Schools Coordinator

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Closing Date:

12 April 2026

Closing Date:

12 April 2026

• Annually:£28,337 full time equivalent plus £500 home user allowance.
• Region:South West & Channel Islands
• Location:Dorset
• Department:Local Services
• Vacancy Type:Fixed Term
• Working hours per week:35
• Duration of Fixed Term:31/8/2027
• Closing Date:12 April 2026

Schools Coordinator

Annually

£28,337 full time equivalent  plus £500 home user allowance.

Location

Dorset

Department

Local Services

Vacancy Type

Fixed Term Contract until 31/8/2027

Vacancy End Date

12th April 2026

Hiring Manager

Michelle Green

Reason for Recruitment

Secondment of existing post holder

We are recruiting for a Schools Coordinator post in the following region and area:

South West and Channel Islands – Dorset

1xfull time 35 hpw, fixed term contract until 31/8/2027

• Home based.
• Must livewithin the advertised areas, as frequent travel is a requirement of the role.
• Access to a carfor work traveland broadbandareessentialfor the role.

About the role and the Schools Service:

Would you like to drive forward NSPCC's schools offer?

In 2021, the NSPCC announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact we can to stop child abuse and neglect. Our Local Services teams are an essential part of how NSPCC's three main strategic goals will be delivered:

• Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
• Every child is safe online.
• Children feel safe, listened to and supported.

Local Services brings together our work in schools, local campaigning and our direct services across 9 regions and nations. The Schools Service team plays an integral part of our mission as it's responsible for delivering the wider schools offer.

Do you; 

• have experience of delivering or arranging programmes in either an educational or safeguarding setting;

• work well towards set targets/KPIs and objectives;

• have experience of management, retention and recruitment of volunteers;

• have well-developed communication and influencing skills;

• have experience of following safeguarding procedures;

• work with diverse groups of people;

• have effective time management, planning and organisation skills;

• work well as a team and work well remotely?

If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position. 

As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours would be important to you. We want someone who will take a child-centred approach, has a strong belief in the rights of children, and has a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice.

Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator role will mainly be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list):

• Being the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings;

• Working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your line manager;

• Responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our Speak out. Stay safe programme;

• Overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7- and 9–11-year-olds);

• Actively engaging with and approaching secondary schools with our new Talk Relationships service and wider offer;

• Leading, supervising and supporting a team of high calibre schools service volunteers;

• Carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback;

• Ensuring training and sign off plans are in place for new volunteers, which may include some co-delivery with a Schools Coordinator in schools for some areas;

• Providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions;

• Planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies;

• Building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or actively stewarding our offer with stakeholders;

• Following NSPCC Schools Service safeguarding procedures to the required standards;

• Collaboration with internal colleagues across the organisation in region;

• Being an active contributor to priority projects;

• Commitment to continued professional development and practice sharing.

How to apply

We will only consider a fully completed standard NSPCC application form, including a supporting statement.

The supporting statement is where you can provide your experience and clear examples that demonstrate each point of the person specification (1 to 10). The person specification can be found at the end of the job description (downloadable from this vacancy page).

It is a good idea to follow the order of the person specification in your supporting statement.

Please remember to state the area and post you are applying for at the top of your supporting statement. 

Closing date: midnight on the last date advertised. 

We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria.

First stage Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams within two weeks of the closing date. Successful candidates from stage one will be invited to a second interview (dates tbc).

If you would like more information or to have an informal conversation about the role, please contact: michelle.green@nspcc.org.uk 

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

• Policy on storage handling use retention and disposal of DBS PVG and Access NI disclosures (227.92 KB)
• Our Benefits (5.84 MB)
• Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (268.33 KB)
• Safeguarding Statement (455 kB)
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices (943 kB)
• EDI Action Plan (677 kB)
• Becoming Trauma-Informed (3 MB)

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services