Head of Education and Youth Engagement
Salary:£51,821 - £55,479
Contract:Permanent
Location:London
Closing date:November 12th 2013
At ActionAid we are delivering a bold strategy to provide sustained improvements to the poorest and most excluded people in the world. It means we’re creating fantastic career opportunities for experienced sector professionals who want to be part of an organisation that is making a real difference. Join our action to end poverty now and be part of something truly amazing.
As Head of Education & Youth Engagement you will maximise the engagement and long term value of our relationships with teachers and young people by providing strong leadership and strategic thinking to our Education and Youth teams.
Working closely with communications, fundraising and programme staff in the UK and internationally you will develop our education and youth strategy, contribute to the management of the Communications Department as well as leading or supporting cross departmental public education projects.
We will look to you to inspire audience belief in our mission and values by overseeing the development of innovative, relevant and compelling content, communications, products and actions.
You will review strategy and tactics as well as develop new opportunities and partnerships to increase the engagement of teachers and young people with ActionAid’s work. In addition to managing a core Education and Youth team you will manage externally funded posts which support the work of the Send My Friend to School coalition campaign.
With a history of developing dynamic teams you will have extensive experience of strategy development within the education and youth sector. Your understanding of the education and youth market will be matched by expertise in developing strategies to engage a wide public audience.
Comfortable managing diverse and complex teams, you are an effective project manager with excellent communication and relationship building abilities. You will also be skilled at monitoring, evaluating and reporting on effectiveness.
If you are excited by the prospect of being part of a value driven, forward thinking organisation, focused on achieving long-term and sustainable change in the lives of the poorest people in our world apply now.
How to apply
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To apply for a role, please email your CV, covering letter (2 sides maximum) and your completed equal opportunities monitoring form tojobs@actionaid.org
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If you are unable to apply via email, please send a postal application to:
The HR Team
ActionAid UK Head office
33-39 Bowling Green Lane,
London
EC1R 0BJ
United Kingdom
The information you provide to us in your job application will only be shared with relevant members of the recruitment and selection process and will be treated confidentially in line with Data Protection legislation.
To apply for a role, please email your CV, covering letter (2 sides maximum) and your completed equal opportunities monitoring form tojobs@actionaid.org
Please ensure that you state your full name and the title of the job you are applying for in the subject title of the email.
To assist us in monitoring the effectiveness of where we choose to advertise our vacancies, please state in your email where you saw this role advertised.
If you are unable to apply via email, please send a postal application to:
The HR Team
ActionAid UK Head office
33-39 Bowling Green Lane,
London
EC1R 0BJ
United Kingdom
The information you provide to us in your job application will only be shared with relevant members of the recruitment and selection process and will be treated confidentially in line with Data Protection legislation.
ActionAid UK has a legal responsibility to ensure that all its UK based employees have the legal right to work in the UK. Therefore if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to ActionAid verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
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