Programme Talent Officer (FTC until June 2026) Teach First is a charity that believes education is the most powerful tool to help a child fulfil their potential. We find and train teachers to work in the schools that need them most, we equip school leaders with evidence-led training, we support local teacher training providers, and we plug education leaders into supportive professional networks. We are a community, working within the classroom and beyond, to bring an end to educational inequality. Because a child's future shouldn't depend on their postcode. The role The rundown: Teach First’s Training Programme is one of the UK’s largest teacher training providers and a highly- regarded graduate scheme, consistently ranked top 15 in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers. Programme Talent Officers source and support brilliant talent to join our programmes. You’ll be assigned either a portfolio of universities and/or recent graduate, young professional or career changer talent pools, and will be accountable for meeting a target volumes of hires. You’ll deliver a great candidate experience, particularly focused on innovative sourcing and effective post-offer contact. Our Programme Talent Officers have the opportunity to work in a truly hybrid way, as part of an org-wide culture that embraces agile working. You’ll spend engaging days at events, but also have real flexibility on how and where else to deliver your best work. The detail: day-to-day work • • • • • • • You’ll develop and bring to life your own strategy to source, convert and cultivate great talent at within your assigned portfolio/s, to meet your target volumes of hires. You’ll lead on a range of activities to source great talent, including organising presentations, network- ing events/workshops, headhunting, running activations/installations, attending careers fairs, etc. You’ll be the main point of contact for offer-holders, guiding them through regular check-ins. We pride ourselves on relationship-led recruitment, proactive- ly addressing barriers early, and ensuring our trainees are well-prepared to join our programmes. You’ll build and maintain an active network of stakeholders. This may include university careers services, academic or alumni departments and student societies, as well as vision aligned partners. You’ll be given opportunity to trial new, innovative approaches to recruitment, with a real focus on diversity and inclusion across your work. You’ll support the wider team’s success through ongoing project work – e.g. developing your own areas of expertise, leading training on them, supporting with developing new processes, etc. You’ll support with assessing at our development centres during peak times, and flex to provide additional support cross-directorate as needed. You’ll take ownership for: • Meeting ambitious targets in a competitive market. • Setting a bespoke strategy for your portfolio. • Bringing this to life through consistently engaging, memorable activities. 1 About you The Essentials: make sure you demonstrate these in your application. Even if you think you don't quite tick all the boxes we want to hear from you. More info on how the role fits in with the rest of the team and charity: You’ll report to: Programme Talent Manager This position is a level 2 role. Take a look at our role levels and where you’ll fit in. • • • • • • You’ll be passionate about working in recruitment, with a real enthusiasm to deliver the strongest candidate experience possible to our applicants. You’ll have prior experience of successfully working towards ambitious targets, able to consistently motivate yourself to reach goals. You’ll have proven experience of building and maintaining relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You’ll have prior experience of planning and organising a full workload, confident in managing your time well, with strong initiative and decision- making abilities. You’ll be able to overcome challenges and show resilience during periods of difficulty, uncertainty or change. You’ll be a confident and clear communicator, with experience of adapting your style and an ability to gain commitment from different audiences. The nice to haves: we want to hear from you even if you can’t demonstrate these yet. We’re looking for potential, so tell us about what you can bring to the role. • • You’ll have a strong working knowledge of student and graduate recruitment in the UK, including our key competitors. You’ll have prior experience of event management (planning, promotion, delivery and evaluation). The main responsibilities of this role are described here. As our needs as a charity change, we may need to make reasonable changes from time to time. We succeed when we work together. Here’s who you’ll be working with regularly: • Your fellow Programme Talent Officers, Associates (who support Officers’ sourcing activities) and our Application Management team. • Other internal teams within the Programme Talent directorate - e.g. Selection, Admissions and School Partnerships. • External stakeholders - e.g. Careers Services, academic departments, university societies. More about working for us There’s lots of great stuff about working here. For full details pop over to our webpages. Our culture: We live by our principles. They underpin our culture and identity. And inform everything we do. Find our more about our cultural principles Diversity and inclusion: We want to be a place where everyone can perform, learn and contribute with the confidence to be themselves. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are disabled; Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic; Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary, and related communities; and candidates whose socio-economic background reflects that of the pupils we work with. We’re committed to better representing the communities we serve. Find out more about what we’re doing to improve our diversity and inclusion. This role is suitable for agile and flexible working Our agile way of working gives you flexibility. Need to start late, finish early or fancy a change of scenery? That’s fine, our Agile Working policy focuses on what you achieve, not presenteeism. If you need a set and regular working pattern to support your life have a chat with us about flexible working options. Over 100 of us already have a flexible working agreement, with more than 70 different working patterns in place. We’re ready to hear your request. Find out more via our flexible working policy on our webpages. Our benefits: Our mission is critical and the work’s important, but so’s your life. We’ve put together a benefits package that means you can live and work well. Find out more on our Working at Teach First webpages. Registered charity no 1098294 3