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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Head of Data
Remote (UK-based) | Full-time - £104,496 + benefits (including 4.5-day week and 11% employer pension)
Do your best work, for the right reasons.
We're looking for a strategic data leader to define Oak's technical data roadmap and data strategy, and shape how we use, govern and open up our data across our products, our AI and the wider education sector.
You'll lead our data department end-to-end, own data compliance and security, steer our data architecture, and build the open data products and standards that make Oak genuinely useful beyond our own platform.
This is a leadership role with real breadth and impact, grounded in a mission that matters.
Oak is a fully remote, mission-driven organisation offering high levels of flexibility, autonomy, and purpose. We're a national not-for-profit working in partnership with teachers to create high-quality, sequenced curriculum and lesson resources for pupils across all subjects and age groups.
Our culture has been independently recognised through:
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Flexa verified (93% overall score, including 95% for working hours and 97% for role modelling)
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Escape the City's Top 1% Employers – based on anonymous colleague reviews of culture, development, and impact
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Investors in People Gold - through external accreditation and colleague feedback
💡What you'll be doing:
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Develop and manage a high-performing data department, leveraging internal and/or external relationships.
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Lead the development of our data products (AI assets, open educational resources and datasets), collaborating with external partners including DfE Digital to develop high-impact, transparent datasets and standards.
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Manage the data department budget (minimum 6 figures), covering data tooling, cloud infrastructure, and contractor spend.
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Responsible for all decisions relating to the performance and function of the data department.
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Lead on data compliance, including GDPR and related regulation with copyright and third-party rights the priority alongside data protection, through end-to-end systems we can audit and evidence.
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Maintain specialist expertise in data and analytics and be an authority across Oak and more widely across the sector.
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Own the quality and integrity of the AI and algorithms we build, so they are accurate, fair and safe to put in front of teachers and pupils.
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As a member of the leadership team, contribute to the strategy, planning and model the culture of the organisation.
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Deputise for the Director of Engineering and take on other general responsibilities as required.
🌱 What we're looking for
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5+ years holding responsibility for data and analytics systems across a department, including at least 2 years defining strategy across multiple cross-functional teams.
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Experience of recruiting, developing and managing a high-performing data or analytics team.
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Experience of managing a six-figure budget.
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Experience of building data and AI/ML infrastructure, including training data pipelines, model evaluation, access control and data classification.
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Deep understanding of copyright and content licensing, and of data protection (GDPR and related regulation), with direct experience of owning compliance end to end.
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Experience building public-facing open data products and collaborating with external partners to develop high-impact, transparent datasets and standards.
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Experience of data security practices in a software engineering context, including access control, data classification and incident response.
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Familiarity with modern data stack tooling and the ability to make sound architectural decisions across a data estate.
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A good understanding of education policy and the UK education system (desirable, not essential).
The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute across all areas to ensure Oak's success. You will be comfortable moving quickly and with agility, and be confident working with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones, as required). You will continually look for ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively.
💛 Our Benefits
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25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28)
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Additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year
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11% employer pension contribution (with no minimum employee contribution, which can be varied as you choose). Please note this is a workplace pension rather than the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
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A 36-hour working week, with half-days on Fridays or every other Friday off.
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Fully remote working — we’ll support your home set-up and offer coworking options if preferred
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Twice-yearly in-person whole Oak offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun (with other occasional team events in person)
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A culture that genuinely supports flexibility, autonomy, and trust
🌈 Inclusion and Belonging
We believe diverse teams build better products. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the tech and education sectors.
If you're from an underrepresented group, there's a good chance you're discounting yourself before you've even started. That's more common than you'd think, and it means we may miss out on brilliant people. If you're excited by this role but don't meet every requirement, please apply anyway.
We use the Applied platform to help reduce bias in our hiring process. Answers are anonymised and reviewed by a panel of humans.
📌 Key Info
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Location: Remote, but you must be based in the UK with the legal right to work here
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Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time
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Closing date: We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the role early
If this sounds like the kind of role and team where you could do your life’s best work, we’d love to hear from you.
Next steps
You’ll answer a few admin questions and some questions related to your day-to-day job. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers (real humans), so it's your thinking that gets assessed, not your CV.
If you're shortlisted, we'll invite you to interview. We give everyone feedback at the end of the process.
Interview dates:
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Interview 1: Wednesday, 2 September and Thursday, 3 September 2026
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Final interview: Monday, 7 September 2026
If this sounds like somewhere you could do your life's best work, we'd love to hear from you.
We are receiving excellent responses to our job advertisements. This may lead us to close the role early, so if you are considering applying, don't leave it too long to avoid missing out.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Quality Assurance Analyst
Remote (UK-based) | Full-time | Fixed Term Contract to March 2027 | Salary: £59,995 + benefits including 4.5-day week and 11% employer pension
Do your best work, for the right reasons.
We’re looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst to help us build beautifully simple, high-impact digital products that support teachers and improve outcomes for pupils across the UK.
Oak is a fully remote, mission-driven organisation offering high levels of flexibility, autonomy, and purpose. We’re a national not-for-profit working in partnership with teachers to create the highest-quality, sequenced curriculum and lesson resources for pupils across all subjects and age groups.
