Project Manager, School Improvement

Fixed-term contract until 30 September 2016

Are you an outstanding project manager with a track record of delivering high-profile programmes for school improvement?

We are recruiting an experienced education professional to manage our two school improvement programmes, Literacy for Life and the Oxfordshire Gaining Momentum campaign. Both programmes aim to increase attainment at Key Stage 3 and 4 by systematically embedding literacy across the whole school.

You will be a skilled communicator with experience of relationship management, budgeting and reporting on impact. You will be responsible for managing programme delivery to ensure targets are met, overseeing evaluation and generating content to share practice.

One person in six in the UK has poor literacy skills that impact on every area of their life. A child without good reading, writing and communication skills can’t succeed at school and as an adult will be locked out of the job market. Poverty doubles the likelihood of literacy failure by the age of five.

We are the national charity dedicated to addressing this. We are working to a five-year strategy, leading the campaign to address the UK’s literacy challenge and transforming opportunities for the most deprived children. We work in partnership with schools and the education sector and lead business and community partners to tackle the problem in the country’s poorest communities. Our research and policy programmes fuel our critical campaign. Our mission is to equip young people with literacy fit for employment and life.

As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (plus bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and new year), and pensions contributions of 8% of annual salary.

This role is based in London SW8, with regular travel visiting schools around the country.

Closing date: 11am, Friday 4th September 2015.

To apply, visit www.literacytrust.org.uk/vacancies

Please note we do not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.

Registered charity no. 1116260 (England and Wales) and SC042944 (Scotland).