About the role
Start Date: February 2027
Salary: £28,544 (£14,272 Pro Rata) (plus £2,000 London weighting for those living in within the M25, pro-rated for part-time staff).
Contract Type: Part Time 0.5 FTE, 18.75 hours per week, preference of Monday to Wednesday however we are flexible for the right candidate
We are excited to be recruiting a Coordinator to join The Scholars Programme Team and support us to deliver high-quality Scholars Programme placements.
The Coordinator supports the Programme Management and University Events teams, and wider organisation, helping to ensure strategic priorities are effectively delivered, and that schools, tutors and universities receive a high-quality service. The role will lead on several administrative processes and will include regular document creation, data input and management, liaising with stakeholders, and supporting Scholars Programme events.
This role requires an organised, detail-oriented and collaborative individual, with experience of liaising directly with stakeholders. The postholder will be positive and proactive, with a commitment to delivering excellent standards. They will be confident working with data, maintaining accurate records, and producing high-quality resources. They will champion the charity’s values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners.
This role can be based in our London or Leeds offices and will involve some travel to deliver events at our different university partners. Some travel will also be required (mainly to London) for events and to attend in-person meetings.
The Scholars Programme Coordinator
London, Hybrid, Leeds
Part-time
Permanent employee
About the Role
About You
The role will best suit someone who
- Has excellent organisation skills, including the ability to balance complex and competing needs
- Is a collaborative and strong team player, including supporting those in other teams during peak periods
- Has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, is enthusiastic about working with data and records, and can produce high-quality documents with excellent attention to detail
- Takes initiative to complete and improve administrative processes
- Has experience working with a range of stakeholders, taking a sensitive, positive approach to problem solving
- Adheres to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual and complete information security training
- A demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission.
Working for Us
- Hours: 18.75 hours per week, preference of Monday to Wednesday however flexible for the right candidate, flexible working with 10am – 3pm core hours, some evenings and weekends required.
- Benefits include: 36 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 41 days, employer contribution to pension, interest-free season ticket loan, five professional development day allowance, BUPA health cover cash plan.
- We’re happy to talk flexible working. This role will be based in our London or Leeds office.
- After your first month in this role, we expect you to be connecting face-to-face with colleagues on at least one day per week. In your first month, we’ll ask you to be in offices a little more regularly than this to make sure you’re getting to know your key colleagues and feeling connected to the organisation.
Application
How to apply:
To ensure your application can be fully considered, please complete all of the steps outlined below. Unfortunately, applications that do not include all required information cannot be progressed.We recommend having your CV and cover letter ready to upload before starting the application form. This will help prevent any issues if the form times out before your documents can be attached.
1. Please complete the applicant demographic survey by clicking here. The Brilliant Club voluntarily conducts and publishes an annual ethnicity pay gap report alongside its mandatory gender pay gap reporting. Completing the demographic form helps us understand the diversity of applicants applying for each role. This information supports our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of the communities we work with, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families.
2. Please upload your CV under the 'CV' file attachment.
3. Please upload a cover letter in 'Cover Letter' file attachment. Please note: the cover letter should be no more than one side of A4 (max. 20 MB in total). Your cover letter should cover:
- Your motivation for applying to work at The Brilliant Club and for this role
- How your skills align with the role
- Relevant examples of professional experience
About us
About The Brilliant Club
In the UK today, being brilliant and working hard is not enough. Where you are born and your family income are still the strongest predictors of the career you will have, how much you will earn and your future health and happiness.
Attending a leading university is the most effective way of opening up opportunity, but it is a route too often out of reach.
This is fundamentally unfair to young people and detrimental to society as a whole.
Now is the time to start backing brilliance. Our vision is of a society where every child has a fair chance to unlock their brilliance, regardless of where or how they grow up, and where positions of influence are open to everyone, not just the most advantaged.
We support young people to access and thrive at leading universities by working with schools, parents and the broader education sector. Between 2026-29, we are focused on three key goals:
The Brilliant Club has three core values that underpin how we work. We look for people who share these values:
We mobilise the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of the communities we work with, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families.
In the UK today, being brilliant and working hard is not enough. Where you are born and your family income are still the strongest predictors of the career you will have, how much you will earn and your future health and happiness.
Attending a leading university is the most effective way of opening up opportunity, but it is a route too often out of reach.
This is fundamentally unfair to young people and detrimental to society as a whole.
Now is the time to start backing brilliance. Our vision is of a society where every child has a fair chance to unlock their brilliance, regardless of where or how they grow up, and where positions of influence are open to everyone, not just the most advantaged.
We support young people to access and thrive at leading universities by working with schools, parents and the broader education sector. Between 2026-29, we are focused on three key goals:
- Supporting 55,000 students to develop university learning skills through The Scholars Programme, boosting GCSE attainment and university access where social mobility is at its lowest.
- Growing our work with parents and carers through Parent Power, to enable 8,000 parents to become partners in their child’s education and leaders of educational change in their communities.
- Bringing the voices of young people and parents into policy discussions, and shaping systemic change through our research, evaluation and place focused partnerships.
The Brilliant Club has three core values that underpin how we work. We look for people who share these values:
- We get to a solution
- We seek and act on the best data available
- We understand that little things go a long way
We mobilise the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of the communities we work with, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families.