Title: Senior Programme Officer - Education
Reports to: Senior Programme Manager
Contract Type: Fixed term until August 2026
Location: Based from our Liverpool office with some flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval. Regular travel in and around the Liverpool City Region including North Birkenhead, Wirral.
Hours: Full Time. 5 days per week (37.5 Hours) Worked between Monday- Friday
Salary: Grade 4 £28,539 - £30,865 (5% employer pension contribution, Medicash and group life assurance, 27 days annual leave per annum for FTE plus bank holidays)

PROVIDING ROBUST COORDINATION OF EDUCATION STRAND OF CRADLE TO CAREER

• Proactively work with the relevant (Senior) Programme Manager in relation to daily programme delivery tasks:
• Create clear, robust programme delivery plans
• Ensure plans are regularly monitored and iterated effectively
• Timely processing of payments and invoices for programme delivery (including oversight of expenses, purchase orders and invoices)
• Email and diary management, scheduling of meetings, booking travel and accommodation
• Ensure robust data management, data input and tracking so that programme data is accurate and up to date
• Attend partner meetings to provide administrative support as required
• Coordinate the team including scheduling meetings, maintaining action logs and being the first point of contact when core team members are unavailable
• Support compilation and quality assurance of internal and external reports.
• Oversee project management for some Education workstreams (including literacy, Early Years speech and language and attendance support)
• Support Steering and Working group meetings, including working with colleagues to create agendas, distribute paperwork and capture minutes
• Support the team with end of programme evaluation activity (including research, case studies, summary documents and event planning)
• Support other strands of Cradle to Career at the Manager’s discretion

MANAGING THE HIGH QUALITY DELIVERY OF KEY WORKSTREAMS WITHIN THE EDUCATION STRAND

• Hold responsibility for the effective delivery of key programme workstreams (specifically leading on literacy, Early Years speech and language and attendance support) reporting to the (Senior) Programme Manager.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and regularly communicate with identified delivery partners
• Identify and raise delivery risks to the (Senior) Programme Manager in a timely manner
• Review and report on project progress against objectives, milestones and expected outcomes
• Ensure effective gathering and analysis of shared measurement framework data, including school surveys and feedback

ROLE SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with expert organisational and people skills who will be the reliable, positive, “go-to” person for our Education programmes in North Birkenhead. You will be playing a pivotal role in supporting high quality local programme delivery and fostering positive relationships with external partners and agencies.
As a Senior Programme Officer, you will play a vital role in supporting staff in the North Birkenhead Cradle to Career programme to deliver a high quality programme with maximum impact. This will include a core focus on leading the coordination of the Education strand of Cradle to Career, with additional responsibility for the delivery and oversight of key workstreams.

The core objectives of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Providing robust coordination of Education strand of Cradle to Career
• Managing the high quality delivery of key workstreams within the Education strand (including Early Years speech and language, literacy, transition and attendance support)
• Influencing operational relationships and, when required, those at a strategic level
• Leading processes and systems for robust administration and coordination of a complex programme
• Coordinating programme related external and internal communications activity

You will also support the team to deliver an ambitious evaluation and sustainable practice workstream, as the programme moves into the final year of delivery.