Head of Programmes

LMK (Let Me Know)
Head of Programmes

●  Part-time (28 hours per week, can be worked flexibly over 4 or 5 days

depending on candidate preference)
●  £45,000 pro rata (£36,000 for this role)
●  Working from home, but with regular travel around London so must be based

in or near London
●  Permanent contract

About LMK
Good relationships shape our health and happiness, yet we are taught so little
about them. LMK (Let Me Know) is on a mission to change that. We are a young
and thriving charity providing education about healthy and unhealthy behaviours

so that young people have the knowledge and skills to avoid abuse and thrive in
their relationships. We work in schools and community organisations across
London.

LMK is growing at pace and we are ambitious in our plans for the future. We’ve

already engaged 21,000 young people and professionals in our workshops in our
first 5 years and we want to reach a further 18,000 young people over the next two
years.

We will achieve this by engaging new schools, community groups and workplaces

in our offer, whilst also continuing to provide a high-quality service to those who
have already experienced LMK workshops, embedding our programme into their
annual delivery plans. Further information about our programmes can be found
here.

We have:
✔ A clear plan of who we want to target for our workshops over the next 3 years
✔ An engaged leadership team and Board of Trustees
✔ A talented group of freelance LMK Leaders (trainers) leading our workshops
✔ A diverse and talented Youth Advisory Board, helping shape our programmes
✔ Diversity and strong social purpose
✔ An organisational strategy that sets our vision from 2024-2027
✔ A new CRM system that has been built to support our ambitions

Job Description

The Head of Programmes is a senior leadership role, responsible for shaping and

driving LMK’s education programme strategy in order to expand our reach,
leading a high-performing delivery team, and ensuring excellence, consistency
and impact across a wide range of delivery settings. As a member of the senior
management team, the Head of Programmes contributes to organisational
strategy, cross-organisational decision-making and external representation.

Leading a passionate and talented team of employees and freelance youth

workers (LMK Leaders), and working closely with the Research and Evaluation
Manager, Community Engagement Manager and our Youth Advisory Board, this
role is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of our programmes. They work
closely with the Fundraising team to identify funding opportunities, and project
manage the delivery of secured projects.

As we move into the next phase of our development, the role includes expanding

the delivery of high quality education workshops for young people outside London
and supporting ongoing conversations to embed learning through the provision
of digital resources for young people and the trusted adults around them.

This role is an important ambassadorial role for LMK, bringing gravitas and insight

from your experience of designing and delivering programmes for young people
across education, youth and community settings to evidence LMK's impact to
fellow education professions, youth workers, funders, and the media.

The Head of Programmes acts as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for

LMK, collaborating with the CEO (Deputy DSL) and two Designated Safeguarding
Officers (DSOs) to ensure our practice is safe.

Key Responsibilities

●  To lead, develop and deliver LMKs high quality education programmes for

young people and the trusted adults around them, ensuring our
programmes are responsive to the changing experiences of young people
and the feedback from our programme evaluation

●  To provide inspirational and values-led leadership to the programmes
team, creating a culture of high support, high challenge, reflection and
continuous improvement.

●  To recruit, induct, manage and support a talented and diverse team of

employees and freelancers (approx 40 people with direct line
management of three reports)

●  To act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for LMK, working closely with
the Lead Trustee for Safeguarding, the CEO, DSLs and all staff to ensure our

safeguarding policies are robust, fit for purpose, and understood by

everyone at LMK

●  To work closely with the LMK fundraising team to contribute to the

development of projects for funding purposes, attend meetings with
prospective funders, ensure funded projects are delivered in line with our
grant agreements, and share insights from delivery to support the
fundraising team with reporting and building funder relationships
●  To act as an ambassador and spokesperson for LMK, attending and
speaking at relevant conferences to highlight our work, expand our
networks and ultimately reach more young people

●  To play a key role in shaping LMK’s strategy
●  To attend Board of Trustee meetings as required, providing updates and

inputting to their conversations

●  Working with our Youth Participation Manager, to engage and collaborate
with our Youth Advisory Board (YAB) to ensure there is a strong element of
young people’s voices in all our programme content

●  Working with our Marketing and Communication Team, support our

communications strategy by ensuring the Programme Delivery team
provides regular quotes, case studies and updates for use in our external
communications

●  Work collaboratively with the Research and Evaluation team to ensure that
Leaders are trained in data capture processes and are accurately carrying
out monitoring activities. Support the development, testing and delivery of
new research and evaluation resources.

Overall

●  Comply with LMK policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, health

& safety, confidentiality, complaints and data protection

●  Work in a way that celebrates diversity, upholds LMK values and respects

everyone that LMK interacts with

●  Have flexibility in your availability - whilst LMK’s core hours are 9am-5pm
Monday to Friday, some of the work happens in evenings and weekends.
You will need to be able to schedule your time to ensure you are available
for key meetings, whether they are during the day, evenings or at
weekends.

Person specification

●  Strong understanding of RSHE / relationship education and proven

experience of integrating RHSE requirements in youth, community or social
impact programmes.

●  Demonstrated success in designing and delivering impactful,

large-scale, youth-focused education programmes (face-to-face and
online) in one or more of the following settings: education, youth services,
community or voluntary sector, or local authority.

●  Significant senior leadership experience, with responsibility for strategy,

people, quality and performance across a programme or service.

●  Strong people management skills, with a track record of effectively

leading and supporting teams.

●  Experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), with a thorough

understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and good practice, and a
commitment to continuing professional development in this area.

●  Excellent communication skills, with experience of public speaking at

conferences and events.

●  Excellent digital and IT skills, with proficiency across core Microsoft Office
and Google Workspace applications; experience of using CRM systems is
desirable.

Safeguarding
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

In return for your dedication, we will offer you
✔ The opportunity to help prevent relationship abuse and domestic violence in
young people
✔ A diverse, bold and collaborative culture
✔ A commitment to supporting continuous professional development
✔ Working from home
✔ A genuinely flexible working environment based on a 35 hour work-week for full
time staff
✔ Pension of 6%
✔ 32 Days of annual leave, (including bank holidays) – pro-rated for this role
✔ Employee Assistance Programme
✔ Cycle to work scheme
✔ Wellbeing days

We’re a bold, collaborative, and receptive team who live the 10 signs of healthy

relationships we teach. You’ll join a culture that values honesty, fun, kindness,
and trust as much as impact

Recruitment Timeline

Vacancy closing date: Sunday, March 22, 2026,  11:30pm

First round interview date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Contact email: info@justletmeknow.org