Planning Lead

Description

Salary: £69,080

Role duration: Permanent

Location: London, UK (Hybrid - 50% office attendance)

We are seeking a Planning Lead to join the Academy’s newly established Strategy and Planning team. This is a new role with real scope to strengthen how the organisation plans, coordinates and delivers its work.

You will support organisation wide planning and delivery by developing and maintaining shared plans and forward looks, tracking progress across programmes and projects, identifying risks and dependencies, and producing clear reporting for senior leaders and governance groups. Working collaboratively across teams, you will help embed effective planning disciplines and improve ways of working over time.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure, insight and momentum to a complex, missiondriven organisation.

Closing date for completed applications is 27 April 2026 at 17:00.

Interviews will likely be held on w/c 4 May 2026.

Requirements

Essential

• Project management experience working with planning, scheduling or delivery coordination in a complex organisation.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Proficiency in planning tools (e.g., shared trackers, dashboards, planning templates).
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly when managing schedules, risks and dependencies.
• Ability to produce clear, concise reporting for senior audiences.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate across teams without direct authority.
• Analytical and structured approach to problem‑solving, with sound judgement.

Desirable

• Experience working in a policy, academic, research or charity context.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies or PMO environments.
• Understanding of organisational governance cycles.

Benefits

We provide our staff with a comprehensive benefits package outlined as follows:

Competitive Rewards

• Generous pension scheme with flexible contributions – we contribute between 8% - 13% of your gross salary (with employee contributions of 3% - 8%)
• Life assurance at three times your salary

Work-life Balance

• Hybrid and agile working. 50% office attendance.
• 26 days annual leave, plus Christmas closure days and bank holidays
• Buying and selling leave
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to a qualifying period)

Wellbeing and Development

• Complimentary subscriptions to Headspace and Classpass to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Support through tailored learning and development

Additional Benefits

• A range of enhanced benefits become available once you’ve completed your probation period