Organisation: Imayla CIC
Location: St Pauls, Bristol (East Central)
Contract: Part-Time (15 hours per week)
Salary: £27,000 – £32,000 FTE (pro rata £10,800 – £12,800) depending on experience
Additional hours: School holiday provision, trips, residentials and unsociable hours
Reporting to: Operations Director
Start date: June 2026 (subject to notice and checks)
Not every role sits behind a desk. Some happen around a fire, in the woods, or on a day out that changes everything. We’re looking for someone who can connect, create and lead using the outdoors as a backdrop for engagement and creativity. You’ll deliver our Wildly Different programme, support holiday activities including HAF, and help create meaningful opportunities for children, young people and families. Our team needs someone who understands inner-city challenges and is committed to supporting young people from diverse and marginalised backgrounds. If you’re confident outdoors, creative in your approach, and able to build trust—we’d love to hear from you.
About Imayla
Imayla CIC supports children, young people and families through outdoor, creative and culturally relevant youth work. We work with many young people from marginalised communities, including Black and Brown children, refugees and those at risk of exclusion or exploitation. Our work builds confidence, independence and wellbeing through relationships, nature, creativity and new experiences, including trips and residential opportunities outside of the city.
Our approach combines:
- outdoor and nature-based activity
- creative expression (arts, storytelling, media, cultural activity)
- relationship-led practice
- real-life shared experiences (trips, residentials, camps)
This creates space for:
- confidence building
- improved wellbeing
- stronger relationships
- increased resilience and independence
At the heart of our work is consistency, trust and connection.
Job Purpose
To design, coordinate and deliver high-quality, inclusive programmes for children, young people and families, using outdoor environments and creative approaches as a foundation for engagement, connection and development.
The role will:
- Lead delivery of one Wildly Different Programme cohort annually
- Coordinate holiday provision (including HAF) in partnership with the Lead Youth Worker
- Plan and deliver the Family Summer Camp (with support from the Operations Director)
- Plan and coordinate ongoing monthly engagement and progression opportunities
- The postholder will play a key role in building relationships with participants and families, maintaining engagement over time, and ensuring that programmes are delivered safely, consistently and to a high standard.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver Wildly Different programme and residential
- Coordinate holiday programmes alongside Lead Youth Worker
- Deliver outdoor and creative activities
- Build relationships with children, young people and families
- Maintain planning, evaluation and reporting systems (Eequ, Upshot and others as required)
- Complete evaluation reports and contribute to funder reporting
- Support sessional staff coordination (with Operations Director oversight)
- Work within a delivery team of approx. 5 staff
Person Specification:
Essential
- Experience working with children, young people and families
- Experience working with children and young people from Black, minoritised and diverse communities
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Confidence delivering engaging sessions
- Commitment to nature-based practice
- Ability to plan, coordinate and deliver programmes
- Ability to contribute to monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Flexible working (evenings, weekends, residentials)
Desirable
- Youth work / teaching / creative / outdoor background
- Experience delivering trips or residentials
Pay: £27,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
