Groundwork London is proud to be a part of the UK Government’s Kickstart scheme. We are offering job placements for young people here at Groundwork London, across various areas of our organisation. We are also working with other Employers across London to find eligible candidates for their role vacancies. So there are lots of opportunities for you to take part in the Kickstart Scheme!
Please find a full list of the currently available vacancies in the table below.
Eligibility criteria:
To be eligible for a Kickstart vacancy, you must be aged 16-24 and currently receiving Universal Credit.
How to apply:
You will need to be referred for a role by your JCP Work Coach. However please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the roles available; we’ll be more than happy to discuss them in further detail: gwl.kickstart@groundwork.org.uk or 07716 994 173.
Current Kickstart Scheme job vacancies:
| Company Name | Job Title | Location | Additional information | Find a Job Link |
| Airlabs | Sales/Community Engagement Officer | Baker Street/Central London/home working | This job promotes the use of air quality data network to local residents/businesses in various London boroughs via phone calls, face to face interaction and events. Candidates must be confident communicators. | Kickstart – Community Engagement Officer |
| Airlabs | Operational/ Technical Assistant | Baker Street/Central London/home working | This job supports the design and installation of an air quality network project in Camden, this role involves research and data analysis. Candidates must have good technical/IT skills. | Kickstart – Operational/Technical Assistant
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| Groundwork London | Social Media Curator | Peckham | This job creates communication campaigns that target and engage young people, and evaluate the impact of these activities against agreed-upon measures, in order to inform the creation of future campaigns/resources and means of engaging with young people. | Social Media Curator – Peckham |
| Groundwork London | Barnet Food Hub Assistant | East Barnet | This job supports local food banks and other charities to tackle food waste and hunger. The role will involve preparing food packages and recipe kits as well as dealing with the logistics of deliveries and collections with local partners.
Candidates will ideally have a driving license. |
Kickstart – Food Hub Assistant (Barnet)
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| Groundwork London | Junior NEET Project Officers (x2) | Central London/
Croydon/ Home working |
These jobs support employment programmes for young people (aged 16-24). The role will involve shadowing an experienced Employment Advisor, learning to provide advice and guidance to people who are unemployed, supporting them to gain qualifications and apply for jobs, editing CVs and preparing for interviews. | Kickstart – Junior NEET Project Officer (Croydon)
Kickstart – Junior NEET Project Officer (Central London)
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| Groundwork London | Trainee Appliance Engineer | Wandsworth | This job involves refurbishing household appliances (e.g. washing machines) – you would learn how to repair machines and prepare for resale.
Candidates must be a Lambeth resident |
Kickstart – Trainee Appliance Engineer |
| Groundwork London | Ebay Parts Operative | Wandsworth | This job involves stock management and posting photos and information about used parts on Ebay, and arranging for postage of items to customers. | Kickstart – Trainee eBay Parts Operative (REWORK) (dwp.gov.uk)
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| Groundwork London | Junior Cycle Mechanic | Westminster | This job involves learning how to maintain and fix bicycles. Post-holders will gain a Level 2 qualification in bicycle mechanics and work in a community bike project.
Candidates must be a Westminster resident |
Kickstart – Junior Cycle Mechanic |
| Groundwork London | Westminster Wheels Bicycle Courier | Westminster | Working as a bicycle courier, delivering parts and packages to destinations across Westminster, responsible for planning routes and advising on delivery times.
Candidates must be a Westminster resident |
Kickstart – Westminster Wheels Bike Courier |
| Groundwork London | Trainee ICT Support Officer | Waterloo/ Hackney/ Working from Home | Providing general IT support to the organisation, setting up laptops, diagnosing issues with IT systems, and responding to requests for new equipment. Candidates must have very strong IT skills and ideally IT qualifications.
