Community Champion Lead – Medway
Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, London, SE18 7EX8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
22 September 2026 at 5pm
Date listed
14 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £38,220.00 - £38,220.00 Annually (Actual)
Community Champion Lead – Medway job summary
About this Role:
Role: Community Champion Lead - Medway
Contract: Full time and Two-year fixed-term contract
End Date: September 2028
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £38,220 (Scale Point 27)
Location: Working across Delce Academy, Chattenden Primary School and Elaine Primary School
The Role
Could you help strengthen the connection between families, schools and the Medway community?
At Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, we believe that children thrive when they feel that they belong.
Strong relationships with families, trusted adults and a genuine connection to school can transform a child's experience of education. That is why we are looking for an exceptional Community Champion Lead to work alongside our schools, families and communities across Medway.
This is not simply an attendance role. It is a people and relationships role.
You will be a visible and trusted presence within our school communities, getting to know families, listening to them, understanding the barriers they face and helping them find a way forward.
You might be visiting a family at home, meeting a parent for a coffee, connecting a family with local support, bringing community organisations into our schools or helping a child and their family reconnect with education.
The role will work predominantly with Delce Academy, alongside Chattenden Primary School and Elaine Primary School.
Could this be you?
We are looking for someone who:
- has strong knowledge of Medway, its communities, local services, voluntary organisations and support networks
- is warm, approachable and able to build genuine, trusting relationships
- has experience of working with children, families or communities
- is an excellent listener who seeks to understand the barriers families face
- can connect families with the right local services and practical support
- understands the importance of attendance, inclusion and belonging
- is confident undertaking community outreach and home visits and
- can work with schools, families and community partners to make things happen.
You may already work in education, family support, Early Help, community development, pastoral support, the voluntary sector or another people-focused role.
Above all, we are looking for someone who knows Medway, understands its communities and believes in the power of relationships to create change.
Why join us?
You will have the opportunity to shape a new role and make a visible difference to children and families across Medway.
Our Trust values guide everything we do:
Collaboration matters | Excellence in everything | Community first | Equity for everyone | Continuous growth
You will be supported by experienced school and Trust leaders and have opportunities for professional development and growth.
Most importantly, you will help strengthen the relationship between home, school and community, ensuring more children feel that they belong, attend regularly and have the opportunity to thrive.
If you know Medway, care deeply about its communities and believe that strong relationships can make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to discuss this role please contact Rupinder Bansil - Trust Education Lead - rbansil@inspirepartnership.co.uk
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Shortlisting: Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Interviews: Friday 25th September 2026
Inspire Partnership Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and appropriate safer recruitment checks.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Inspire Partnership Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The Inspire Partnership is a successful and thriving education Trust proud to serve diverse communities in Croydon, Greenwich and Medway. Our aim is to offer a life changing education to children, working in collaboration to transform the lives of the children and communities we serve.
Our core values of Collaboration, Excellence, Friendship, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility, define the way we care for, enrich and teach every child.
Our curriculum is world class. Through our global themes, we provide our children with opportunities to make sense of the world they live in, think critically about world issues and to develop an awareness of the impact our actions can have on others.
Partnership with parents and carers is at the centre of everything we do. We strive to be community focused school ensuring that our children feel connected to the world around them.
Teaching and learning is at the heart of our work. Our staff are incredibly committed to their own professional development and regularly undertake research projects to enhance their practice. Along with this, they are warm, engaging and supportive practitioners who make the best colleagues to work alongside.
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