Programme Coordinator

Job description

**Role purpose**
- Deliver support to schools and colleges to enable them to take a whole school approach to combat sexism and sexual harassment - including delivering teacher training, student workshops and intensive support meetings and developing resources.
- Deliver the Awards Scheme to recognise and reward schools and colleges that take outstanding action to combat sexism and sexual harassment.
- Write a report on tackling sexism and sexual harassment in the education system and undertake lobbying activities to encourage government and educational institutions to implement report recommendations.

**Job details**

**Job title**: Programme Coordinator (Schools)

**Reports to**: Acting**Director

**Salary**:£32,000 pro rata

**Hours**: Part-time; 21 hours per week (flexible hours - can be worked on 3 days or spread across 4 or 5 days)

**Location**: Flexible (home working, based in our co-working space in London or hybrid). Occasional office attendance desirable (e.g. once a month). Some travel to schools and other venues across the UK will be required (expenses will be paid for travel, excluding travel to the office).

The post-holder will work in a small team, reporting to the Acting Director and working alongside the Senior Programme Manager (Commercial Sexual Exploitation).

**About UK Feminista**

As part of our vision and in line with our partners, UK Feminista recognises prostitution, pornography and lap dancing as forms of commercial sexual exploitation. We further recognise a woman’s right to access a legal, free, safe abortion as fundamental to women’s reproductive rights.

**Our values**:

- **Feminist**:

- We are a feminist organisation which recognises and actively works against discrimination.
- **Collectivism -**We are compassionate and acknowledge our mutual responsibility to support one another, stay connected, share knowledge and contribute to collective efforts.
- **Adaptable** - We work flexibly and dynamically, taking initiative and staying curious so we can learn from each other and respond to our changing environment.
- **Professionalism** - We are a passionate team of experts motivated to deliver high quality, evidence-based campaigns with integrity. We are committed to collaborating with other experts and working to amplify the voices of survivors.
- **Ambitious** - We are bold and ambitious for change in society. We are also ambitious for our people, who we support to develop and thrive.

**Our current strategic priorities**:
**1. Combating commercial sexual exploitation** - our long-term goal is that the government adopts laws to effectively combat commercial sexual exploitation and support victim-survivors.

We work with survivors, policy makers and practitioners to combat commercial sexual exploitation. We provide the Secretariat for the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation. We also provide the Secretariat for A Model For Scotland and the Co-Secretariat for Not For Sale.

**2. Tackling sexism and sexual harassment in schools and colleges** - our long-term goal is that all schools and colleges take effective action against sexism and sexual harassment.

We conduct research, provide training and resources to schools, and run a national award scheme which recognises schools that take outstanding action against sexism.

UK Feminista is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, established for charitable purposes. Our work is governed by a Board of Directors.

Further information about UK Feminista’s work is available on our website.

**Job description**

**Key responsibilities**

Schools programme
- Lead on organising and delivering live teacher training - online and in-person
- Lead on organising and delivering in-person student workshops and student working party meetings
- Manage relationship with schools and colleges receiving intensive support and deliver regular support meetings to enable them to implement a whole school approach action plan
- Develop schools programme resources, case studies and training materials
- Gather evidence base on experiences of schools and colleges in combating sexism and sexual harassment
- Write and produce a report on combating sexism and sexual harassment in schools and colleges to disseminate nationally
- Undertake schools programme related direct and indirect lobbying activities in conjunction with team members and in line with lobbying strategy (including monitoring relevant parliamentary activity, writing letters, attending meetings, organising events, drafting consultation responses, drafting parliamentary briefings, writing parliamentary questions and drafting and distributing press releases and press quotes)
- Job share the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead with Acting Director and undertake safeguarding responsibilities to a high standard
- Build relationships with relevant external organisations (such as trade unions, charities and local authorities) and represent t