Programme Coordinator

Amazing Opportunity for Recent Graduates!

At The Elephant Group, we believe talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. That’s where we come in. We’re on a mission to create fairer access to top universities for talented young people from underrepresented backgrounds. As our Programme Coordinator, you’ll play a varied and exciting role in helping us drive this change.

This is a chance to blend a love of delivering content to audiences via virtual and in person events with an enthusiasm for working with large groups of young people, schools and university partners. As well as this, you’ll have a flair for providing fantastic customer service with great project management, professional communication and organisation skills to juggle multiple events and programmes simultaneously. Lastly above all, you’ll have a passion for our mission to support young people to reach their full potential.

In the role, you’ll support our Head of Programmes in the delivery of our transformative programmes – Elephant Access and Meta Method. Programme Coordinators are at the heart of our programme delivery, taking an important role in  managing our online and in-person activities including webinars, school visits, and larger events such as our annual Launch, Spring Conference, and Summer Academy events. They also support our evaluation including data gathering and analysis, and lead our social media strategy and PR.

We are a small charity with big plans. In 2024 we were short listed for the “Student Mobility Impact Award” and our inspiring CEO Jayne Taylor, was a finalist in the “Rising Chief Executive” category at the Third Sector Awards. As a non-hierarchical dynamic charity with direct access to our CEO, we encourage regular feedback, and we support colleagues develop areas of interest within the organisation.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a warm, relatable, hard-working graduate to make a difference from the work you do (as well as developing yourself) working in a fast-paced ambitious charity. Come and join our friendly herd! 

Hear from Catherine, one of our employees currently in the role:

"The friendly and supportive working environment at The Elephant Group is what first drew me towards the company. Having the encouragement to share my ideas and make the role my own has allowed me to build my confidence, industry knowledge, and skills in areas I really enjoy, like social media strategy and programme development.

It's the perfect blend of project management, creative content development and programme delivery"

Salary:              £23,000- £26,000 depending on experience

Contract:         Permanent (subject to a successful probation review at 3 months)

Hours:               Full-time only (we are not able to offer job share or compressed hours)

Benefits:          28 days holiday plus 3 days at Christmas and bank holidays, 5% pension contribution, hybrid working, training & development opportunities        

Location:         Midlands/Yorkshire- Hybrid. Travel to partner schools in the Midlands & Yorkshire 2-3 times a week depending on business need (you must be able to drive), and occasional travel to London

You will need a suitable home working space. We will provide your equipment including furniture if required. You need to live in The Midlands or Yorkshire. Frequent organisational travel is expected with expenses paid.

Essential Skills and Experience

We welcome applications from people that have an enthusiasm for our social justice mission, the desire to develop themselves in the role and the following: 

• Confident, articulate public speaking, presenting and chairing to large groups including young people. 

• Enjoys delivering front led & interactive content.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills .

• Excellent programme/ project / event management skills . 

• Self-organised with an ability to prioritise

• You must have a valid driving licence

• Energised by interacting with our young people and enjoys delivering fantastic professional customer service. 

• Able to work proactively to overcome obstacles to achieve the organisation’s goals with a zeal for achieving excellence.

• Comfortable working in a changing environment using your initiative.

• Hold a undergraduate or post graduate UK degree  (Graduated within the last 5 years)

Desirable Skills and Experience

The most important things to us are: Your passion for our mission, your friendly can-do attitude, ability to connect with others (especially young people), excellent verbal and written communication, initiative, working hard and being organised. The below skills are desirable, but we will provide the right training for the right candidate if you don’t have some of the skills below.

·       Experience in managing social media, web CMS or digital apps.

·       Excellent IT skills (including Microsoft Suite, Zoom, Canva, and social media).

·       Data analysis and presentation.

·       Project management, particularly events planning and logistics and/or digital projects.

·       Knowledge of UK state education and Higher Education Sector, including widening participation and access schemes.

·       Experience working in the education sector (charity programmes, schools, universities).

·       Understanding of the university applications cycle and/or the advice & guidance required by schools and students to access higher education.

·       Knowledge of safeguarding practices for young people.

·       Understanding of the barriers faced by state-educated students in accessing more selective universities.

Essential Requirements

• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• Undergraduate or post graduate UK degree. (must have graduated within last 5 years– lived experience is essential for this role)
• Valid UK driving license