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 Regional Collaboration
DEADLINE: 9am, Monday 7 July 2025
Hours: Full-time. You will be also be required to attend some evening events outside of core hours.
Salary: Up to £90,000, including London Weighting if relevant
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Benefits: Comprehensive pension scheme (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget, plus a funded place on Big 8 leadership training.
Location: National/Hybrid. This role requires regular travel to London and regions across England.
After passing probation, you’ll have 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 shut down and eight flexible bank holidays pro rata.
Why we need you
This is a new, senior role at the Fair Education Alliance that will shape and lead our regional collaboration model. You will report into, and work closely with Gina Cicerone, Co-CEO.
You will lead the implementation of FEA’s regional place-based collaboration approach. This includes overseeing the establishment of three deep, regional partnerships with mayoral combined authorities to enable cross-sector innovation and collaboration to improve outcomes for children and young people. You will lead on the creation of the core components of this model, reviewing and adapting as the work develops, working with FEA members, local leaders and young people to drive equity in education and employment outcomes. Each deep partnership will have its own Head of Region, to co-direct this work alongside you and a small central team.
You will also be responsible for leading a peer network, enabling shared learning across mayoral combined authorities and utilising their collective insights to shape national policy and practice.
If this role isn’t right for you but you’re keen to join our team, let us know! We’ll be hiring for several other roles for the Regional Collaboration team and would love to hear from you. Express your interest here.
Head of Policy Insights
DEADLINE: 8am, Monday 16 June
Hours: 0.8 FTE (four days a week)
Salary: £50,000 FTE, pro rata
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Benefits: Comprehensive pension scheme with optional salary sacrifice arrangement (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget for all employees, plus a funded place on Big 8 leadership training.
Location: Hybrid, with a focus on London. You’ll need to be in London to work from our office (near Victoria) one day a week and have about two other days per week to attend meetings with policy makers and our members. On other days you can work remotely or come into our office. Some nationwide travel expected for meetings and events.
After passing probation, you’ll have up to six 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 shut down and eight flexible bank holidays pro rata.
Why we need you
This is an exciting role which will turn data into advocacy: creating clear, targeted reports that support decision-making, identifying gaps and opportunities, and helping us tell the story of how education can—and must—be fairer. With the next phase of our strategy underway—building a movement from neighbourhood to national—we need someone who can help us influence policy and practice with insight, evidence and urgency. We need someone who can harness these assets to produce compelling insights and engage policymakers—from local authorities and combined authorities to central government and funders.
Youth Engagement Officer
DEADLINE: 8am, Thursday 3 July
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full time)
Please note as this role works with young people there will be occasions where your working hours will be outside the standard 9-5:30pm. This will typically be a few meetings per month that can last until 7pm and about four weekend days over the year.
Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31 August 2026 with the possibility to extend.
Salary: £32,000
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Benefits: Comprehensive pension scheme with optional salary sacrifice arrangement (up to 6% employer contribution), cash plan healthcare package, and professional development budget for all employees, plus a funded place on Big 8 leadership training.
Location: Hybrid. Expected to be in our London office in Victoria at least one day per week. You can be remote every other day or come into the office. Your office days are flexible and can be agreed with your manager, other than for monthly team days where you must be in person. Some nationwide travel expected for Youth Steering Group training days, events and conferences.
After passing probation, up to six 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 shut down and eight flexible bank holidays pro rata.
Why we need you
We are looking for a Youth Engagement Officer to support the FEA Youth Steering Group to lead campaigns, engage with policymakers, and drive change in education. They will manage logistics for the Youth Summit, assist with session planning, and help the Youth Engagement Working Group improve youth engagement across the sector. This role empowers young people to create impact and lead the way in education reform.
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, 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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Youth Steering Group
Applications are now open to join the FEA Youth Steering Group!
We are looking to recruit 12 new members to join the Youth Steering Group, and to co-lead the Alliance. You can find out everything you need to know about this exciting opportunity on our Youth Steering Group page.
