Head of Programme (Mat-Cover) in Brixton, Devon

SUMMARY

Position Title: Head of Programmes (CMDP) Mat-Cover

Level: Level 6

Salary: £40,000 - 46,000 (FTE yearly)

Reports to: Director of Programmes and Partnerships

Location: The Liberation Centre Brixton, London (New office in Brixton)/ Remote working within the UK with at least 2 days’ work from our office (Pro rata for part time)

Contract: Fulltime (40hrs/weekly), fixed-term maternity cover contract for 1 year with potential for Part time (e.g., 32hrs/weekly) extension subject to funding.

Hours: TAA has flexible working hours, with some expected evenings (e.g. one 9pm finish once every two weeks) and weekends due to the nature of the role. All extra hours are reimbursed as Time off in Lieu (TOIL).

Start date: As soon as possible (potentially June with consideration for notice period)

Benefits: TAA laptop (employee assistance and health cash package including staff supervision, counselling, dental, optical care and more).

The Advocacy Academy is an activist youth movement. We serve as the political home for grassroots youth organising and the catalyst for collective action. The lives of the young people we work alongside have been directly shaped by living in an unjust world, and we exist to turn their anger into action.

We want youth organising to be enshrined in the UK for generations to come, and for young people to have tangible political power to influence national policy. That’s why we have launched two national coalitions, one around climate, and the other around gender. Each will train organisations across the country to become youth organisers and work together to bring 100 young people together to identify the strategy and tactics needed to achieve change.

We are looking for a Head of Programmes who believes in this vision and is capable of building the leadership of young people that enables them to turn the resources they have into the power they need to make the change they want. It will be your job to help grow the Changemaker Development programme, train and organise Changemakers, create magic and spark the hope for something more! If this excites you, then please apply.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• You will be responsible for the Changemaker Development Programme (CMDP) including but not limited to:

• Working with the Associate Director of Programmes and Associate Director of Partnerships to coordinate programmes planning and delivery timelines for CMDP.
• Managing cross programmatic projects to standardise processes and practices in the Programmes Department.
• Designing and developing the recruitment process for Alumni to join the CMDP and create a targeted recruitment strategy to grow the Alumni Changemaker pool.
• Managing the monitoring and evaluation of the programme including quantitative and qualitative data, and facilitate the process of ongoing learning being integrated into the programme.
• Working with Programmes Leadership Team to coordinate and deliver a holistic safeguarding, wellbeing and pastoral care strategy across TAA’s work with young people.
• Responsible for holding the CMDP budget and ensuring that it is managed and spent in accordance with TAA expenses procedure.

• Leading the design of the CMDP curriculum to agreed TAA standards engaging key stakeholders.
• Supporting Alumni Changemakers to design, deliver and facilitate social justice workshops in line with established pedagogical approaches at TAA.
• Leading the development of learning journeys for Alumni Changemakers.
• Working during school holidays for camps, and in the evenings to accommodate school hours.

A BIT ABOUT YOU

You are passionate about, and committed to, creating a more fair, just and equal world. You believe in the potential of young people to challenge the status quo and are dedicated to helping them become more powerful citizens. You’ve got a deep understanding of, and a personal relationship with, issues of social justice.