Head of Education Development

Job description

**Job title**: Head of Education Development
**Department**: Education
**Responsible to**: Director of Education
**Responsible for**: UWC International Education Team
**Location**: This role can be based in either London (UK) or Berlin (Germany) - hybrid working
**Salary**: £63,500 per annum (London) or 75,000 EUR per annum (Berlin)
**Working pattern**: Full-time, 38.5 hours per week
**Duration of contract**: Permanent
**Start date**: As soon as possible

**Are you our new Head of Education Development?**

Join our dynamic team as the Head of Education Development at UWC International, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of education within the UWC Movement. This position requires a strategic leader dedicated to fostering an inclusive team culture focused on student welfare, ensuring alignment with our educational vision and goals. With responsibility for overseeing the evaluation and development of educational programmes across all UWC schools, you will implement innovative initiatives that promote a safe and supportive learning environment.

**About us**

**Changing the world takes passion and dedication**

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our eighteen schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better.

Our students go on to become leaders in politics, NGOs, social enterprises, community movements, charities, and business. For life, they remain dedicated to the UWC mission and many of them remain in close contact with us, their school, and their peers, becoming part of a global community of over 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others.

**About UWC International**

The UWC International Office serves as the operational arm of UWC International, a UK-registered and Germany-registered charity, and stands as a pivotal entity within the UWC movement. Positioned in central London and Berlin, it collaborates extensively with stakeholders across the UWC spectrum, actively engages a robust alumni community comprising more than 60,000 members, and fulfils essential functions for UWC International's governance bodies. Our primary duties encompass global fundraising initiatives, comprehensive communications strategies, promotional endeavours, support for the network of over 150 UWC national committees, global strategy development and implementation, and support services to the UWC schools.

**What we offer**

As part of a commitment to our employees, we offer the following:
**UWC International London and Berlin**
- Generous holiday allowance - 28 days per year plus eight public holidays (pro rata for part-time or fixed-term contracts).
- The standard working hours are 38.5 per week. Start and finish times can be agreed between managers and employees. We support flexible working and are happy to discuss different working patterns.
- We offer up to two days per year for volunteering or up to two days per year for study leave.

**UWC International London**
- We offer a health and well-being support package, which includes income protection, an employee assistance programme, advice and legal support helpline, remote GPs access, medical second opinions, mental health support, physiotherapy, cycle to work and a well-being calendar featuring podcasts and webinars.
- Perks/discounts portal, which provides a range of discounts across shopping, dining, lifestyle and entertainment, with thousands of offers on hundreds of top retailers.
- Contributory pension scheme, UWC International currently contributes up to 8% of the employee’s gross salary, and the employee must match the percentage of up to 8% of their gross salary. The minimum contribution rate is 4%. This applies to everyone aged 22 and above but under state retirement age, earning at least £10,000 p.a. and classed as working in the UK.

**Visa requirements**

**Application Process**

Do you want to be part of our team? To apply, please submit an up-to-date copy of your CV along with a cover letter in English (each a maximum of 2 pages) on the link provided.

**Your cover letter must**:

- Outline your experience, skills and competencies against the Person specification section in the attached Job Description.
- Explain why you want to join UWC International, and specify your preferred location.
- Provide confirmation of your eligibility to work or reside in the UK or Germany.

**Please note that CVs received without a cover letter, including the information requested above will not be considered.**

**Interview and/or assessment dates**:

- First round interviews on 7th and 10th February 2025 (re