Join our team
The Fair Education Alliance (FEA) unites 300 member organisations under a shared vision that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background.
Our members (charities and social enterprises, think tanks, businesses and foundations, youth organisations, unions, universities and schools) are working collectively to create an inclusive system.
If you’re looking to join a values-led team that’s making an impact, read on!
Current vacancies:
Communications Officer
Contract: Permanent (subject to probationary period)
Hours: Full-time
Compensation: Up to £35,000, including London Weighting if relevant.
Comprehensive pension scheme (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget.
Location: National/Hybrid. This role requires regular travel to London and regions across England. After passing probation, up to four weeks ‘super remote’ working per year, where you can work anywhere in the world as long as you’re online for four hours of the UK workday.
Holidays: 38 days per year, including our 3-day winter shutdown and eight flexible bank holidays.
Start Date: November/December 2025 – or as soon as possible (to be agreed with the successful candidate).
Applications close: Monday 15 September (9am)
About the Role
The Communications Officer is a new role, supporting our neighbourhood to national strategy. You’ll report to our Head of Communications, providing essential communications work to enable cross-sector collaboration in and between Combined Authorities, as well as working on national campaigns. Key responsibilities include securing local, regional and national press coverage, creating and managing digital content, and planning communication strategies to reach target audiences. You’ll also research and produce high-quality case studies and impact stories that showcase the outcomes of this work. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping how our new strategy comes to life in communities across the country.
Regional Collaboration Events Manager
Contract: Permanent (subject to probationary period)
Hours: Full-time
Compensation: Up to £44,550, including London Weighting if relevant.
Comprehensive pension scheme (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget.
Location: National/Hybrid. This role requires regular travel to London and regions across England. After passing probation, up to four weeks ‘super remote’ working per year, where you can work anywhere in the world as long as you’re online for four hours of the UK workday.
Holidays: 38 days per year, including our 3-day winter shutdown and eight flexible bank holidays.
Start Date: November/December 2025 – or as soon as possible (to be agreed with the successful candidate).
Applications close: Monday 15 September (9am)
About the Role
This is a new role at the Fair Education Alliance, leading on the delivery of the events and gatherings that will form a critical component of our collaboration model and neighbourhood to national strategy. You will coordinate logistics for all regional events and gatherings and provide support with programme design, including maintaining an annual calendar of regional events, to enable the successful delivery of FEA’s place-based collaboration approach. Working closely with our Director of Regional Collaboration and Head of Communications and a team of communications and events specialists, you’ll manage everything from budget oversight to day-of-event delivery while continuously adapting this innovative model as it develops.
New Regional Place-Based Collaboration
In 2025, we are launching our new strategy, Neighbourhood to National, and expanding the team to lead a new Regional Collaboration approach.
The Director of Regional Collaboration will be our first appointment (this vacancy closed on 7 July), and later in 2025 we’ll be looking for dynamic individuals to join their team. This team will drive a multi-year, innovative collaboration to improve education and employment outcomes for children and young people in mayoral combined authorities.
Register Your Interest
If you're passionate about collaboration, systemic change and have expertise in some of the following - stakeholder relationship building; expert facilitation; monitoring and evaluation; data analytics; strategic communications; policy navigation across multiple government levels - then please get in touch.
We are particularly interested in candidates who can and want to
Shape and lead our place-based model
Develop trusted relationships
Bridge regional and national insight
Be an ambassador for FEA’s work
We will reach out as relevant opportunities for roles arise, starting in June 2025.
If you’re interested, please provide your contact details and a link to your LinkedIn profile through the expression of interest form, hosted by our strategic recruitment partner, ImpactEd Consulting.
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