lead
Location: Croydon, London
Contract: 37.5 hours per week. Flexible working required including evenings and occasional weekends
Salary: Up to £26,500 - £28,000 per annum
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About this role: We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and well organised individual who has a passion to support young people via all things sport!
Our three-way engagement model (school, community & home) draws significant attention to the importance of working with and alongside young people within the local and wider community. We are looking to provide the best experience for young people through meaningful, effective and fun activities! This role requires an individual with excellent interpersonal and project management skills. The successful applicant will be someone who understands the challenges and barriers that young people face in and around our community.
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Hours:
​37.5 hours per week
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Deadline: 25th March, 5pm
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Head of Mentoring
Location: Croydon, London
Contract: 40 hours per week. Flexible working required including weekends
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum
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About this role: We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and highly skilled individual who is ready to help us increase our impact in the lives of young people and their families!
We are intending to build on our existing mentoring model that supports some of the most vulnerable and high-risk young people within the community. We aim to establish a fluid mentoring/coaching approach that works effectively across all our three streams of engagement (Schools, Community & Home). This includes work with young people who are underrepresented, marginalised and at high risk of criminal activity, gang involvement and anti-social behaviour.
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Hours:
​40 hours per week
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Deadline: 5th April, 5pm
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Football Sessional Worker
Location: Croydon, London
Contract: (Flexible working required including evenings and occasional weekends.)
Salary: £12.50 p/h
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About this role: We are looking for skilled, committed, and passionate individuals with experience within the youth work and football sector (sessional worker). The purpose of this role is to help deliver exciting sessions across our RH Football Academy with the vision of taking young aspiring footballers into well-rounded people.
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When: Mondays: at Trinity School from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fridays: at Elmer's Ends Goals from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Afternoon Sessional Worker
Location: Croydon, London
Contract: (Flexible working required including evenings and occasional weekends.)
Salary: £12.50 p/h
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About this role: We are looking for a skilled, relational, and excellently organised individual who has a passion to support young people in our sport, creatives and after school clubs! We are looking for a skilled, committed, and passionate individual with experience within the youth work sector (this could be in a voluntary capacity). Whilst developing our focus around youth engagement and early intervention techniques, we recognise the importance of having individuals who really want to make a difference in the lives of young people. The successful applicant will be someone who understands the challenges and barriers that young people face in our community.
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Hours:
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Mondays 3-4
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Tuesdays 3-4
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Wednesdays 3-4
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Fridays 3-4
Sessional Mentor (Fixed Term)
Location: Croydon, London
Contract: (Flexible working required including evenings and occasional weekends.)
Salary: £12.50 p/h
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About this role: We are looking for a skilled, relational, and excellently organised individual who has a passion to support young people via 1:1 mentoring! We are looking for a skilled, committed, and passionate individual with experience within the youth work sector (this could be in a voluntary capacity). Whilst developing our focus around youth engagement and early intervention techniques, we recognise the importance of having individuals who really want to make a difference in the lives of young people. The successful applicant will be someone who understands the challenges and barriers that young people face in our community.
VOLUNTEER WITH US!
Reaching Higher is one massive family and our volunteers are crucial members! We believe that it takes a village to raise a child and welcome volunteers from all walks of life to share their skills and experience.
In our work, we've found young people often struggle to make positive choices because of a lack of role models around them. Instead of dealing with the issues after the fact, we believe having brilliant volunteers join our work can prevent the issues from ever happening.
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APPLY TO BECOME A RH SESSIONAL WORKER!
You do not have to be an experienced youth worker but being able to build relationships and engage young people is essential. We have opportunities available weekday mornings, afternoons and evenings.
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As well as the reward of investing in the next generation, volunteering at Reaching Higher has huge benefits. Many of our volunteers and sessional workers have mentioned that their experience with us has helped them: stand out for job interviews; find their passion for a new career; gain official accreditation, and of course, make some great new friends!
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