Job Description

Title:

Senior Programme Manager (Resilient Communities) - North Birkenhead - Cradle to Career

Reports to:

Regional Programme Director LCR

Contract type:

2-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Hours:

Full Time 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday

Location:

Contractually based from our Liverpool office, with some flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval. Travel across RTS programme delivery as required.

Salary:

Grade 2 44,720 - 48,332 FTE salary, (5% employer pension contribution, Medicash and group life assurance, 27 days annual leave per annum for FTE plus bank holidays)

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Role Summary

Right to Succeed is committed to ensuring every child and young person is supported to thrive, no matter their background or circumstance. The North Birkenhead programme has been at the heart of this mission, working with local communities, partners, and systems to bring about meaningful, place-based change across the area. Now in its sixth year, the programme is entering a pivotal phase, shifting its focus from delivery to the establishment of a resilient community. This transition will ensure that the progress, partnerships, and impact developed over the past six years are not only sustained but continue to grow well beyond Right to Succeed's backbone delivery team.

We are seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead this next phase of the journey. This role will be central in helping to embed the foundations for long-term success in supporting the community, local partners, and education teams to take shared ownership of the programme's outcomes, while ensuring the infrastructure is in place to carry forward the vision.

You will work closely with the North Birkenhead community (including residents, delivery partners, schools, the local authority, and voluntary sector organisations) to ensure the plans for sustainability are embedded in place based change principals, community-led, and aligned with existing local assets and structures.

This is a unique opportunity to embed learning into the policies, practices, and systems that shape children's lives. The role requires someone with strong relationship-building skills, strategic thinking, comfortable navigating complexity and a deep commitment to community led change within a programme that has built a solid foundation of trust, collaboration, and evidence of impact. As this is a new role within Right to Succeed, we are looking for someone who is adaptable, open-minded, and comfortable working in an evolving context. You will bring curiosity and creativity to shaping the role, and be excited to help define and design a new direction for our work.

Link to full job description and person specification:

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Background checks

Due to the nature of the role and the work Right to Succeed carries out we will ask the successful candidate to complete an Enhanced DBS check and any offer of employment will be subject to this background check, along with references from previous employers and checks on their right to work in the UK.

As an equal opportunity employer Right to Succeed does not discriminate against those with criminal records and any information disclosed on the background check will only be considered against the risk that could be posed to our staff members or the recipients of our work, and we comply in principle with the DBS Code of Practice.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please submit a CV and a supporting statement including your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role to recruit@righttosucceed.org.uk by

9:00am on Friday 14th November 2025.

Your supporting statement must not exceed two pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification. This is also your opportunity to evidence the written communication skills that will be necessary for the role.

Unfortunately, we can't consider any candidates who do not submit a supporting statement.

Right to Succeed reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier without prior notice. This decision may be made for various reasons, including but not limited to changes in business needs or the identification of a suitable candidate. Candidates are advised to apply as early as possible.

If you need any advice or guidance on the application process, please contact recruit@righttosucceed.org.uk

Timetable

Applications invited by 9:00am on Friday 14th November 2025

First Stage Interviews: Wednesday 19th November & Thursday 20th November (Online)

Second Stage Interviews: Tuesday 25th November (In Person)

This will be a two-stage interview process with a task to be prepared for stage 2.

These dates may be subject to change.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 44,720.00-48,332.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Liverpool L3 1BP