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Award winning Founder & CEO of With Insight Education, passionate about improving the prospects for black-heritage students
Company Description
With Insight Education is dedicated to empowering black-heritage students to excel in their educational and professional pursuits, with a focus on supporting their progression to top universities and into aspirational careers. We partner with universities and leading companies to provide mentoring and skill development programmes for black-heritage students, fostering confidence and knowledge to navigate their paths successfully.
Since 2018, we have supported over 1300 students and provided an enriching experience for almost 700 mentors. We are ambitious about continuing to grow our impact and have the aspirational target of engaging over 1,000 students a year by August 2027. We’re looking for an experienced leader who is excited about helping us to scale.
Role Description
The Head of Programmes & Delivery will lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of all With Insight Education programmes. This role is critical in ensuring that our programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and to a consistently high standard.
Qualifications
- Experience in streamlining internal operations
- Strong leadership and team management experience
- Analytical skills used to inform strategic data-driven decision-making
- Budgeting experience for financial planning
- Experience working in the education sector is a plus
- Proven track record of successful project delivery
Desirable Skills and Experience:
- Experience working with mentoring programmes or similar educational initiatives.
- Knowledge of compliance requirements in the charity sector.
- Familiarity with CRM systems and data management tools.
- Experience in scaling programmes or organisational growth initiatives.
- Understanding of the challenges faced by Black-heritage students in education and employment.
To align with our values based approach to our work, you:
- Are passionate about advancing equity and inclusion in education and professional pathways
- Are persistent, taking end-to-end responsibility for the delivery of your work
- Thrive in a small team with an entrepreneurial feel
- Are proactive and comfortable working autonomously
- Committed to providing a nurturing work environment
- Are keen to build and develop the role as suits the needs of the charity
Hours: This is a four – five day a week hybrid role
Holiday: 25 days per annum
Location: Hybrid with 1-2 days a week in our London office
Reporting to: CEO
Contract type: Permanent
Applications are welcome from anyone, regardless of your race, age, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or disability status. What is essential is that you care about the issue of tackling the disparity in the progression of black- heritage students.
Given the nature of our work, we particularly welcome candidates who have lived experience of the inequalities that we seek to address and/or have experience of working closely with the community that With Insight Education serves.
The successful candidate will need to undertake a DBS check before being appointed.
A full job pack is available on the vacancies page of our website.
Interested applicants should email a covering letter and CV to christine@withinsightedu.org by the 27th April.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Industries: Education Administration Programs
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