The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) are looking for an energetic, talented and reliable candidate to coordinate the pilot of our funded Inspire pilot taking place in Southwark. The successful candidate will also support our Quality Mark change management programme.
Salary: £27,100 (FTE)
Hours: 15 hours per week, preferably over 3 days
Contract: 12 months fixed term
Location: Flexible, must work from our London workspace at least once a month, usually on a Tuesday for our ‘together’ day and you will be required to attend in-person meetings and awareness-raising events.
Inspire aims to give children in care, the people closest to them, their trusted adults and community champions early awareness on the pathways to further and higher education. to children in care, their careers and community champions who they may consider to be trusted adults. This is primarily a project management role, enabling a cross-functional team to work effectively and efficiently together on a complex, fast-moving pilot programme. You will liaise with external partners and stakeholders as well as supporting existing partners and stakeholders. As well as dealing with tasks as they emerge, you will work across the team to keep track of progress, identifying any issues and risks, and enabling the Programmes Manager and Executive Director to gain an overview of the programme as a whole and ensure key milestones are met.
To find out more and apply, please visit: https://www.nnecl.org/pages/programme-support-officer-
How to apply
Please send the following information by email to info@nnecl.org with the reference Programme Support Officer Application in the subject line:
• A short CV (no more than 2 sides of A4) including details of two referees who can speak to your employment skills and experience, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer (they will not be contacted until after job offer);
• A supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) specifying how you meet the points contained within the person specification and key responsibilities and why you would like to work for NNECL; and
• Our EDI monitoring form (this information will be used for statistical purposes only and will not be seen by those involved in the selection process).
If, after exploring our website nnecl.org you would like to speak informally to our Executive Director, or have any questions about the role or the application process, please email info@nnecl.org
Recruitment timeline
1. The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Friday 13 December 2024.
2. First interviews will be held on Teams w/c 6 January 2025.
3. Candidates invited to second interview will undertake a competency test w/c 13 January 2025 – this will be online.
4. Second interviews will be held in person during w/c 13 January 2025, at our co-working space at The Clarence Centre, London South Bank University, 6 St George’s Circus, London, SE1 0AP.
