Programme Manager and Events Coordinator - Leeds + Yorkshire + Lake District
Basecamp Adventure Trust
Location: Leeds, with travel across Yorkshire + Lake District
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
Closes: 17/4/26
Programme Manager and Events Coordinator at Basecamp Adventure Trust
We are seeking a creative and driven Programme Manager and Events Coordinator who is ready to take on a unique, hybrid role offering the rare opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of vulnerable young people and the development of a start up charity. You’ll be a big part of a small organisation, supporting us on the ground to expand our work with young people as well as grow our fundraising resource. The role sits right in the middle of almost everything we do and will be critical to our future development. We are driven by finding someone with the right core skills and fundamental belief in the work we do.
This role demands a unique combination of skills. You’ll be a capable Programme Manager (or at the very least an aspiring one with a strong desire to step up from your current youth experience), with an understanding of the role outdoor adventure can have in supporting health and wellbeing and underpinning personal development.
In addition to this, we’ve got big ambitions to develop an events strand to our work, which brings together three separate but interlinked fundraising ideas. You will support us to create, shape and implement this new initiative alongside our team, helping us to turn our initial idea into a reality. We are proud to be very much a people-led organisation, so it’s possible that your own strengths and experience may sway the specifics of the role.
Programme Manager (~35% of the role) – We are looking for an enthusiastic and capable Programme Manager who can lead the delivery of our Core Programme, having the ability to directly work with young people, lead a team, have an acute eye for detail and organisation and a creative, dynamic approach to problem-solving. The Programme Manager role takes up around 80 days a year, with the days being weighted unevenly across the months of the year.
Events Coordinator (~65% of the role) – We are looking for a driven and creative Events Coordinator who will help us create a Basecamp calendar of external events, which will support our fundraising goals and bring a large and diverse audience to our work. The right candidate will be excited at the prospect of turning ideas into a reality, supporting us with the creative development of this idea as well as the practical implementation.
For more information including roles and responsibilities and the person specification and personal qualities we’re looking for, please visit Programme Manager and Events Coordinator — Basecamp Adventure Trust
Reports to: Senior Management Team
Hours: Full time, 5 days (37.5 hours) a week, flexible working evenings and weekends as required. Full-time Job, Permanent
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 dependant on experience
Location: The Old Fire Station, Leeds (Basecamp HQ), but the role also incorporates travel across Yorkshire and the Lake District
Transport: The role will require access to a car
Start Date: We will accommodate the start date depending on the individual’s situation, but we are looking to get someone in for Spring
Annual Leave: 22 days + bank holidays + 1x day off per Adventure Residential (to account for extra hours worked)
Closing Date – 17th April 2026
How to Apply:
Please apply to Jenny, Senior Programme Manager by email at [email protected] by Friday 17th April 2026 by submitting the two documents below:
- Current CV including contact details for two referees (one from your current/most recent employer)
- A covering letter (500 words max.) which outlines your personal vision, experience and motivations for the role, as well as any skills you have developed through working in this field. Please make specific reference to the Job Description above.
Applications will start to be processed as soon as they are received. If we think you might be a good fit, you will be invited for an interview. Thereafter, we may invite you for an assessment day and/or second interview where you'll get the chance to interact with some of our young people.
If you have any questions about the role, please let me know!