Programme Director - Speke & Seacombe

Title: Programme Director - Speke and Seacombe

Reports to: Regional Executive Director

Direct Reports: Programme Managers & Senior Programme Manager

Contract type: 12 Months Fixed-Term contract

Hours: 5 days per week (37.5 Hours) Worked between Monday- Friday

Salary: Grade 1B £58,916 - £63,717 FTE salary, (5% employer pension contribution, Medicash and group life assurance, 27 days annual leave per annum for FTE plus bank holidays)

Location: Contractually based from our Liverpool office, with some flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval. Travel across UK as required.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Programme Director to strategically oversee and manage the programmes across Speke and Seacombe as part of the ‘Cradle to Career’ portfolio in Liverpool. The successful candidate will continue to effectively lead the established teams and embed delivery and discovery plans across all workstreams.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Right to Succeed's place-based work across Speke and Seacombe, ensuring successful programme delivery in Speke while leading the Discovery process in Seacombe.
• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, learning and continuous improvement.
• Build and sustain influential partnerships with local authorities, schools, communities, funders and strategic partners, ensuring shared ownership and long-term commitment to improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Represent Right to Succeed at local, regional level, building credibility with commissioners, funders and partners.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the policy, funding and public service landscape affecting communities and local authorities, translating this into regional intelligence that informs programme development, supports strategic decision making and strengthens collaboration.
• Work alongside Liverpool City Region Directors to shape a coherent regional approach, sharing learning, solving challenges collectively and building the evidence, insight and stories that strengthen our influence and accelerate impact across the region.
• Produce high-quality reports for our Board and funders/commissioners that support and demonstrate programme impact.
• Contribute as a member of the leadership Team, providing strategic programme insight, regional intelligence to help shape Right to Succeed's strategy, culture, growth and long-term sustainability.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please download and complete the application from our Careers webpage www.righttosucceed.org.uk/careers and email it, along with your CV, to ***email_hidden*** by 9:00am on Monday 13th July 2026.

Link to full job description and person specification: www.RighttoSucceed.org.uk/careers