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:
Director of Operations and Impact (Maternity Cover)
Contract: Fixed-term contract (maternity leave cover) 5 January 2026 – 31 January 2027 (13 months). This includes handover time at the start and end of the contract.
Hours: Full-time, or part-time at 0.9 FTE
Compensation: £70,000 - £80,000 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: January 2026 – or as soon as possible (to be agreed with the successful candidate.)
Applications close: 9:30am, 13th October 2025
About the Role
We are recruiting a fixed-term Director of Operations and Impact (maternity cover), who will have responsibility for FEA’s operations, culture, governance and impact and evaluation over the coming year.
Working closely with the co-CEOs and Senior Leadership Team, you will oversee the FEA's core operational functions while ensuring seamless continuity and momentum in this strategic direction. You will line manage key staff, steward relationships with external partners, and ensure that the FEA's culture and systems enable the whole organisation to thrive during this important transition.
This is a strategic leadership role that combines operational expertise with a strong focus on learning and impact, perfect for a leader who values the unique contribution that skilled interim leadership can make at key organisational moments.
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.
Data protection and consent (GDPR): In submitting your expression of interest, you acknowledge and consent that ImpactEd and FEA may collect and store your information to inform you about potential job opportunities within FEA only. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will ensure that your data is handled in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For further information about data handling, please see ImpactEd Group’s Privacy Notice by clicking on the website here.