Education & Community Inclusion Lead (Maternity Cover)
Salary £ 35,000-£37,000
Sale Sharks Training Ground
Vacancy listed 07/05/2025
Application deadline 01/06/2025
Details

The Education & Community Inclusion Lead will develop and deliver the strategic direction of both the Education and Community Inclusion departments at Sale Sharks Foundation. This includes developing the Foundation's Education department, focusing on alternative provision for primary and secondary education aged children, as well as our Hitz programme for 16–19-year-olds. The role involves working closely with the Community Inclusion Manager and team to develop and monitor projects/programmes around disability, social inclusion, health, and wellbeing.

 
This is an exciting time for an experienced leader to join the Foundation and help us achieve our strategic direction goals across the education and community inclusion space. 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 
Education Design and Development
•    Lead the design and development of innovative educational programmes and initiatives.
•    Expand and enhance alternative provision offerings for primary and secondary education, both in-school and out-of-school.
•    Collaborate with educational institutions to align programmes with educational standards and best practices.
•    Design and lead new programmes and initiatives towards education, including the development and roll out of our paid education provision programmes mixing rugby with curriculum skills, such as numeracy. 
 
Relationship Management
•    Lead the strategic direction of the team, building strong relationships with internal and external organisations. 
•    Work with commercial partners to support key projects and secure long-term funding.
•    Establish and maintain effective partnerships with stakeholders in the Education and Community Inclusion sectors.
 
Leadership
•    Contribute to the Senior Leadership Team, managing budgets, and providing strategic direction and support.
•    Lead and motivate a diverse team, ensuring alignment with the Foundation's vision, values and strategic direction.
•    Manage multiple departmental budget streams, setting and meeting targets.
 
Development and Implementation
•    Seek out and develop new funding applications to support the future ambitions and sustainability of the Foundations Education and Community Inclusion.
•    Ensure health and safety protocols are in place for all activities across Education and Community Inclusion.
•    Support the Community Inclusion Manager to Design and lead new programmes and initiatives. 
 
Monitoring & Evaluation
•    Maintain accurate records and data collection for all grants and funding streams.
•    Track and deliver against KPIs associated with grant funding. Providing KPI’s updates to the CEO and Trustee’s on request.
•    Design and implement monitoring and evaluation systems for all programmes, working with colleagues to add consistency across the organisation and industry recognised measures.
•    Design and implement monitoring social impact and wider outcome measures associated with community delivery.
•    Produce reports to present findings to grant and funding partners.
 
It is expected that the role may, on occasions, include working evenings and weekends including match days. This will always be agreed in advance with time off in lieu offered.
 
This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect the range of duties the post-holder will perform. 
 
It is key to this role that candidates:
 
•    Always demonstrate the Sale Sharks Foundation values.
•    Promotes Sale Sharks Foundation’s brand and ethos in a professional and positive manner.
•    Be committed to applying and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion as Sale Sharks Foundation and comply with all Charity policies and procedures.
•    Act in line with the Foundations code of conduct always showing professionalism in all environments we work across, acting as role models for our community.



Benefits

25 days annual (3 to be taken between Christmas and New Year), with additional leave after 3 and 5 years of service.
£240 per year (Pro-rata, claimed monthly) wellbeing benefit.
3% Pension contribution.
2 free tickets per game (Men’s & Women’s).
Kit provided worth in excess of £300.
20% discount on the staff shop.
Access to Sale Sharks High Performance Gym after 4pm.
Opportunity to buy into Sale Shark performance meal prep on site.
Flexible working (where possible around delivery needs).
Dogs allowed in the office/outdoor kennels (behaviour permitting).
Free tea & coffee in the office.
Free onsite parking.
Health insurance through Vitality, including access to the Headspace app, discounted gym memberships, free weekly coffee and film rental, health checks, employee assistance, and discounts on health and wellbeing products (upon successful completion of probation period).
Annual reward and recognition awards.
Access to e-learning platform.
Bi-annual all staff training days & Foundation socials.
Other CPD opportunities throughout the year.

Notes

We are ideally looking to fill this vacancy, to start on 1st July.
We will begin interviewing as soon as strong applications are received and will close the vacancy once a suitable candidate is found. We encourage early applications.

Full-time, Fixed Term maternity cover up to 3rd July 2026 *
*Open to Part Time - 4 days, 30hr/week

Attached documents
Title File
EDI Form EDI-monitoring-form-branded_(1).docx
Job Description Education__Community_Inclusion_Lead_(Mat_cover).pdf
SHARKSWATCH_2024 Shark_Watch_2024.pdf
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