* Deadline to apply: Thursday 12th March, 11am
* Working: Part time, 24 hours per week*
* Staff benefits: 7.5% pension contribution, generous holiday leave, birthday leave, Christmas leave plus bank holidays, annual training budget, mentoring, and hybrid working.
* Based at: London-based / hybrid.
*Heard is trialling the Four-Day Week as part of our commitment to well‑being, sustainability and effectiveness. This means our full‑time equivalent has reduced from 35 to 32 hours, spread Mon – Thurs. Our trustees will review whether to permanently adopt Four-Day Week in March 2026, at which point we will work carefully with all our team to ensure all work patterns are sustainable for them, regardless of the decision. Learn more about the trial.
Accessing this recruitment process
If you require any reasonable adjustments during our recruitment processes, including assistance with reading this page or sending documents, please contact info@heard.org.uk.
About Heard
We are Heard the multi‑award‑winning charity helping people, organisations and the media tell stories that change hearts and minds.
In 2024, we sparked stories that reached a combined audience of 39 million: about poverty, climate change, migration, domestic abuse, sexual violence, the trans experiences and children’s palliative care.
We partner with storytellers across TV, film and news shaping popular culture – such as the BBC, Netflix, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, LBC, The Times, The Guardian and Paramount – to help them tell powerful and captivating stories at scale that make change feel possible.
We support, up‑skill and empower more than 600 professionals a year to embed framing into their everyday communications and champion narrative change in their own sector to make impact long‑lasting and sustainable.
We co‑create with people with lived experience to ensure their learnings are shared and their voices are fairly represented.
The role
This role will be working with the team to look after our cutting‑edge programmes which shift how we think, feel and act about children’s care and health in popular culture and public discourse, to help us build a society where every young person is able to live life to the fullest.
Programme Coordinators (PC) at Heard manage the day‑to‑day operations of the programme, and help plan and deliver activities aligned with programme strategy, working across all strands of our programme: media, sector training and trusted messenger work. This includes coordinating with colleagues, partners, and consultants to keep work moving smoothly and on track.
This is a varied, hands‑on role. PCs support programme delivery across multiple areas – from operational coordination and monitoring/tracking progress, to helping run events and activities, to contributing to communications that share learning and impact. The focus of this role will shift over time depending on the programme’s stage and needs.
Our values
We are brave. We think big because we know real change takes time. We take bold, ambitious steps forward to further our impact. We make space for difficult conversations and reflection.
We care for people. We create spaces where people feel safe, seen and heard. We support each other with compassion. We prioritise wellbeing, including our own. We practice boundaries, nurture our resilience, and intentionally find joy.
We are collaborative. We believe that collaboration sparks ideas, deepens understanding and drives impact. We bring together diverse perspectives, skills and experiences – to build more inclusive and effective solutions. We share our learning to further narrative change approaches.
We nurture creativity. We stay playful, curious and open‑minded. We make space for experimentation, and play to the creative strengths of partners and collaborators.
We listen. We listen to the people who are usually least heard. We support them to speak out, lead and take ownership. We know when to lean into our own experiences, when to lead and when to step aside. We stay accountable to the impact of our actions, not just our intentions.
Application process
To apply, please complete this application form. The application deadline is 11am on Thursday 12th March. Interviews will be held on the week commencing 23rd March.
Here’s more info about the form and application process:
Email info@heard.org.uk if the form or any part of the application process is not accessible to you (or if for any reason you are unable to set up a Google account).
The form will ask you to upload your CV and answer three application questions. We do not ask you to write a cover letter – just to answer these questions.
There will be application questions to answer.
We will review and score your application questions anonymously to counter unconscious bias when we assess applications.
In the form, we’ll also ask about any adjustments or support you may need to ensure the recruitment process feels inclusive to you.
We look forward to hearing from you – best of luck!
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