Project Officer in Swindon

£26,000 per year
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Fixed-term contract until March 2027
Based in Swindon as a home working role

Our client empowers people with the skills they need to succeed in life. Together, they’re helping people change their stories. You could join them to support work with volunteers across Swindon.

What you’ll be doing:

• Our client’s project identifies, trains and supports volunteers who work with them to design new and exciting ways to promote reading and writing in their community.
• Support and coordinate their work in Swindon.
• Develop new strategies for recruiting volunteers and mobilising key community partnerships to increase reach and build sustainability.
• Organise and deliver training events and maintain regular contact with volunteers.
• Gather data, share learning and develop case studies to build an evidence base of impact.
• Develop and coordinate a community-based early years project focused on improving home reading habits amongst families with young children.

You will be based in Swindon, working from home with regular travel locally, as well as national travel when necessary. This will include coming to London three times per year for regular staff days, as well as induction, and three team days per year that take place in other locations. All travel expenses will be covered. This role is also suitable for secondment from an appropriate local partner.

What our client is looking for:

• Experience in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, and providing project support in a charity or educational context.
• Excellent knowledge of reading and writing issues, working with early years settings, schools and community-based organisations.
• Experience of developing resources and training materials.
• Live in, or within easy access of, the local area in which you will be working and have an excellent understanding of the community and its families.
• A full clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• Managing book stocks and other resources.

This role is also subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with our client’s safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedures.

Why our client’s work is so vital:

Reading and writing change everything. They give you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. They’re the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. They’re 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. Our client helps people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words – reading, writing, speaking and listening.

They work collaboratively in local communities, focusing their work in areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges. They support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children. They campaign to make reading and writing a priority for politicians and decision-makers. They support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders’ institutions to build their skills.

What our client offers you:

Our client’s team are passionate about their mission, and have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. They offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to their success, whoever you are. As well as a competitive salary, they 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.

Application details:

Our client’s people are their most important asset, and they value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). They particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which they work. They would like to increase the representation of these groups among their staff, as they know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for their work.

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Closing date: 10am, Wednesday 24 June 2026.
Please note, our client does not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.