Project Lead for Personal Development - Primary (1 Year FTC)
River Learning Trust, Oxford, OX4 4SF12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2026
Closing date
6 January 2026 at 11am
Date listed
4 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £54,394.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £10,878 for external appointment or day rate of £278 for internal appointment
Project Lead for Personal Development - Primary (1 Year FTC) job summary
This is an exceptional opportunity for an influential leader to drive the Personal Development (PD) strategy across our Trust's primary schools. As the Personal Development Project Lead, you'll be responsible for implementing a vision that ensures every pupil is enabled to thrive in our schools.
You will provide both strategic leadership and practical support on the ground, working directly with school leaders to audit, enhance, and ensure the highest quality of PD curriculum and provision, directly impacting pupil outcomes. You will be supported in this role by the primary central team and PD leads within our schools.
We are seeking a highly accomplished educational professional with experience in leading and implementing outstanding Personal Development and wellbeing programs, ideally within a multi-academy trust or primary school setting. You must demonstrate a deep understanding of PD best practice, including areas like character education, anti-bullying strategies, and curriculum enrichment.
Crucially, you possess proven skills in project implementation and the ability to effectively coach, challenge, and support senior school leaders to implement a PD curriculum which enhances children’s lives. Experience in codifying and sharing best practice through professional documentation is essential. Furthermore, candidates must have a commitment to inclusive practice, ensuring PD provision effectively supports pupils with SEND and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, working collaboratively with our inclusion teams
This is a crucial leadership position where you will directly shape the educational experience and wellbeing of primary pupils across our Trust. You will collaborate closely with a network of committed primary colleagues within a highly supportive culture.
This role is offered as a 1 year Fixed Term contract and as either an external appointment or as an internal secondment opportunity for one day per week.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you!
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Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Fiona Henderson, Director of Primary Education, about the role, prior to application, then please email fhenderson@riverlearningtrust.org to arrange a call.
The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
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Commitment to safeguarding
The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About River Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide on the main advert using the link.
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