Key information
Closing date: 10am, Friday 19 December 2025
Salary: £60,000 per year
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term for one year
Location: Based in London SW8 / home and flexible working
We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life. Together we're helping people change their stories. You could join us to lead unique and high impact brand and media partnerships for the 2026 National Year of Reading.
What you’ll be doing
Commissioned by the Department for Education, the National Year of Reading is a whole of society campaign to get the nation to fall back in love with reading. The National Literacy Trust will lead, develop and coordinate the National Year of Reading, ensuring a powerful and engaging national campaign which redefines reading for a new generation.
To deliver on this campaign, we will need to build and deliver a range of public facing partnerships which tell the story of our work, reach key audiences across the UK, and drive both awareness and behaviour change.
You will build on the existing foundations of the campaign plan to conceive and deliver a series of partnerships – with media owners, brands and others – that amplify the National Year of Reading 2026. This will include managing existing partnerships as well as scoping and delivering new opportunities.
This role is based in London but you will be able to work from home if you prefer under our flexible working policy. However, you will need to be in London for in-person meetings, team and organisational days around two days per week on average and unfortunately we are unable to cover travel costs for this.
What we’re looking for
You will need experience of working on a range of digital and traditional media partnerships from either client or agency side (marketing, media or creative), or experience of leading brand and creative partnerships to reach young people, parents, communities, or schools. You will also have a track record of leveraging pro bono and in-kind support to deliver creative executions and delivering public-facing moments that reach broad audiences and gather national PR coverage. Relationship management skills including at a senior, cross-sector level will be essential.
Why our work is so vital
Literacy changes everything.It gives you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. It’s the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. It’s better results at school, and better jobs. If children grow up without the tools to communicate, without books to read or opportunities to write, it’s harder to get where you want to go.The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity helping people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words – reading, writing, speaking and listening. From first words, through school days to training, jobs and beyond.
- We work collaboratively in local communities, focusing our work in 20 areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.
- We support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.
- We campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians and decision-makers.
- We support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders’ institutions to build their literacy skills
What we offer you
Our team are passionate about our mission and we have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. We offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.
Application details
Recruitment for this role is being managed by our partner Charity People. If you are interested in this role, please email alice@charitypeople.co.uk for an initial conversation about your skills and suitability.