Services

Schools Coordinator

Services

Schools Coordinator

Schools Coordinator

  • Annually:
    £28'337 - £29'596 plus home-based working allowance of £500 per annum (these figures are the full-time equivalent rates - actual salary would be pro-rata of these figures to reflect 30 hours per week)
  • Region:
    West Midlands
  • Location:
    West Midlands
  • Department:
    Local Services
  • Vacancy Type:
    Permanent
  • Working hours per week:
    30
  • Closing Date:
    30 April 2026

 

  • Mustlive in Herefordshire, Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin 
  • Part time, permanent, 30 hours per week 
  • Home based, travel required.  
  • Flexible working options available
  • Access to and daily use of your own car and home broadband is essential 

This is a re-advertisement - previous applicants need not re-apply as your applications have already been considered, thank you.

Please apply by filling out the full standard application form, including a statement which must demonstrate how you meet all 10 points of the person specification (see below and also found on the attached Job Description), providing relevant examples/evidence. CVs are not accepted.   

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with diverse backgrounds, not just education.  So if you've got transferable skills you could bring to this role from your experience from either the Corporate or Third Sector in sales and marketing, project management, or volunteer management, we'd love to hear from you.  For further information and/or to arrange an informal chat about how your skills and experience might be a good fit with us, please contact emma.grishin@nspcc.org.uk 

 

Context and background

The NSPCC's purpose is to prevent child abuse and neglect of children across the UK and Channel Islands.  We do this through 3 core strategic goals:  

  • Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.  
  • Every child is safe online.  
  • Children feel safe, listened to and supported.  

  Could you help us by joining the Schools Service team, playing an integral role in delivering these goals through education settings?   

 

Could you demonstrate skills and experience (current or transferable) that meet our person specification for this role?:

  1. Experience of delivering programmes and services within an educational, safeguarding or equivalent setting.
  2. Experience of working to set KPI's and objectives to achieve and exceed targets.
  3. Experience of all aspects of volunteer recruitment and management.
  4. A child-centred approach and understanding of children's rights and best interests.
  5. Experience of negotiating with and influencing stakeholders to achieve collective goals.
  6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of situations
  7. Ability to use a range of IT systems and programmes (e.g. client database,email, Excel, and Word) to enable the post holder to fulfil their duties effectively.
  1. Highly developed planning skills and the ability to adapt and prioritise appropriately to achieve goals.
  2. Ability to manage both self and professional development using supervision, consultation and support where necessary
  3. Knowledge, understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of practice and behaviour.

 

If so, we would love to hear from you.  

 Job purpose

Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator role will mainly be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list): 

  • Being the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings; 
  • Working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your line manager; 
  • Responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our Speak out. Stay safe programme; 
  • Overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7- and 9–11-year-olds); 
  • Actively engaging Secondary Education settings in our Talk Relationships and other programmes; 
  • Managing and supervising a team of high calibre volunteers; 
  • Carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback; 
  • Ensuring training plan is in place for new volunteers, which may include the Coordinator delivering alongside volunteers sometimes
  • Providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions; 
  • Planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies; 
  • Building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or proactively promoting our offer with stakeholders; 
  • Following NSPCC Schools Service safeguarding procedures to the required standards; 
  • Collaboration with internal colleagues across the organisation in region; 
  • Working on service-wide  projects; 
  • A focus on continued professional development and practice sharing.  

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If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying.  We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria.  Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.
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