Programme Coordinator

The deadline for this vacancy has passed.

Unlocked Graduates exists to break cycles of reoffending, with a particular focus on breaking the link between disadvantage and reoffending. Currently prison is not a place which successfully does this: the average prisoner has 16 previous convictions and 48 percent of prisoners reoffend within a year of release. This is the problem which Unlocked Graduates exists to fix.

Prison officers are the agent of change for many prisoners. Of all the staff in prisons, they spend the most time with prisoners, they set the prevailing culture in prison, and we know that the most effective prison officers have a hugely positive impact on prisoners. Unlocked Graduates develops outstanding individuals to lead rehabilitation, and in doing so raises the status of the prison officer and makes the frontline of prisons a place where cycles of reoffending can be broken.

We have successfully recruited, trained and placed six cohorts of over 750 high potential graduates into prisons across England and Wales. We are in the Times Top 100 Graduate programmes and feedback on our participants has been extremely positive: they are doing a great job. Over the next few years, we are planning further expansion. We want to do more work in the prisons we are in, and work with more prisoners in more prisons.

We need to be exceptionally high performing because the work we do is both extremely challenging and massively urgent. We aspire to have deep impact on the landings of individual prisons, but also breadth of impact through the whole sector, and society at large.​​​​​​​

If this sounds like a challenge you are keen to help meet, then please do apply.

About the role

This role will sit within the Unlocked Programme Team, which holds responsibility for
designing and running training for our new cohorts as well as supporting them across
their two years, to enable them to have the most impact possible.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to support our Programme Team with a
wide variety of tasks, gaining broad experience in project management, relationship
management, event coordination and communications design. You will also play a key
role in the planning of our annual Summer Institute, a six-week residential course where our new cohort receives their training before starting on the prison landings.

This role provides a unique opportunity to work across the whole Programme Team
gaining an insight into: delivery, curriculum, our work in prison and the Ambassador
community as well as the specific training required to become a Prison Officer.

Our main office is based in London, but remote working may also be accommodated
(this will be discussed with candidates on an individual basis). The programme is
national and so some travel is required to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, including working from Leeds from July-September for our Summer Institute – please note that all accommodation and food is provided for this period.

How to apply

The deadline to apply for this role is 23:59 on 15th December 2023.

N.B. We are interviewing for this role on a rolling basis, and so may close applications early if we find the right candidate.

You can apply for this role by following the JobTrain link at the end of the application pack or via the apply now button below.