Our culture has been independently recognised through:
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Flexa verified (93% overall score, including 95% for working hours and 97% for role modelling)
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Escape the City's Top 1% Employers – based on anonymous colleague reviews of culture, development, and impact
💡 About the Role
You’ll join our cross-functional team to build and improve the digital platforms that teachers and pupils rely on every day. Working closely with product managers, software engineers, designers, researchers, and curriculum specialists to ensure our products are high-quality, reliable, and user-friendly.
This is a hands-on role focused on validating features from a user perspective, refining definitions through a QA lens, and exploratory testing across our digital platforms. You'll also help champion a culture of quality and contribute to Oak’s values and wider success.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
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Validating product behaviour of new features from a user perspective and improving feature definitions by providing a QA perspective.
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Communicating and promoting quality as a culture across the engineering, design and product functions.
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Exploratory testing of user-facing web apps and internal content creation and management tools.
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As a member of the Oak Team, you will contribute to the wider success and culture of the organisation.
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Work in cross-functional and product-oriented squads with colleagues from across the organisation, as required.
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Support all work across the Product team and take on other general responsibilities as required.
🌱 What We’re Looking For
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Knowledge of testing web or mobile-based applications, including exploratory testing, triaging bug reports, identifying common threads in multiple bug reports, and creating well-structured bug reports with appropriate evidence and steps to reproduce.
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An understanding of accessibility concerns for web applications and how to assess them.
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The ability to design tests and work without test scripts or formal specifications.
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Familiarity with agile processes such as user stories, acceptance criteria and working in sprints with colleagues from other teams.
The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute across all areas to ensure Oak's success. You will be comfortable moving quickly and with agility, and be confident working with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones, as required). You will continually look for ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively.
💛 Our Benefits
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25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28)
-
Additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year
-
11% employer pension contribution (with no minimum employee contribution)
-
A 36-hour working week, with half-days on Fridays or every other Friday off
-
Fully remote working — we’ll support your home set-up and offer coworking options if preferred
-
Twice-yearly in-person offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun
-
A culture that genuinely supports flexibility, autonomy, and trust
🌈 Inclusion and Belonging
We believe diverse teams build better products. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the tech and education sectors.
If you're from an underrepresented group, there's a good chance you're discounting yourself before you've even started. That's more common than you'd think, and it means we may miss out on brilliant people. If you're excited by this role but don't meet every requirement, please apply anyway.
We use the Applied platform to help reduce bias in our hiring process. Answers are anonymised and reviewed by a panel of humans.
📌 Key Info
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Location: Remote, but you must be based in the UK with the legal right to work here
-
Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time
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Closing date: We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the role early
If this sounds like the kind of role and team where you could do your life’s best work, we’d love to hear from you.
Next steps
You’ll answer a few admin questions and some about your day-to-day job. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers (real humans), so it's your thinking that gets assessed, not your CV.
If you're shortlisted, we'll invite you to interview. We give everyone feedback at the end of the process.
We love giving feedback, so at the end of the application process, we'll share how well you performed.
Interview dates:
Interview 1: Tuesday, 8 and Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Final interview: Monday, 14 and Tuesday, 15 September 2026
We are receiving excellent responses to our job advertisements. This may lead us to close the role early, so if you are considering applying, don't leave it too long to avoid missing out.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Contract Type: Fixed Term 24 months
Location: Flexible - any of our King's Trust offices (a minimum of 2 days in the office)
Interviews: 9th & 10th September 2026
Use your technical skills to help young people build brighter futures.
At The King's Trust, technology has the power to change lives. Our digital products help thousands of young people access opportunities, connect with mentors and take the next step towards their future. We're looking for a talented Digital Developer to join our Digital Team and help shape the future of MyKT, our online portal for young people and mentors.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced front-end developer who enjoys building modern, accessible digital products, solving technical challenges and working as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team. You'll take ownership of technical delivery, helping us create high-quality digital experiences that make a real difference.
What you'll do
As a Digital Developer, you'll play a key role in developing and enhancing MyKT, working closely with product, design and content colleagues to deliver secure, scalable and user-focused digital solutions.
You'll:
- Build and maintain our MyKT portal using React, Next.js and Contentful, delivering high-quality, responsive and accessible digital experiences.
- Take ownership of technical delivery for assigned products, estimating work, resolving complex issues and delivering enhancements from design through to release.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to shape technical solutions that meet the needs of young people, mentors and colleagues across the Trust.
- Support quality throughout the development lifecycle by carrying out code reviews, maintaining technical documentation and working closely with testers during releases.
- Share your knowledge by supporting and mentoring our Junior Developer while contributing to a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team.
What we're looking for
We're looking for someone who combines excellent technical expertise with a passion for creating digital products that have a genuine social impact.
You'll bring:
- Strong JavaScript, React and Next.js development experience.
- Experience building content-managed or component-based digital products, ideally using a headless CMS such as Contentful.
- A good understanding of secure, scalable application architecture, APIs and modern CI/CD development practices using Git and Jira.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG), GDPR, OWASP security principles and age-appropriate design.
- Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, with the confidence to communicate technical ideas clearly and effectively.
Why join The King's Trust?
For almost 50 years, we've helped millions of young people build the confidence and skills they need to live, learn and earn. As a Digital Developer, your work will directly improve the digital services that support young people on that journey.
If you're passionate about building modern digital products that make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
What happens next?
Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need Developer - Digitals?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training.The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Developer - Digitals!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Registered Charity
More than 1000
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.