Voice 21 works to ensure that children, regardless of their background, are enabled to find their voice for success in school and in life through empowering teachers and schools to provide oracy education. Over the last year, Voice 21 has grown from operating in a single school in London to a national organisation, providing high quality professional development programmes to over 1500 teachers and partnering with 500 schools from Plymouth to Dundee.

Voice 21’s vision is for every child, regardless of their background, to find their voice for success in school and in life. We work to achieve this through our mission to empower schools and teachers to provide every child with an education in oracy. As a team, we are guided by our values of ‘Trust, Integrity, Drive and Expertise’ in all we do.

This newly created role is an exciting opportunity to build on our success to date, driving new business and making the most of national and regional opportunities to ensure that we are fulfilling our vision and mission. You will help to raise the profile of the organisation - our brand and work - and develop and capitalise on new income streams with funders and stakeholders. Working closely with Voice 21’s Director of External Relations & Partnerships and Director of Programmes & Operations, you will be responsible for leading the implementation of a business development strategy to expand our reach, impact and revenue streams. This role can be based in either our London HQ or Leeds and will require national travel and occasional weekend working to attend events.

Through your entrepreneurial approach, you will use your initiative to identify, generate and manage new opportunities and partnerships as well as overseeing a portfolio of existing relationships. It is critical that you can build strong relationships to engage internal and external stakeholders. As an excellent communicator, you will lead compelling conversations and develop persuasive proposals that lead to tangible and sustainable outcomes. With your strong commitment to our mission and values, you will relish the challenge of enabling Voice 21 to reach more schools and teachers in order to improve outcomes for children and young people across the UK.

Further information and specification available at https://www.voice21.org/join-our-team