Programme and Events Manager

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Programme and Events Manager to join our team. You will join us on a full-time permanent basis. Please note that this role is term time plus 3 weeks. In return, we will offer a competitive actual salary of £35,304- £43,696 per annum. 

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust? 

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Greater Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

Programme and Events Manager

The Centre for Growth events and programme manager will ensure our professional learning programmes and events are planned, promoted, coordinated and delivered with pace and precision. The post holder will translate trust priorities into clear project plans, align stakeholders across academies and central teams, and use strong routines and evaluation to ensure every programme or event runs smoothly and improves year on year. The role will work in collaboration with stakeholders across our trust and externally and must maintain productive relationships. 

Responsibilities as our Programme and Events Manager:

• Live the mission, values and drivers every day
• Plan and deliver Centre for Growth learning and development programmes end-to-end, from initiation through to evaluation and close, including logistics, timetabling, marketing, monitoring, resources and evaluation
• Oversee the scheduling of the Centre for Growth professional learning offer, internally and with external partners
• Track engagement, attendance and completion; maintain accurate records and use data to identify risks and drive improvement.
• Lead projects for the Centre for Growth with simple, clear project plans (scope, milestones, dependencies, risks), maintaining disciplined routines and effective communication to ensure delivery on time and to a high standard
• Coordinate trust conference and other events across academies, the Centre for Growth and multi-functional teams, leading on mapping and tracking workstreams, project control, and delegate coordination, improving our offer each year
• Oversee the development, refinement and maintenance of systems and business processes for the Centre for Growth activity streams
• Develop and lead a Centre for Growth communications strategy, ensuring that communication about professional learning with academies and wider networks is aligned and effective and available communication streams are maintained and utilised
• Lead internal financial monitoring for Centre for Growth and Bradford Research School leaders to track funding streams, costing projects and managing MOUs with external partners
• Provide line management of Centre for Growth administration staff as appropriate.

What we’re looking for in our Programme and Events Manager:

• A degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Grade C or above in GCSE English and mathematics
• Values driven
• Delivering end to end projects or events achieving outcomes to time, cost and quality
• Building effective relationships
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing deadlines and work with pace and precision
• Strong moral purpose and drive for improvement

Interviews will take place on 9 July 2026

If you would like to learn more about our Programme and Events Manager role then please click ‘apply’ today!

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required. 

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. 

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.