Head of Regional Partnerships (South)

Salary package: £53,354.70

Job location: South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol)

Fixed-term contract until 31 August 2026

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

As a Head of Regional Partnerships (South), you will oversee all Teach First's partnerships and growth in the regions for which you are responsible. This will include growing our partnerships with schools for all our programmes, as well as managing our partnerships to ensure successful delivery of our programmes delivered via Delivery Partners. You will drive our approach to partnerships in your region to reflect the local context and needs of our schools and pupils.

• Do you have direct experience of working in the education and/or social sector in leadership roles, including with Ofsted?
• Can you establish strong organisational partnerships to achieve shared goals, and work effectively across boundaries, directorates and teams?
• Do you have experience of creating and delivering on plans to achieve targets and identifying course correcting actions?
• Can you proactively meet the needs of customers and use data and other insights to improve customer service and satisfaction?
• Can you form and maintain impact focused professional relationships across teams, internal and external stakeholders?
• Do you have significant experience in building high performing teams in and creating a culture of excellence to enable successful achievement of our targets and plans?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Head of Regional Partnerships (South)!

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV ready to upload, along with a tailored cover letter that demonstrates how you meet our essential criteria. If you’re applying from an external job board, you’ll be redirected to our careers website. (Please note, we only accept applications through our careers website).

We expect interviews to be held on 29 and 30 July (in the afternoon).