Success Projects Coordinator

The Brilliant Club
Recruitment Pack

Success Projects Coordinator
(Maternity leave cover)

January 2026

Registered Limited Company: 07986971

Registered Charity: 1147771 (England and Wales), SC048774 (Scotland)

Registered Office: Fivefields, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0DH

Success Projects Coordinator
Start Date: March 2026 (or as soon as possible following this)
Salary: £11,193.60 per annum - 0.4 FTE salary pro-rated from £27,984 (plus £2,000 London
weighting for those living in London and within the M25).
Contract Type: Part Time, Fixed Term maternity cover contract until end of February 2027

About the role
We are excited to be recruiting a 0.4 FTE Success Projects Coordinator to join the Success Projects
team.

The role will support the delivery of success projects. This will include supporting with our university
transition programme, Join the Dots, alongside supporting bespoke projects delivered in
partnership with universities and schools that sit outside the charity’s established programmes.
Priorities for the team include delivering and evaluating Join the Dots at a high quality, ensuring
good engagement in our programmes, and prioritising projects that address discrete inequalities
(for example, working with mature learners and young people who have been in local authority
care).

This role will support the delivery of projects to support these priorities. This includes working with
partners to define the scope and objectives of projects, working with colleagues across other
teams in the charity to deliver projects and managing the logistics of project delivery.

About you
The role will best suit someone who:

•  Can communicate effectively with staff and stakeholders.
•  Has excellent attention to detail and record keeping.
•  Has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission
•  Adhere to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual and

complete information security training

•  Has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ICT systems, including CRM

software.

•  Has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission

About The Brilliant Club
What we do
Access to higher education and the life-changing opportunities that come from attending the
most competitive universities is not equal. 28 in 100 of the most advantaged students progress to
the most competitive universities. In contrast, only 2 in 100 of the least advantaged young people
access these universities.

We think this is fundamentally unfair. We work across the UK to support less advantaged students
to access the most competitive universities, and to succeed when they get there.

Between 2021 and 2026, we will work with 100,000 students across the UK to help them to develop
the knowledge, skills and confidence to access the most competitive universities. We will also
support 10,000 students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed once they enter
universities.

We hope that you’ll consider joining us, as we work to create a fairer society where no child’s
education is limited by their background.

Working for us

•  Hours: 15 hours per week Monday to Friday, flexible working with 10am – 3pm core hours,

some evenings and weekends required.

•  Benefits include: 36 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year
up to a maximum of 41 days, employer contribution to pension, interest-free season ticket
loan, five professional development day allowance, BUPA health cover cash plan.

•  We’re happy to talk flexible working. We have offices in Leeds and London.
•  After your first month in this role, we expect you to be connecting face-to-face with

colleagues on at least one day per week. In your first month, we’ll ask you to be in offices a
little more regularly than this to make sure you’re getting to know your key colleagues and
feeling connected to the organisation.

Our values
The Brilliant Club has three core values that underpin how we work. We look for people who share
these values:

•  We get to a solution
•  We seek and act on the best data available
•  We understand that little things go a long way

“As the first in my family to go to university and having worked as a teacher in a

state school, I applied to join The Brilliant Club with a real passion for the
charity’s mission. I am grateful every day that I work at a charity that is
supportive of both professional development and flexible working, as well as
being full of kind and passionate colleagues.”

   Leanne, Chief Operating Officer

Diversity at The Brilliant Club
We mobilise the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most
competitive universities and succeed when they get there. We think it is important that our charity
reflects the lived experience of the communities we work with, and we want to be an
organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome
applications from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-binary
(LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families.

 “I am the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Engagement Lead at The
Brilliant Club. My role is to help make the charity an inclusive working
environment for all of our colleagues.  I work with our amazing Staff Networks
and colleagues in HR to ensure everyone at the charity has a sense of
belonging.”

Emily - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Engagement Lead

Safeguarding
The Brilliant Club is committed to proactively safeguarding children, beneficiaries and staff and to
taking reasonable steps to protect all those who come into contact with the charity from harm.
The safety and welfare of everyone affected by the charity’s activities, especially children, is a key
governance priority.

