Schools Coordinator

Schools Coordinator (peripatetic)

Annually

£28,337 - £31,485 full time plus London Weighting if applicable plus £500 home user allowance.

Location

London and South East

Department

Local Services

Vacancy End Date

13th September 2026

Hiring Manager

Charlotte Ali

We are recruiting for a Schools Coordinator (peripatetic) post:

• Home based.
• Must live within the advertised areas, as frequent travel is a requirement of the role.
• Access to a car for work travel and broadband are essential for the role.

About the role and the Schools Service:

The NSPCC's purpose is to prevent child abuse and neglect of children across the UK and Channel Islands. We do this through 3 core strategic goals:

• Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.

• Every child is safe online.

• Children feel safe, listened to and supported.

Could you demonstrate skills and experience (current or transferable) that meet our person specification for this role?

• Experience of delivering programmes and services within an educational, safeguarding or equivalent setting.
• Experience of working to set KPI's and objectives to achieve and exceed targets.
• Experience of all aspects of volunteer recruitment and management.
• A child-centred approach and understanding of children's rights and best interests.
• Experience of negotiating with and influencing stakeholders to achieve collective goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of situations
• Ability to use a range of IT systems and programmes (e.g. client database,email, Excel, and Word) to enable the post holder to fulfil their duties effectively.
• Highly developed planning skills and the ability to adapt and prioritise appropriately to achieve goals.
• Ability to manage both self and professional development using supervision, consultation and support where necessary
• Knowledge, understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of practice and behaviour.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with diverse backgrounds, not just education. So if you've got transferable skills you could bring to this role from your experience from either the Corporate or Third Sector in sales and marketing, project management, or volunteer management, we'd love to hear from you. For further information and/or to arrange an informal chat about how your skills and experience might be a good fit with us, please contact: charlie.ali@nspcc.org.uk

As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours would be important to you. We want someone who will take a child-centred approach, has a strong belief in the rights of children, and has a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice.

Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator role will mainly be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list):

• Being the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings;

• Working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your line manager;

• Responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our Speak out. Stay safe programme;

• Overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7- and 9–11-year-olds);

• Actively engaging with and approaching secondary schools with our new Talk Relationships service and wider offer;

• Leading, supervising and supporting a team of high calibre schools service volunteers;

• Carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback;

• Ensuring training and sign off plans are in place for new volunteers, which may include some co-delivery with a Schools Coordinator in schools for some areas;

• Providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions;

• Planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies;

• Building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or actively stewarding our offer with stakeholders;

• Following NSPCC Schools Service safeguarding procedures to the required standards;

• Collaboration with internal colleagues across the organisation in region;

• Being an active contributor to priority projects;

• Commitment to continued professional development and practice sharing.