Programme Lead - West & East Midlands

Programme Lead (West & East Midlands)

Salary: Starting Salary: £34,237-£36,853 depending on experience, skills and qualifications*

About Voice 21
Voice 21 is the national oracy education charity. We exist to empower every child to use their voice for success in school and life. Our work transforms learning and life chances through talk by increasing access to a high-quality oracy education for those that need it most.

Your purpose
To lead professional development and school improvement programmes facilitating the Voice 21 approach in our Voice 21 Oracy Schools by delivering our high impact learning experiences and materials for teachers and school leaders. To be part of the team, designing and reviewing programme content.

Your opportunity
Tackle a vital challenge, with great people. Voice 21 exists to transform children’s learning and life chances through talk and we are aiming to be working with 2,000 schools a year by 2025. To reach this goal we recruit great people and give them real responsibility, training and support.

Output focused culture, with flexible working opportunities. We have an agile and flexible approach – our team can work when and wherever works best to deliver the requirements of their role.

Your responsibilities

• Lead high quality professional development and school improvement programmes in our Pathway programmes and Open Learning for groups of teachers.
• Deliver transformative consultancy support, working with teachers and school leaders to design and implement bespoke improvement plans for their oracy provision.
• Build credibility and purposeful relationships with programme participants to drive impact in our schools.
• Be responsible for participant learning and experience on your programmes, upholding high standards for all elements such as preparation and participant feedback.

Your experience

• You are an excellent teacher (primary or secondary).
• You are passionate about teaching and learning, and the role of talk in learning.
• You have experience leading whole-school change and inspiring teachers.
• You have knowledge of a range of speaking and listening techniques for oracy.
• You are a strong communicator both in small teams and when facilitating learning for large groups.
• You are flexible, can think on your feet, and can bring your own experiences to the work.
• You are highly-organised and can manage a varied workload.
• You are enthusiastic and willing to learn.
• You are willing to travel nationally on a frequent basis during term time.

Application details

We are looking to hire someone whose location is well connected for reaching our schools in the West and East Midlands. Please send your most recent CV and a document answering specific questions to careers@voice21.org with the subject “Programme Lead - West & East Midlands application”.

Closing date: Wednesday 30th April

Interview dates: First round phone interviews on Tuesday May 6th and Wednesday May 7th.

Start date: August 2025

Terms: Permanent, subject to successful probation review at 3 months.

Location: Home-based with frequent national travel, including overnight stays.

Valuing every voice
Voice 21 believes that every voice should be heard and valued. We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees.