We believe that the ability to communicate is a fundamental right and that society will only be fair when everyone has the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills they need to fulfill their potential.
By working with us, you can help to transform lives through literacy. Read the National Literacy Trust's strategy.
We promote flexible working and job share proposals are welcome. To find out more about what it means to work for us - our culture, values and benefits - read our recruitment information.
If you have any questions about any role or our recruitment, please email recruitment@literacytrust.org.uk.
To apply, download an application form from the job page and return to this address.
Please note that we do not accept CVs for job vacancies.
Current vacancies
Head of School Programmes
Closing date: 10am, Thursday 1 May 2025
Salary: £58,000 per year
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Location: Based in London SW8 / home and flexible working
Interviews: First round, online, Friday 9 May 2025 / Second round, in-person, Friday 16 May 2025
Diversity and equal opportunities
Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We would like to increase representation of these groups among our staff as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.
We are also committed to being an equal opportunities employer and will ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, ethnicity or religion.
We monitor our policies to ensure that discrimination does not occur in either our staffing practices or our work. In particular, our personnel policies have been designed to ensure that all staff have equal access to training, professional development and career progression.
All applicants are asked to complete an online equal opportunities monitoring form to enable us to monitor the effectiveness of our policies. This information is not part of your application and will not be used in any part of the selection process. It is anonymous and will not be seen by the interviewers or those involved in shortlisting your application, and all data will be stored confidentially and destroyed once it has been analysed.
UK Living Wage
The National Literacy Trust is proud to be accredited as a UK Living Wage Employer.
For more information, visit www.livingwage.org.uk