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Centre Leader

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
11/09/2026
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 02/10/2026 09:00
Salary:
£37,300 per annum
Job Category:
Education
Vacancy ID:
301856
Employment Location:
Sunderland
Closing date:
2 Oct
Further Information

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 60,000 young people each year at its 46 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a permanent role as Centre Leader at our brand new IntoUniversity centre in Sunderland . You will have responsibility for setting up, launching and running your IntoUniversity centre, including managing your team, planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders and meeting IntoUniversity’s targets for delivery.

A substantial element of this role is delivering our education programme to children and young people aged 7-18, so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people, including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.


The role at a glance:

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Start date: November 2026

Application deadline - 9am Friday 2nd October 2026

Interview day (in-person) - Thursday 15th October 2026

Please ensure that you are available on these dates


Working hours:
 
  • Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00
  • Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30

(Some additional weekend & unsocial hours will be required)


Centre Leaders are based at one of our IntoUniversity learning centres and work directly with young people, schools and families on a daily basis. It is therefore not a hybrid role and is based full-time in our centres


Location

IntoUniversity Sunderland

The role requires intermittent travel in your region (usually within the day). Periodic travel out of the area is also required e.g. to London, this may include occasional overnight stays.


Salary

£37,300 per annum


Annual leave

33 days (inc bank & public holidays) (pro rata for part-time staff) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)


Staff benefits
 
  • Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
  • Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
  • Summer working hours (finish at 1pm on Fridays for six weeks in the summer), pro-rated for staff joining after January in the same year
  • Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support
  • Life Assurance scheme with Aviva including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
  • Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
  • Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
  • Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

 
Please note
This job is closed for applications.
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