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Our client empowers people with the skills they need to succeed in life. Together, they're helping people change their stories. You could join them to lead the delivery and development of their early years programmes. Supporting reading and writing in the early years is one of our client's key strategic priorities, ensuring every child starts school with language and communication skills ready to grow and learn at school. You will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of early years programmes to deliver impact at scale, and developing relationships with funders to ensure sustainability. The programmes you will work on include initiatives designed to empower parents and carers with skills and resources to support their child's early communication and language before the age of two. You will also manage a professional development programme for practitioners that combines dialogic reading of stories and dialogic interaction to improve language outcomes. You will manage team members delivering this activity and develop new ideas and approaches to support language and literacy in the early years.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the development and delivery of early years programmes to deliver impact at scale
develop relationships with funders to ensure sustainability
manage team members delivering this activity
develop new ideas and approaches to support language and literacy in the early years
Requirements:
Experienced programme manager
working with fundraising targets and budget management
ability to lead and motivate a team
manage complex relationships with internal and external partners
experience working in, or with, the early years sector
subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check
Nice to have:
Knowledge of evaluation methodologies and impact measurement for large-scale programmes
experience of working with the corporate sector and volunteers
What we offer:
Generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year)