DEADLINE: 9am, Monday 7 July 2025

Hours: Full-time. You will be also be required to attend some evening events outside of core hours. 

Salary: Up to £90,000, including London Weighting if relevant 

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Benefits: Comprehensive pension scheme (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget, plus a funded place on Big 8 leadership training. 

Location: National/Hybrid. This role requires regular travel to London and regions across England. 

After passing probation, you’ll have up to four weeks ‘super remote’ working per year, where you can work anywhere in the world as long as you’re online for four hours of the UK workday.  

Holidays: 38 days per year, including our 3-day winter shut down and eight flexible bank holidays pro rata.   

Why we need you  

This is a new, senior role at the Fair Education Alliance that will shape and lead our regional collaboration model. You will report into, and work closely with Gina Cicerone, Co-CEO. 

You will lead the implementation of FEA’s regional place-based collaboration approach. This includes overseeing the establishment of three deep, regional partnerships with mayoral combined authorities to enable cross-sector innovation and collaboration to improve outcomes for children and young people. You will lead on the creation of the core components of this model, reviewing and adapting as the work develops, working with FEA members, local leaders and young people to drive equity in education and employment outcomes. Each deep partnership will have its own Head of Region, to co-direct this work alongside you and a small central team. 

You will also be responsible for leading a peer network, enabling shared learning across mayoral combined authorities and utilising their collective insights to shape national policy and practice.