Programme Manager (King's Trust International)

Contract Type: Fixed Term 

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Sunday, 28th June 2026

Salary: £39,060.00 

Location: London (flexible working with a minimum of 50% of your time in the office)

Interviews: 6th & 7th of July 2026

Employer: King's Trust International (not The King's Trust)

This is a truly exciting time to join King’s Trust International (KTI) as we launch our ambitious new 10-year strategy to support one million young people to learn, earn and thrive.

Working across more than 20 countries, we partner with governments, NGOs and employers to create life-changing opportunities for young people facing the greatest barriers. Now, we’re looking for an International Programme Manager (Pakistan) to play a pivotal role in driving our work forward during a 12-month maternity cover.

This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape impactful programmes in Pakistan, working at the intersection of delivery, strategy and partnership.

We are now looking for an International Programme Manager (Pakistan) to take the lead on delivering high-quality, youth-centred programmes in Pakistan, working closely with local partners to ensure strong performance, meaningful learning, and tangible outcomes for young people.

Alongside delivery, you’ll have the opportunity to shape new programme development, drive innovation, and influence how we grow our impact in Pakistan and across the region.

What you will be doing

• Lead end-to-end management of programmes in Pakistan, ensuring delivery against targets, quality standards and compliance requirements
• Work in close partnership with in-country organisations, providing guidance, challenge and hands-on support to strengthen delivery and impact
• Manage programme budgets, ensuring accurate forecasting, strong financial oversight and value for money
• Champion high-quality monitoring, evaluation and learning, using data and insight to continuously improve programmes
• Drive excellence across key themes including gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding, climate and digital innovation
• Lead the scoping, design and set-up of new pilot projects, from initial research through to implementation
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, funders and colleagues across KTI
• Contribute to funding proposals, reporting and communications, bringing programme impact to life for different audiences
• Represent KTI externally, advocating for youth employment and opportunities
• Bring insight from labour markets, policy and programme experience to support organisational learning and growth

What you will bring

• Strong experience managing programmes in an international development, youth or education context
• A proven ability to build trusted partnerships and influence a wide range of stakeholders
• Experience managing budgets and programme reporting, with strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of monitoring, evaluation and learning, and how to turn insight into action
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage complexity and competing priorities
• Strong communication skills, able to translate complex ideas into clear, compelling messages
• Understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing young people in Pakistan
• A proactive, resilient and solutions-focused mindset
• A genuine passion for creating opportunities for young people and delivering lasting impact

Who you are

You are a collaborative, driven and impact-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced, international environment. You’re equally comfortable getting into the detail as you are thinking strategically, and you bring energy, curiosity and ownership to everything you do.

Above all, you are motivated by making a difference, and excited by the opportunity to help young people build brighter futures.

If you are ready to play a key role in transforming young people’s lives in Pakistan and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

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Perks for working at The King’s Trust International:

• Great holiday package. 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus public holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave. Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave, and pro rata entitlement for shared parental leave. Receive 8 weeks' full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible and agile working. Where operationally possible, you can work your hours that support a work-life balance, including compressed hours and hybrid-working (part office - part home-based) or working from home options.
• Benefits platform. Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• A free employee assistance programme (EAP) to support your mental wellbeing.
• KTI will contribute 5% of your salary to the workplace Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• In-house and external training opportunities are available throughout the year

King's Trust International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks (or international equivalents) in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within King’s Trust International, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

In further support of a Safeguarding First approach, we are signatories to the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. The Scheme facilitates the sharing of misconduct data between employers. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her/their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to equitable work practices and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed and other Ethnic candidates which are currently under-represented throughout King’s Trust International. As a disability confident employer, we will interview applicants who meet the essential criteria and who have declared a disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments at the interview stage.

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Req ID: 3981