Opportunities with us

The service administrator will reduce administrative activities across teams by becoming the central operational and administrative support across departments.
Ensuring effective and consistent coordination and system use across the organisation. You will maintain high quality data and documentation in line withfunder requirements and provide clear operational insight to support decision
making and performance. The role also contributes to partnership coordination, youth engagement activity, and external communications across the wider network.

We are looking for an organised and proactive Freelance Board & Governance Administrator to provide professional administrative and governance support to our Board of Directors.

Working closely with the CEO, Executive Assistant, Co-Chairs and Board members, you will coordinate Board meetings, maintain governance documentation, support trustee administration and help ensure the organisation continues to operate in line with good governance practice.

This role is ideal for someone with experience supporting Boards, trustees or senior leadership teams within the charity or not-for-profit sector who is looking for a flexible freelance opportunity.

To lead on strengthening early years to young people’s (0-12) voice, ensuring they are meaningfully involved in shaping services, projects, and decision-making across the organisation and in the community. The role will build and sustain effective engagement opportunities, support young people’s participation in governance and advocacy, and develop inclusive and empowering practices.

Powered By CAN are looking for a creative and passionate Senior Service Coordinator to join our successful play, physical activity and public health service. In this role, you will plan, coordinate, and deliver high-quality extra-curricular sessions within both local community and educational settings. We are seeking an individual with a firm grasp of sector strategy, exceptional relationship management skills, and the commercial acumen necessary to support our goals for sustainable growth and high-impact delivery.

Are you passionate about using creativity to transform lives? Do you believe that arts, culture and civic action can create lasting opportunities for children and young people?

Powered by CAN (PbC) is looking for an ambitious, innovative and relationship-driven Arts and Culture Manager to help shape the future of arts and cultural engagement across the Black Country.Working alongside the CEO and Head of Programmes, Participants and Principles, you will lead the development of inspiring creative programmes, build meaningful partnerships and champion opportunities that empower children, young people and young adults (up to 35 years old) to thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence regional and national conversations around creativity, inclusion and social change while delivering high-quality programmes that make a genuine difference within underserved communities. The Service Manager should champion the rights for children, young people and young adults and drive opportunities for them to become socially engaged in arts, education, culture and civic change.

The Place Development and Funding Officer will lead place-based investment and regeneration across the Black Country Network, helping children, young people, and community-led organisations access resources, influence decisions, and shape outcomes.

Charging Up Change is a place-based initiative strengthening collaboration across the Black Country to address inequality, amplify youth voice and enable long-term systems change. Bringing together VCSE organisations, cultural partners, public bodies, funders and decision-makers, the network improves alignment, shared learning and collective impact.

The role will unlock equitable investment, strengthen network members’ economic resilience, and embed community voice in regeneration, cultural, and infrastructure strategies. Working with the Network Manager, the postholder will help make the Black Country a hub for inclusive, youth-led growth.

Powered by CAN is recruiting dynamic and passionate Freelance Creative Practitioners to join our Arts Collective and Talent Pool of Creative Facilitators. We are looking for skilled individuals across a variety of art forms to deliver high-quality programmes, workshops and masterclasses for young people aged 2-21 years in the Black Country.

Our programmes cover a broad spectrum of creative disciplines and are designed to inspire, educate, and engage children and young people through participatory learning and artistic expression. If you are an experienced facilitator in one of the following areas, we would love to hear from you:

• Media & Digital Content

• Performing Arts

• Visual Arts

• Cultural Skills

• Creative Enterprise

Are you passionate about a fairer future for young people? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of young people in the Midlands and beyond? Could you help Powered by CAN move into our next ten years with purpose and vision?

We are looking for YOU!

We want new voices and additional skills to expand the breadth of experience and influence in our board members.

We are particularly seeking areas of focus and experience in;

• Human Resources
  
• Finance
  
• Capital Projects & Building Management

We would also welcome interest from those experienced in the following sectors;
Legal, Environmental Sector, Education Sector Sales & Marketing/Digital Media and Broadcasting.

Are you under 35? As a youth-led organisation we would love to welcome young board members.  

Download our Board Pack here, or contact ea@poweredbycan.org for an informal conversation.