Assistant Project Lead

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Job description

Assistant Project Lead

Location: London

Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 per annum, DOE

Contract Type: Permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, flexible working

Closing date: Monday 13 December, midday

Interviews: Wednesday 16 December 2021

The role

If you believe that all children should have an excellent education, regardless of background or location, and want to be part of a team working to make that a reality, United Learning has an exciting opportunity for you. This role is based in our London Office with hybrid working arrangements considered.

Reporting to a Senior Project Lead within the Strategy and Performance department, this post will contribute to our work in delivering strategic and group-wide projects.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

Excellent organisational and time management skills, and attention to detail.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to have impact, engage and influence a variety of audiences, including senior leaders.
The ability to manage competing priorities and help deliver projects to challenging timescales.
The ability to understand, analyse and interpret a range of information sources to arrive at well-evidenced conclusions.
Educated to degree level (or equivalent).
Knowledge of schools and experience of working with teachers and education leaders is desirable but not essential.
A Project Management qualification (e.g., Prince2), knowledge or practical experience of working with project management techniques is desirable but not essential.

Rewards and Benefits

26 days holiday.
Competitive salary.
Contributory pension scheme, meaning we will save together for your retirement.
Life Assurance.
Occupational sick pay, protecting you and your family.
Over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partners Perkbox, including access to discounted cinema tickets, holidays and gym memberships, car leasing and Cycle2work schemes.
Continuous Professional Development options that will be tailored to your needs.
Competitive maternity, paternity and adoption benefits.
A supportive team across the country.
Flexitime working.
United Learning are committed to supporting flexible working and are open to agreeing specific arrangements with the right candidate.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation - which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.

United Learning

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. It's an ethos we call 'the best in everyone'.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact, Vikki Russell-Robbins

United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: . Charity No. ) and ULT (Registered in England No. . An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number . Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.