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Overview of Organisation
Khulisa is a charity that works in mainstream secondary schools. We deliver a creative, therapeutic and evidence-based programme that helps to build young people’s social and emotional skills, and that increases their engagement and attendance in education.
We focus on delivering specifically to young people who have experienced multiple traumas and adversities and our programmes support both them, and their parents/carers and teachers/ schools, to grow in emotional literacy together. We intentionally wrap around a young person and create circles of containment and care as they face and work through their experiences and any resulting challenges. This is what drives us. We get the privilege of meeting the most incredible, resilient, reflective young people everyday in our programmes. It cannot be acceptable that because of their childhoods, they are so much more likely to lose access to the education they deserve and/or to end up in prison. We are determined to change this and we want to change it with them. This role is an opportunity to help us do this and to do it with a team that is passionate, creative and heavily committed to always learning and developing.
Role Summary
The Director of Programmes and Impact is a new role in the organisation and a senior leadership position. The role requires an individual who has the ability to think strategically and operationally. They will have a clear and demonstrable commitment to amplifying young people’s voices and experience working with youth justice charities and/or within the education or therapy sector. They will love to lead, taking a creative approach that is focused on high trust and high accountability.
They are responsible for developing Khulisa’s programmes portfolio, ensuring that we meet and exceed delivery objectives and have the strategic partners to do this. They’ll ensure we also achieve our key outcomes for young people and that youth voice is central to our work.
The role will line manage 2-3 Heads-of, ensuring that departments are working effectively, collaboratively and to a consistently high quality. As well as focusing on current capabilities and operations, the Director of Programmes and Impact will be ensuring Khulisa remains forward focused, building opportunities for partnerships with peer charities and education trusts, building our reputation and opportunities to generate systemic change, through collective impact and policy influencing.
Please download the attached recruitment pack for more detailed information about Khulisa and the role.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role (no more than 2 pages of A4) via the button below before the application deadline. You are also welcome to send us a video recording, lasting no more than 4 minutes, to the same email address in place of a covering letter.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please email info@khulisa.co.uk and we will organise a 15 minute catch up with our CEO, Jodie Wickers.
We look forward to receiving your application!
