Senior Programme Officer
Please Note: The application deadline for this post has now passed.
Post Introduction
The role of Senior Programme Officer will assist with project deliverables and support the implementation of delivery processes through working to keep the project plan on track. It will be essential to develop strong relationships across the NPQ project and support with reporting, onboarding, fulfilment of contract requirements and delivery throughout the Church of England’s NPQ contract period.
Please note, this is a fixed-term contract finishing on 28.02.2026.
About the Department
The Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership was set up in 2017 with the mission to ‘develop inspirational leaders who are called, connected, committed to deliver the Church of England vision for education’. Since then, it has operated a wide range of leadership development programmes, networks, research, conference and events, and published a range of key leadership resources to equip school leaders at every level to put their vision into practice.
Part of this provision has been as a very successful national provider of NPQ programmes. Beginning in 2017 with the delivery of NPQs for Headteachers, our suite of programmes has now expanded to include programmes for Specialist Teachers, Senior Leaders and also Executive Leaders. More recently, a partnership between the Church of England and the Catholic Education Service is also enabling programmes to be delivered more widely as together our school provision represents around 34% of the sector.
What you'll be doing
This role will involve:
- Supporting the day-to-day management of projects, proactively monitoring with delegated responsibility for tracking key outcomes and project deliverables.
- Completing reporting for internal processes through the provision of timely and accurate data reports and analysis.
- Take the lead role with audits carried out by the Department for Education of the NPQs.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Experience of working within multi-faceted and complex projects.
- Experience of summarising and reporting on data to stakeholders.
- Experience of organising and storing information securely and systematically.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Customer service skills and able to take responsibility for progressing stakeholder queries.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
For a detailed person specification, please see the attached job description.
Closing date: 31 August 2024
Interviews will be held on 11.09.2024 via Zoom
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:
- Rosie Cottrell between Fri 9th and Fri 16th August: rosie.cottrell@churchofengland.org
- Rachel Rigby between Fri 16th and Fri 30th August: rachel.rigby@churchofengland.org
This is due to team annual leave.
What we offer
Our benefits include:
- A salary of £38,918 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus three additional days
- Flexible working hours and location
- Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies
We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
