Schools Coordinator in Sherborne

Annually, £28,337 full time equivalent plus £500 home user allowance.

Location: Dorset

Department: Local Services

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term Contract until 31/8/2027

Vacancy End Date: 12th April 2026

Hiring Manager: Michelle Green

Reason for Recruitment: Secondment of existing post holder

We are recruiting for a Schools Coordinator post in the following region and area: South West and Channel Islands – Dorset. 1x full time 35 hpw, fixed term contract until 31/8/2027. Home based. Must live within the advertised area, as frequent travel is a requirement. Access to a car for work travel and broadband are essential for the role.

About the role and the Schools Service

Would you like to drive forward NSPCC's schools offer? In 2021, the NSPCC announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact we can to stop child abuse and neglect. Our Local Services teams are an essential part of how NSPCC's three main strategic goals will be delivered:

• Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
• Every child is safe online.
• Children feel safe, listened to and supported.

Local Services brings together our work in schools, local campaigning and our direct services across 9 regions and nations. The Schools Service team plays an integral part of our mission as it is responsible for delivering the wider schools offer.

Do you:

• have experience of delivering or arranging programmes in either an educational or safeguarding setting?
• work well towards set targets/KPIs and objectives?
• have experience of management, retention and recruitment of volunteers?
• have well‑developed communication and influencing skills?
• have experience of following safeguarding procedures?
• work with diverse groups of people?
• have effective time management, planning and organisation skills?
• work well as a team and work well remotely?

If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position. As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours are 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 highly 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 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 the region.
• Being an active contributor to priority projects.
• Commitment to continued professional development and practice sharing.

How to apply

We will only consider a fully completed standard NSPCC application form, including a supporting statement. The supporting statement is where you can provide your experience and clear examples that demonstrate each point of the person specification (1 to 10). The person specification can be found at the end of the job description (downloadable from this vacancy page). It is a good idea to follow the order of the person specification in your supporting statement. Please remember to state the area and post you are applying for at the top of your supporting statement.

Closing date: midnight on the last date advertised. We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria. First stage interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams within two weeks of the closing date. Successful candidates from stage one will be invited to a second interview (dates tbc).

If you would like more information or to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact: michelle.green@nspcc.org.uk