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LE1, Leicester (Hybrid)
£48,000 per annum
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Head of Learning and Practice
Location:
Leicester Office, Hybrid + UK Travel as necessary.
Salary: £48,000 Per Annum
Terms: Full-Time, 36 Hours per week

Join Home-Start UK as Head of Learning and Practice to lead on the development, implementation and review of a high-quality practice, learning and development offer for local charities across the UK which make up the Home-Start network.

About Home-Start UK

Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and 178 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity. We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.

About The Role

The Head of Practice and Learning will lead on the development, implementation and review of a high-quality practice, learning and development offer for local charities across the UK which make up the Home-Start network. They will ensure that local trustees, leaders, staff and volunteers are empowered with knowledge, skills and confidence in their roles to deliver impactful services. This is a key role on Home-Start’s Leadership Team, shaping the organisation’s approach to evidence-informed practice, learning and development, and capacity building.

The role sits within the Network Impact Team, which supports and enables the quality, safety, sustainability and impact of the Home-Start federation, while nurturing strong relationships and trust across the network. The role holder will lead the Practice Team and the Learning and Development Team, and work closely with colleagues in Volunteering, Quality and Safeguarding, and Data and Impact, as well as in the wider Fundraising, Marketing, Communications, Policy and Infrastructure teams.

As a member of our leadership team, they will provide inspiring, strong and supportive leadership to colleagues, ensuring strong operational management of ongoing activities and planned projects. They will foster cohesion and alignment across Home-Start UK and the Home-Start network. They will work across the organisation and with partners to ensure practice and learning programmes evolve to meet emerging needs and to deliver meaningful, measurable change over time.

Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date:
 5pm, Friday 5th September 2025
First stage interviews will be held virtually on the 1st October 2025 and the second stage will be an in-person interview at our Leicester office on the 9th October 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Home-Start UK is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process.

The people at Home-Start are its most important resource. Home-Start UK has been accredited with Investors in People since March 2005, which recognises the commitment we give to developing our staff.

No agencies please.

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Home-Start UK View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 21 - 50
Posted on: 15 August 2025
Closing date: 05 September 2025 at 21:00
Job ref: 167506_HS
Tags: Policy, Training / Learning, Project Management, Advocacy, Business Development, Volunteering Management, Care Management, Operations, Brand, Business Intelligence, Compliance / Quality, Data Analysis, Engagement / Outreach, Information Management, Insights, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programme Management, Research, Strategy, Governance / Management