Key information
Closing date: 10am, Wednesday 17 July 2024
Salary: £39,500 per year
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location: Based London / home and flexible working
Interviews: Online, Monday 22/ Tuesday 23 July 2024
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 the development of our resources for primary and schools.
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for our school resources strategy, developing and delivering engaging, high-quality literacy resources to support thousands of primary and secondary school teachers. We already have an excellent reputation for providing support in classrooms and across schools. You will collate, curate, quality assure and promote resources that help us maintain that reputation, as well as seeking new partnerships and funding opportunities to extend our reach.
You will be based in our school programmes team and work closely with programmes colleagues, as well as our communications and development teams, external partners, funders, schools and professional authors and writers.
You will be able to work from home for the majority of your time if you prefer, but you will be contracted to London and responsible for your travel there when necessary, which could be approximately monthly.
What we’re looking for
You will be an experienced classroom teacher, in a UK primary or equivalent setting who has created effective, engaging and innovative teaching resources for reading, writing and spoken language across a broad age range. Knowledge of the national curricula and published teaching resources and websites is essential. Experience of the production and quality assurance of resources, including copywriting, proofing and formatting for print and online would be an advantage.
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.
We support flexible working and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.
Application details
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 those 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.
For more information and to apply, download the files below.
Please also complete our online equal opportunities monitoring form when you submit your application.
Unfortunately, we are unable to respond individually to applications so if you have not heard from us by the advertised interview date, this means we have not been able to shortlist your application this time.
Please note we do not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.