Project Officer, National Literacy Champions
Closing date: 10am, Tuesday 25 November 2025 Salary: £26,000 per year Hours: Full‑time, 35 hours per week : Fixed term role until end of January 2027 Location: Based in London SW8 / home and flexible working Interviews: Online, Monday 1 December 2025
We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life. Together we're helping people change their stories. You could join us to support our work with volunteers across the country.
What You'll Be Doing
Our Literacy Champions project trains, engages and supports volunteers to design new and exciting ways to promote literacy in their neighbourhood or workplace. This action includes everything from community book‑swaps and reading corners, to book gifting and reading groups. We are recruiting two project officers to help deliver this work, particularly as we scale up delivery during the 2026 National Year of Reading. Working as part of a small national team, you will be responsible for:
* Working with individual and corporate volunteers to identify volunteering opportunities;
* Providing training and continued support to volunteers;
* Mobilising key community partnerships;
* Ordering resources, processing safeguarding information and maintaining accurate records;
* Creating processes and support that enable volunteers to deliver sustainable projects and activities that improve literacy outcomes.
The role is based in our London office but is suitable for home and flexible working. You will need to be available to travel to London for staff and team days (approximately one day a week on average, travel costs not covered) and for national travel (all travel costs covered).
What We're Looking For
You will have experience planning and supporting project delivery or events, ideally in a charity or non‑for‑profit context, and excellent knowledge of safeguarding practice. You will also need good communication skills, organisational skills, adaptability and a problem‑solving mindset. Experience training, engaging and supporting volunteers is an advantage.
Why Our Work Is So Vital
Literacy changes everything. It gives people the tools to get the most out of life and the power to shape their future. It leads to better results at school, better jobs, and better opportunities. Without literacy, it is harder for children to grow up and achieve their potential.
What We Offer You
Our team is passionate about our mission and we have a strong, positive working culture based on shared values and respect. We offer flexible working options and a supportive workplace. In addition to a competitive salary, benefits include:
* Generous leave allowance totaling 39 days (including bank holidays and Christmas/New Year closure);
* Pension contributions of 8% of annual salary;
* Cycle‑to‑work scheme;
* Employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.
Application Details
Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We aim to increase representation of these groups among our staff because greater diversity leads to greater impact.
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