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Help shape the future of teacher development by creating inspiring, evidence-informed content that supports great teaching, strong leadership and better outcomes for pupils.
About the Role
The National Institute of Teaching is seeking a Content Designer to join our content team to support the development of a range of programmes, including ITE, PGCE, ECTP and NPQs, and help shape high-quality, evidence-informed professional development for teachers and school leaders across England.
We believe teaching is a fundamental societal good, a privilege and a responsibility. This belief sits at the heart of our work and informs the way we design learning that supports teachers and leaders to develop their expertise, improve outcomes for pupils and contribute to a stronger education system.
In this role, you will design and develop engaging, rigorous content across a range of formats, including online self-study, seminars, coaching and immersive experiences. Working closely with subject experts, teachers, leaders and academics, you will translate evidence and expertise into accessible, impactful learning that supports excellent practice in classrooms and schools.
You will apply instructional design best practice, embed insights from research and contribute to ongoing programme improvement by testing new approaches and incorporating evidence into future iterations. This is an opportunity to influence programmes with a lasting impact on the teaching profession and to help share learning across the wider education system.
Contract: Fixed-term contract for four years due to funding.
Location: Hybrid – within commuting distance of one of our campuses.
Essential Criteria
- A commitment to the aims of the National Institute of Teaching.
- Educated to level 7 or higher, with experience of academic reading and writing at Level 7 or higher.
- Experience of designing materials for NPQs, ECTP, initial teacher training, PGCE or other higher education programmes.
- A proven track record/a minimum of 2+ years of experience in the development of educational materials, including presentations, e-learning material, checklists, participant guides, and other materials used in training and development.
- Understanding of instructional design methods, theories and best practice.
- Experience of designing materials that involve critical reflection.
- Experience in the education sector, ideally as a teacher, leader or instructor.
- Ability to train and support others, including teachers, school leaders and content design colleagues, to deliver materials that integrate critical reflection at Level 7 with QTS-aligned classroom practice.
- Ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group of key stakeholders.
- Excellent track record of delivery on collaborative projects against tight timelines.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of designing materials that support Level 7 Master's assessments and an understanding of how to integrate this with QTS-aligned classroom practice.
- Experience of working within a Lead Provider/sub-contractor delivery model or with DfE-funded programmes.
- Familiarity with the regulatory environment for higher education and Initial Teacher Education (ITE), including Office for Students (OfS) requirements.
- Previous exposure to or experience with User Experience (UX) Design and Design Thinking.
- Experience of designing interventions for research purposes and disseminating findings successfully.
- Experience of schools, especially those that face challenges, such as those in ‘cold spots’.
Key Benefits
- Generous annual leave – 27 days’ holiday a year (plus 8 bank holidays), rising to 33 days after five years’ service.
- Flexible working – we offer flexible start and end working times, with hybrid working in place for all roles.
- Pension – entry to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Salary sacrifice schemes – we offer salary sacrifice schemes for bikes, cars and tech!
- Lifestyle benefits – we offer discounts on gyms, cinema, retail and much more!
- Parenthood leave – we offer above the statutory minimum for maternity, adoption and paternity leave.
- Working environment – we have a stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
- Support – our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
- Development – we fully support the development of our staff and ensure that you have a high level of continuous professional development.
We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities.
For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.
Closing date: 5 September 2026.
Interview date: w/c 14 September 2026.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Candidates must already have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
This post requires a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), and a Children’s Barred List Check and Occupational Health Check are required as a condition of employment.
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PURPOSE OF ROLE
As part of Caudwell Youth’s five-year strategy to Go National, this role will lead the development and delivery of the organisation’s first online mentoring service.
The Project Manager for Online Services will oversee the pilot, implementation and ongoing management of the programme, ensuring safe, accessible and high-quality support for young people. Working closely with the Deputy CEO and internal teams, the role will shape the future of Caudwell Youth’s digital support offer.
Key Duties
- Lead the pilot and implementation of Caudwell Youth’s national online mentoring programme.
- Manage the digital platform where the online mentoring will take place, ensuring it operates effectively and provides a user-friendly service.
- Working in conjunction with internal teams to develop evaluation and evidence outcomes of the pilot.
- Oversee the day-to-day delivery of the online mentoring programme, ensuring safe, consistent and effective support for young people.
- Understand and analyse user journeys, using the data and insight to shape current programmes and ensure continuous improvement of online services.
- Identify opportunities to expand reach and accessibility for young people who may face barriers to in-person support.
- Ensure robust safeguarding practices within digital mentoring environments with support from Deputy CEO.
- Ensure the programme provides consistent, safe and effective support for young people.
- Monitor programme performance and contribute to evaluation and reporting for internal learning and funders.
Coordination & Development
- Develop processes, guidance and resources to support safe and effective online mentoring.
- Develop and coordinate collaboration with stakeholders
- Carry out user research and usability testing with young people and mentors to continuously improve the service.
- Support the recruitment, onboarding and training of volunteer mentors delivering online mentoring.
- Provide guidance and support to volunteers to ensure they feel confident delivering mentoring in a digital environment.
- Develop and maintain risk management processes specific to online delivery.
Partnership & Liaison
- Communicate technical requirements and flag any issues to the online mentoring platform provider, to ensure the platform supports safe and effective service delivery.
- Collaborate with the team, and stakeholders in the design phase on the platform
General
- Undertake and identify training as required and take a positive approach to personal development.
- Fulfil the duties and responsibilities of an employee as regards to Health and Safety at Work, including own safety and self-management.
- Undertake any other reasonable tasks deemed necessary.
Experience & Skills (Essential):
- Experience delivering or managing online or digital services, ideally within a support, education or youth-focused environment.
- Experience managing projects from development through to implementation, including coordinating multiple stakeholders.
- Experience supporting, coordinating or supervising volunteers or frontline staff.
- Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate teams and manage competing priorities.
- Ability to work collaboratively with technical teams (developers, designers or platform providers) with an understanding of user experience and accessibility.
- Experience carrying out user research or usability testing, and gathering data, feedback and evaluation to review and improve services.
- Ability to develop and implement processes and systems to support effective programme
Experience & Skills (Desirable):
- Experience working with young people, mentoring programmes, or wellbeing services.
- Knowledge of digital safeguarding and managing risk in online environments.
- Experience developing or launching new services, pilots or programmes.
- Experience working within a charity or non-profit organisation.
- Experience delivering or supporting national or remote services.
Why Work For Us
We are an experienced team that are dedicated to improving the lives of the young people we support.
Benefits:
- Flexible working
- Hybrid – working from home and in the community
- Private Healthcare (including Employee Assistance Programme and extended counselling sessions)
- Life Insurance
- Group Personal Pension with a 5% employer contribution and Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- 25 days annual leave (FTE) plus bank holidays, plus charity closure between Christmas and New Year
- Extra paid day off on your birthday
- Paid day off for volunteering in your community
- Training opportunities to support your personal development
- Employee discounts on everyday goods and services
- Being part of a passionate and dedicated team
Caudwell Youth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
As an organisation supporting young people with care experience, with mental health and those at risk of criminal exploitation and offending, we are keen to receive applications from those with lived experience. For those who are care experienced, we will guarantee an interview.
We actively seek to bring diverse perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from disabled people and those from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds and LGBTQIA+.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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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!
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)
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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)
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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 offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun
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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 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.