Head of Communications

We''re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential. As the UK''s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 60,000 young people each year at its 46 learning centres across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision over the coming years. We are recruiting a Head of Communications to join our Senior Leadership Team to lead the charity''s communications work, ensuring that the charity''s ambitious growth plan is supported by exceptional strategic communications that engages our key stakeholders and builds support for the charity''s work, particularly with funders and university partners. This is a senior position and will involve close work with the charity''s senior managers, trustees and high-profile stakeholders. This is both a strategic and hands-on role, ranging from having senior oversight of the charity''s communications strategy, through to rolling your sleeves up to work with the team to meet a tight deadline. The role at a glance Contract Permanent. The role is available on either a part-time (30 hours per week, 0.8 ..... full job details .....