Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) Contract: 1 year, fixed-term, maternity cover contract from January 2026. Reporting to: Programme Manager, Education & Culture Salary: £29,685 per annum Application deadline: 12pm, Monday 10 November 2025 Do you have experience of supporting large scale creative programmes and share our vision for a world where all children and young people achieve their creative potential? We’re looking for an experienced administrator with events experience and a great eye for detail, who can work proactively across a range of different projects and be a friendly, efficient and helpful first point of contact for programme partners and participants to join our team. About us: A New Direction is an award-winning charity working to enhance the capacity and agency of children and young people in London to own their creativity, shape culture, and achieve their creative potential. We’re a small, tight knit organisation who pride ourselves on our open and supportive working culture. You can read more about what it is like working with us and our recruitment process, on the Work with Us section of our website here. About the role: This role in our Education & Culture team will work mainly to support our Primary Arts programme, which is now in its second year of full-scale delivery following a successful pilot in 2023/24, and first year at full-scale in 2024/25. As Programmes Officer, Education & Culture, you will: Support programme planning processes, coordinate programme events and be a friendly first point of contact for programme participants and partners. Support programme development by contributing ideas and making suggestions. Work alongside the broader team to ensure that programmes are designed and delivered inclusively. Undertake a range of administrative tasks including data and database management, updating budgets, and using our CRM and other systems to keep programme planning and reporting up to date and support programme evaluation. Collaborate with a team of passionate colleagues who share a vision for a world where all children and young people achieve their creative potential. Please download the recruitment pack for full details about the key responsibilities for this role and the skills and experience we are looking for. Click here to download the Programmes Officer, Education & Culture Recruitment Pack (PDF) Click here to download a plain text version of the recruitment pack (Microsoft Word) How to apply: Please download the application form, complete, and when ready click the 'Apply for this job' button on this page to submit your application via our online form. Download Application Form On the application form you will be asked: for your employment history to share details of any relevant education, training or qualifications to write a supporting statement outlining how your skills, experience and approach would enable you to undertake the key responsibilities in the role for the contact details of two referees On the online form you will be asked: for your contact details to complete an equality and diversity monitoring form and to upload your completed application form. Please note: You are not able to save your progress on the online application submission form, so please make sure you have your completed application form (link above) ready to upload. We understand that people may use AI tools to support their applications. However, we’re keen to hear directly from you about why you’re a great fit for this role, so we encourage you to share your own voice and experiences, rather than relying solely on AI-generated content. Please do not upload a CV or covering letter. Only the information submitted in your application form will be used when assessing your application for the role Application deadline: 12pm, Monday 10 November 2025 Interviews: Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 November 2025 A New Direction is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We’re committed to making reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process and we will always do our best to make any reasonable adjustments to enable you to engage with our recruitment process. If you need any of the application documents in a different format or need support with your application, please get in touch or call on 0207 608 2132. Please note: when you press 'apply now' you may have to scroll up the page to see and submit the online application form. If you have any issues submitting your online form please get in touch at [email protected].