Co-ordinator of Community Partnerships in South West London

Do you want to play an important role helping to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children and families in Southwest London?

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help make a real difference to the local community of Emanuel School.

The role

As Co-ordinator of Community Partnerships, you will support the delivery of Emanuel School\’s outreach and partnership programmes. These programmes support a culture of community service provided by our pupils and improve accessibility and outcomes for disadvantaged children and families in the local area.

The focus of this role is to co-ordinate and administer these programmes and the delivery of partnership work with local primary and secondary schools and community organisations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the organisation and smooth running of the partnership strategy
• Maintaining relationships with local schools and charities regarding the placement of Emanuel pupils in partner schools and on projects
• Delivering positive and consistent messages about the outreach and partnership programmes via written publications, social media channels and the school website

This role is term time only. Flexibility will be needed according to planned events, and some evenings may be required.

About you

We welcome applications from candidates from a variety of professional backgrounds with transferable skills and experience, who are confident and personable, and able to demonstrate a record of developing and sustaining positive working relationships.

You may have worked in schools, charities, youth programmes or community organisations and are motivated by creating opportunities for children and young peopleparticularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The role requires regular contact with local schools, organisations, charities and stakeholders, so it suits someone who is warm, personable and confident engaging with a wide range of people.

You will need excellent written and spoken English, along with the ability to effectively plan, resource, and organise projects and tasks and remain calm under pressure.

Working at Emanuel

There is always a buzz at Emanuel. Colleagues enjoy their work and, like the pupils, are ambitious for the school. With a weekly staff briefing, half termly staff meetings, termly consultative group meetings and a common room committee, all of us are engaged in a lively ongoing dialogue about the schools aims and aspirations.

Everyone works hard here, and anyone joining us should expect to do the same and share our commitment to the highest standards. At the same time our ethos remains unpretentious, kindly and practical, and theres a strong sense of community and friendship at the school.

We aim to look after our staff well: we have an appraisal scheme with a focus on employees professional development; we sponsor postgraduate courses and a range of training opportunities; we offer salary sacrifice childcare vouchers through TEDS Premier, we offer a healthcare plan via Simply Health that includes counselling and medical support; and were committed to supporting staff wellbeing. Financially, all staff benefit from good pension provision and free lunches.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is 15 August 2025.

Do note that interviews may be held at any stage after applications are received, so candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Emanuel School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.