Location: Kendal, Cumbria
Hours: 28–35 per week (flexible, to be discussed at interview)
Salary: £50,632.40 per annum based upon 35 hours per week (pro rata if part-time)
Start Date: September 2026 – March 2027 (flexible, for the right candidate)
Reports to: Director (Right2Work)
Direct Reports: Team Managers (Education & Learning)
Advertising End Date: We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy when we feel we have enough suitable candidates – apply today, don’t delay!
Benefits:
- Flexible working,
- Annual Leave 25 days (Plus statutory bank holidays) pro rata
- NEST pension scheme,
- Healthcare Benefits: Free optical, dental, physiotherapy, podiatry treatments, osteopathy and reflexology.
- Lifestyle & Leisure discounts for gym, leisure, cinema, shopping and holidays,
- Employee Assistance Programme: Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Length of Service Awards: Award scheme
About Right2work:
Right2Work supports people facing barriers to education and employment to develop skills, confidence and independence. We focus particularly on people with additional support needs, disabilities, or those disengaged from traditional education.
This role is central to ensuring the quality, consistency and impact of that work.
The Head of Education & Learning (Deputy Director) will lead the development and delivery of a high-quality, inclusive education offer, ensuring strong outcomes for learners and clear pathways into employment, further learning and independent living.
About the Role
Are you ready to lead high-quality education that changes lives?
This is more than a leadership role, it’s a chance to shape the quality, direction and impact of an education offer that supports people to build confidence, independence and real-world skills.
As our Head of Education & Learning, you’ll:
- Lead and develop a high-quality, inclusive education and learning offer
- Embed outstanding teaching, learning and assessment across all programmes
- Ensure every learner builds confidence, resilience and practical life skills
- Create clear progression pathways into employment, further learning and independent living
- Develop programmes that respond to the needs of individuals and communities
Your work will directly enable more people, especially those with additional support needs or who have been excluded from traditional education, to develop the skills and confidence to move forward in their lives.
At Right2Work, we don’t just talk about opportunity, we create it. Every day, we support people facing barriers to education and employment to learn, develop and thrive. Now, we’re looking for a strong, experienced education leader to help us strengthen and grow the quality and impact of this work.
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for someone who can lead with clarity and act with purpose:
- A strong background in teaching and education leadership
- Experience of leading high-quality learning, teaching and assessment
- Experience working with individuals with additional support needs or who are disadvantaged
- The ability to lead teams, improve practice and deliver consistently strong outcomes
- A commitment to ensuring education creates real opportunities for every learner
Why Join Right2Work?
Because here, success isn’t just measured in outputs, it’s measured in lives transformed.
You’ll be part of an organisation that:
- Puts people at the heart of everything it does
- Takes a needs-led, community-based approach
- Believes in potential, not limitations
Ready to Lead Change?
If you’re driven to lead high-quality education and create meaningful opportunity, this is your moment.
Apply now and help shape learning that makes a lasting difference.
About You
You will be passionate about education quality, learning and outcomes, the Head of role may be a better fit.
You must hold Full Driving license and use of a vehicle for work and will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check (Paid for by Right2work, T&Cs apply)
If you would like to be a part of a caring and supportive organisation that puts the learner at the centre of all we do, we would love to hear from you, click on ‘APPLY’ today forwarding a recent copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
No agencies please
Screening Questions:
Do you live within a commutable distance to Kendal, Cumbria?
Do you hold a full, valid driving licence and have your own vehicle?
Are you eligible to live and work in the UK, without restriction?
