The Southwark Community Education Charity (SCEC) is on the lookout for an inspiring Scheme Director to help shape and scale its award-winning enrichment programmes across South London. This is a rare opportunity to help a charity with a 20-year legacy bring high-quality learning experiences to children from disadvantaged communities through hands-on maths, literacy, science, and art activities designed to spark curiosity and build confidence. Please click here to access the full job description and apply (closing date 14 January 2026 at 23:30). 

The charity is close to JAGS' heart where the school hosts the SCEC's weekly Saturday Literacy Scheme.  The Saturday Literacy Scheme offers children help with reading, writing, speaking and listening. Each child has individual support from a personal mentor who is a senior pupil at James Allen’s Girls’ School. 

The recruitment page outlined the role a "a newly created role that will be pivotal in helping SCEC extend its reach. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will help SCEC design and implement an expansion programme as well as coordinating the delivery of the existing schemes via our school partners. You will also serve as a trusted partner to the Board in the administration of the charity."

"Similar to a COO, this role straddles the operational and the strategic. We are looking for a confident communicator and relationship builder who can work across varied stakeholder groups. You will have project management experience that can be applied to challenges like process design and change management. You should be able to grasp the big picture and have an eye for the details needed to deliver successful outcomes.  This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join SCEC on a transformational journey working with excellent learning partners and established leaders to improve educational outcomes for children."

As always, if you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact us on alumnae@jags.org.uk.