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We give children the reading skills and confidence they need for a fair chance in life, through our flexible volunteer-led programme. Programme Development is vital to the charity: it means our work stays up to date with the latest best practice in the education space, that our volunteers have the resources to hold engaging and effective reading sessions and that the organisations that support us remain active, committed partners.
Location
Minimum two days per week based at the Bookmark office (London), with flexibility around home working for the remaining days
Application
Please complete our application form and upload it using the link.
Programme development
- Work with the Head of Schools, Programme Development Manager and wider Schools Team to develop and implement new service lines to schools
- Work with the Head of Schools and Schools Team to develop, plan for and produce book packs and other existing package benefits for partner schools e.g scrapbooks and Rocket Packs
- Support the Programme Development Manager with the development and implementation of the Literacy Partner Programme
- Support with the identification of external partners and work with them to develop the Bookmark Literacy Partner Programme in line with the evidence base and improve Bookmark’s school packages
- Proactively look for innovative ways to develop, improve and refine these projects and packages
- Collaborate with the Programme Development Manager and Impact team to ensure new projects and service lines remain evidence based with measurable outputs.
- Talk to schools and hold consultations with them to identify their literacy needs
- Work with the Programme Delivery Manager to create action plans to support whole school reading cultures within schools
- Create and manage the delivery, and printing if necessary, of collateral materials for book packs e.g. Your Story Corner and Rocket Packs
- Responsible for keeping book pack projects and existing school packages service lines up to date e.g. scrapbooks, within agreed budgets, raising necessary POs and delivered on agreed timelines
- Assist with creating all reading resources for the online programme. Create and update internal record of all resources filterable by theme/level/publisher
- Communicate and coordinate new projects and service lines with stakeholders across the charity
- Actively encourage idea sharing from the wider team, school community and wider stakeholders to support programme development
- Support to deliver a range of activities and initiatives, to ensure the most effective use of time and money in achieving the required outcomes
- Support the Programme Development Manager to consult with Head of Volunteering to update and maintain volunteer training, ensuring it is in line with best practice and evidently linked to reading for pleasure pedagogy
- Support the Programme Development Manager and Volunteer Team with delivery of skills sessions for volunteer pool. Create resources or training modules for reading skills
- Assist with creating and updating volunteer resources to support upskilling their ability to specific children e.g. Year 5 pupils
General responsibilities
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve Bookmark’s processes across all areas
- Articulate the benefits and value of collaborating with Bookmark to prospective and current partners.
- Identify and support on collaborations and partnerships with other organisations that align with our vision and values to support more children, and support us to achieve our aims
- Support the Programme Development Manager with the recruitment, training and overseeing of interns.
- Input and maintain accurate and up-to-date information on our systems, including Salesforce CRM and SharePoint
- Ensure that all activity helps to build Bookmark’s brand and is always brand compliant
Person specification
- Teaching experience essential
- Must be passionate about our vision and mission
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work across functions
- Friendly, inquisitive and helpful mindset
- Enthusiastic, professional and positive, with a strong customer service ethos
- Ability to engage a variety of audiences
- Strong time management and organisational skills
- Structured problem-solving approach with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Flexible mindset to working in a busy organisation; willingness to adapt
- Ensure that all activity helps to build Bookmark’s brand and is always brand compliant.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
- Technically literate with ability to support less-technically minded stakeholders
- Salesforce and / or SharePoint experience desirable
Benefits
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Half day for employee’s birthday
- 3 years of service – 1 extra day (total of 26 days)
- 5 years of service – 2 extra days (total of 28 days)
- Buy/sell holiday (5 days)
- Hybrid working - 2 x days in the office, 3 x days from home if wanted
- Employee Assistance Helpline
- Matched pension scheme up to 5%
- £150 per employee per year for company events, such as Christmas party, team days and lunches.
- Free tea/coffee
- Charity Worker Discounts
- Tickets For Good
- Sabbatical Leave Policy
- Free yoga sessions
- Training and career development opportunities
