Head of Effective Delivery

Head of Effective Delivery

£55,000 to £58,000 per annum

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Permanent contract

Based in London / home and flexible working

Our client empowers people with the skills they need to succeed in life. Together, they're helping people change their stories. This new role will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of their place-based programmes.

What you'll be doing

This new role has been created to help our client meet the challenges of a rapidly growing team, within a rapidly growing organisation. Working closely with their research and evaluation team, you will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of their place-based programmes of work in locations around the UK.

Their place-based programmes have developed over the years. They have expert and experienced delivery teams in place across all areas. You will bring insights and capacity to take their delivery to the next level, achieving even greater impact across the network.

You will review the current delivery and identify ways to make it more effective and impactful for priority communities. You will also have line management responsibility for some members of the national team.

As a member of the extended leadership team, you will also support the development and delivery of the organisational strategy and contribute to creating a strong organisational culture and work in an integrated way across the organisation.

This role is suitable for home and flexible working, but you will be contracted to our client's office in London and will need to be able to travel to London at least three times per year for organisational team days, which will not be covered by their expenses policy. If you are based within easy reach of their areas, you may be offered this role as a permanent home worker, which means all travel expenses will be covered. Wherever you are based, you will also need to be able to travel regularly to the areas for events or regular team meetings and strategy days, for which travel expenses will be covered.

What our client is looking for

You will need to be an excellent project manager with experience of delivering at scale, while ensuring quality and impact. Experience of building and managing relationships with key stakeholders is essential, as well as change management at a senior level. You will also need a good understanding of programming inclusive and diverse events for children, young people and adults - including collective impact and principles of behaviour change.

Experience of community empowerment and managing community driven projects would be an advantage, as would understanding of place-based working/multi-agency community programmes.

Why our client's work is so vital

Reading and writing change everything.

They give you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. They're the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. They're better results at school, and better jobs. If children grow up without the tools to communicate, without books to read or opportunities to write, it's harder to get where you want to go.

Our client helps people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words - reading, writing, speaking and listening. From first words, through school days to training, jobs and beyond.

- They work collaboratively in local communities, focusing their work in areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.

- They support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.

- They campaign to make reading and writing a priority for politicians and decision-makers.

- They support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders' institutions to build their skills.

What our client offers you

Our client's team are passionate about their mission, and have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. They offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to their success, whoever you are.

As well as a competitive salary, they offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle-to-work scheme, an employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.

Application details

Our client's people are their most important asset, and they value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). They particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which they work. They would like to increase the representation of these groups among their staff, as they know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact on their work.

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Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025.

Please note our client does not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.