Regional Projects Officer

Regional Projects Officer

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London (with hybrid working – a minimum of one day per week in the London office)

The Organisation

Our client is focused on supporting education to break down barriers between student success and finance.

They support the education sector through research and working within schools to drive initiatives that directly support learners.

They are now looking for a Regional Projects Officer to join them on a full-time, fixed-term contract until August 2027.

The Benefits

- Salary of £34,600

- Flexible working opportunities

- 27 days’ holiday a year (plus 8 bank holidays, including 3 which can be taken flexibly)

- 2 festive season closure days

- 6% employer pension contributions, minimum 3% employee contribution

- Life insurance cover

- Interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme

- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay (conditions apply)

- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual with experience of delivering projects and complex initiatives and an understanding of the education sector to join our client's highly influential organisation.

You’ll have the chance to make a real difference to both learners and teaching staff, whilst developing your skills and experience and gaining further expertise within the education sector.

What’s more, you’ll discover a superb range of benefits designed to support you both in and outside of the workplace, focusing on your wellbeing, support and growth.

The Role

As a Regional Projects Officer, you will support the delivery of our client’s national education networks programme and partnership initiative for post-16 education.

Working across these networks, you will help turn research into practice, bringing schools and colleges together to improve outcomes for disadvantaged learners.

You will work closely with Regional Leads and Programme Managers to co-ordinate activity, ensuring effective support is in place and that programmes run smoothly. Overseeing planning and monitoring for projects, you will support governance processes, co-ordinate events and training, and gather feedback and data to inform delivery.

Additionally, you will:

- Support communication and information sharing across the networks

- Provide administrative, logistical and project support to Regional Leads

- Respond to queries relating to the networks and their activity

- Keep up to date with developments across the regions

About You

To be considered as a Regional Projects Officer, you will need:

- Successful project management experience and experience supporting complex initiatives, preferably within the education sector

- An understanding of the school and/or 16-19 education landscape in England, including range of provision, setting types and the needs of setting leaders and practitioners

- Strong advocacy for equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring these principles are upheld in all aspects of their work

- Good IT literacy, especially with MS Excel and MS Word

- An ability to work effectively both independently and in a hybrid team (part home-based, part office-based)

- A willingness to travel regularly and occasionally stay overnight

All staff are subject to a Basic level check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The closing date for this role is the 17th May 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Education Project Officer, Education Programme Co-ordinator, Education Programme Officer, Partnerships Officer, or Delivery Officer.

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