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Kickstart – Trainee ICT Support Officer
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| Groundwork London | Youth Programmes Assistant (x5) | Hackney/
Working from Home – a mixture of both |
Working across multiple youth programmes, assisting with organising events in schools, social actions and activities for young people, conducting administrative tasks and supporting with running of all kinds of events. | Kickstart – Youth Programme Assistant |
| Groundwork London | Trainee Facilities Officer | Hackney | Providing facilities and administrative support, ensuring that premises are open, alarm systems are functioning, conducting fire drills, ensuring waste is collected, providing building inductions and other general support across offices. | Kickstart – Trainee Facilities Officer |
| Groundwork London | Retail Assistants – The Good Store (x3) | Westminster | Providing customer service in a new sustainability-focused shop, advising customers about the eco-friendly credentials of different items, encouraging sales, and maintaining a welcoming shop environment. Candidates must have customer service retail or hospitality experience. | Kickstart – Retail Assistant – The Good Store
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| Groundwork London | Furniture Workshop Assistant | Colindale (Barnet) | Working in a furniture workshop, learning various carpentry and upholstering skills, the safe use of a variety of tools and keeping the workshop and storage areas tidy and clean. An interest in carpentry, painting or workshop work is essential. | Kickstart – Furniture Workshop Assistant – The Loop Grahame Park (dwp.gov.uk) |
| Groundwork London | Trainee Project Assistant – Silver Linings | Hackney | Working on a community woodworking project, supporting with setting up and clearing up after sessions, conducting general administrative duties such as producing PowerPoint slides, and conducting feedback surveys on participants. | Kickstart – Trainee Project Assistant (Silver Linings) |
| Groundwork London | Trainee Comms and Marketing Assistant | Waterloo/ Hackney/Islington/Working from Home | Providing comms and marketing support to a wide variety of projects, helping to plan social media and website content, and evaluating the success of different campaigns to promote the projects. Conducting case studies and taking photos. Candidates must have good written English and design skills.
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Kickstart – Trainee Comms and Marketing Assistant |
| Groundwork London | Green Team Maintenance Assistant | Hammersmith & Fulham | Working in a mobile Green Team, conducting gardening and horticultural tasks such as planting, grass cutting, watering, weeding, and other activities in green spaces across London. | Kickstart – Green Team Maintenance Assistant
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| Groundwork London | Green Team Maintenance Assistant | Islington | Working in a mobile Green Team, conducting gardening and horticultural tasks such as planting, grass cutting, watering, weeding, and other activities in green spaces across London. | Kickstart – Green Team Maintenance Assistant (Islington) |
| Groundwork London | Green Team Maintenance Assistant | Westminster | Working in a mobile Green Team, conducting gardening and horticultural tasks such as planting, grass cutting, watering, weeding, and other activities in green spaces across London.
Candidates must be a Westminster resident |
Kickstart – Green Team Maintenance Assistant – Westminster
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| Idverde | Green Space Maintenance Assistant | Enfield | This job is an entry-level gardening job. Post-holders will learn all kinds of grounds maintenance skills, e.g. grass cutting, weeding, edging, planting, pruning. | Kickstart – Green Space Maintenance Assistant (dwp.gov.uk) |
| Idverde | Green Space Maintenance Assistant | Eltham Palace | This job is an entry-level gardening job. Post-holders will learn all kinds of grounds maintenance skills, e.g. grass cutting, weeding, edging, planting, pruning. | Kickstart – Green Space Maintenance Assistant (dwp.gov.uk) |
| Idverde | Green Space Maintenance Assistant | Camden | This job is an entry-level gardening job. Post-holders will learn all kinds of grounds maintenance skills, e.g. grass cutting, weeding, edging, planting, pruning. | Kickstart – Green Space Maintenance Assistant (dwp.gov.uk)
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| Glendale Managed Services | Trainee Gardener (x8) | Lewisham | Working as a trainee gardener, assisting with all aspects of grounds and park maintenance including grass cutting, hedge maintenance, plant bed maintenance, litter picking, etc. | Kickstart – Trainee Gardener
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| Glendale Managed Services | Trainee Infrastructure Maintenance Operative | Lewisham | Working as a trainee in the infrastructure installation team, carrying out repairs to park furniture, play areas, footpaths, fencing, buildings, and other features in parks. | Kickstart – Trainee Infrastructure Maintenance Operative
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| Yondr | Charitable Foundation Coordinator | City of London/Working from Home | Working to coordinate charitable activities within the business, promoting and arranging volunteering and fundraising activities, producing internal communications, and reporting back to management on fundraising progress and targets | Kickstart – Charitable Foundation Coordinator
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| Yondr | Trainee Construction/Real Estate Development Manager | City of London/Working from Home | Working with Yondr’s development team, supporting the planning of new land acquisitions and construction planning processes. Supporting with administration, project planning, and liaison with external partners such as architects and planners. | Kickstart – Trainee Construction/Real Estate Development Manager
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| Yondr | IT Administrator | City of London/Working from Home | Providing support to the Enterprise Resource Planning team, ensuring all training and support documents are kept up to date and available. Supporting with team planning, updates to software, reviewing support desk requests, and updating FAQs | Kickstart – IT Administrator
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| Young Barnet Foundation | Communications Assistant (x1) | Barnet | This job involves creating engaging online content for websites, social media, and other channels. Young Barnet Foundation supports numerous charities and other projects in Barnet to deliver better services for children and young people.
Candidates need to have a strong understanding of social media and design/creative skills |
Communications Assistant
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