As part of our recruitment and selection process and commitment to safeguarding, we will
undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check of all individuals in this role. Any offer of
employment will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure report.

Responsibilities
The following areas of responsibility are the core of the role. However, the role is flexible and will
vary according to the needs of the team, and the background and experience of the successful
applicant.

Programme / Project Delivery

•  Support members of the Success Projects team to ensure all strategic priorities are

delivered effectively, resulting in the best possible outcomes. This will involve creating
systems and processes to effectively liaise with team members across multiple office
locations and prioritise team support equitably

•  Support with the set-up and delivery of Success projects and Join the Dots including but

not limited to scheduling 1-1s, sending marketing emails, school/college contact mapping,
creating and sending surveys and maintaining information on The Brilliant Club’s CRM
software.

•  Support with the creation of documents and correspondence for different stakeholders

including pupils, teachers, PhD coaches and university colleagues, in particular supporting
with the formatting project resources and feedback reports

•  Prepare project invoicing records for finance team (providing guidance to team and

supporting correction of errors)

•  Prepare coach pay records for finance team each month (providing guidance to team

and supporting correction of errors)

•  Work with Tutor HR team to ensure PhD tutors participating in Join the Dots and success

projects have completed required HR checks and training modules

•  Leading on processing school and student sign-ups for our UniPrep programme.

•  Support the matching undergraduate and coach process for our Join the Dots

programme.

Data reporting and tracking

•  Create and maintain programme management and data management dashboards on

The Brilliant Club’s CRM software

•  Supporting with the creation and formatting of Impact Reports across Join the Dots and

Success Projects

Technology support

•  Support with troubleshooting issues including responding to stakeholder queries

•  Supporting with set up and tech support for webinars. For example, our UniPrep zoom

webinars aimed at Year 12 and 13s.

Stakeholder management

•  Support the Success Projects team to maintain relationships with schools, undergraduates,

coaches and universities. This may include responding to correspondence, calls and
queries at events

•  Lead on monitoring and responding to correspondence through the shared Projects

mailbox

Wider team support

•  Support the Success Projects team in their daily activities which may include scheduling

meetings, taking minutes, providing calendar support and tracking actions

•  Across the charity we all pitch in to help different teams and areas of work. This may mean
you attend and support with the delivery of other teams’ activities and events. From time
to time, you may also work with another team for a fixed period of time, or collaborate on
a project to ensure we deliver for the young people we serve. We think this is a good way
to gain experiences in different areas of the organisation and enhance your professional
skills

Person specification
Time and Resource Management
•  Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
•  Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resource.

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management
•  Comfortable handling external and internal enquiries, including connecting them with the right

person.

•  Understand the main stakeholders at The Brilliant Club

Communication
•  Writes and speaks clearly, coherently, and accurately.
•  Adheres to rules and policies for confidentiality, data protection and information security.

Identifies problems, suggesting possible solutions.

Initiative and Problem Solving
•
•  Effectively uses systems and structures to solve problems in a timely manner.
•  Actively looks for ways to help others, seeking advice and permission as required.

Developing Self and Others
•  Self-reflective and committed to own professional development.
•  Supports personal development of team, drawing on own experience and the experience of

others.

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills
•  Essential – adhere to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual

and complete information security training

•  Essential – Can communicate effectively with staff and stakeholders.
•  Essential – Has excellent attention to detail and record keeping.
•  Essential – Has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission

Role specific Experience and Qualifications
•  Essential – Has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ICT systems, including CRM

software.

What comes next
To apply: Please submit your application by clicking here. As part of your application, you will be
asked to submit your CV and complete the answers to some application questions.
Deadline: 9am on Monday16 February 2026.
Interviews: First round: Monday 23 February 2026, Second round: Monday 2 March. Interviews will
take place virtually on Microsoft Teams.
For more information: Visit our website or email recruitment@thebrilliantclub.org.