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Head of Programmes / Programmes Director
Wells County, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
£46K/yr - £57K/yrLevel Water is a charity focused on providing high-quality swimming lessons for disabled children. The Head of Programmes will lead the design, delivery, and scaling of programmes while ensuring they are safe, inclusive, and effective.
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Responsibilities
You’ll own how Level Water’s programmes are designed, delivered, and grown - now and into the future
Set the strategic direction for our lesson delivery model, ensuring it scales without losing quality, care, or joy
Lead and develop the Programmes team, setting clear priorities, standards, and ways of working
Ensure programmes are safe, inclusive, effective, and consistently high-quality as delivery expands
Build the systems and processes that make great delivery easier at scale, not harder
You’ll define how we understand, measure, and improve our impact - and use learning to drive better delivery
Ensure we gather meaningful insight from families, swimmers, teachers, and partners
Turn data and feedback into clear learning that actively shapes programme decisions
Lead Level Water’s approach to impact reporting for funders, partners, Trustees, and the Board, alongside the Senior Leadership Team
Set clear success measures and use them to guide prioritisation, iteration, and growth
You’ll build the relationships and credibility that enable sustainable programme growth and wider change
Build and manage strategic partnerships with national pool operators and delivery partners
Secure and manage national agreements that unlock scale and improve access
Work closely with Fundraising to shape strong, realistic programme content for grants and funding proposals
Own the programme side of grant-funded delivery, ensuring work is well planned, delivered to a high standard, and reported with clarity and confidence
Represent Level Water externally as a credible, influential voice in inclusive swimming, helping to shift culture and practice across the sector
Qualification
Required
You'll own how Level Water's programmes are designed, delivered, and grown - now and into the future
Set the strategic direction for our lesson delivery model, ensuring it scales without losing quality, care, or joy
Lead and develop the Programmes team, setting clear priorities, standards, and ways of working
Ensure programmes are safe, inclusive, effective, and consistently high-quality as delivery expands
Build the systems and processes that make great delivery easier at scale, not harder
You'll define how we understand, measure, and improve our impact - and use learning to drive better delivery
Ensure we gather meaningful insight from families, swimmers, teachers, and partners
Turn data and feedback into clear learning that actively shapes programme decisions
Lead Level Water's approach to impact reporting for funders, partners, Trustees, and the Board, alongside the Senior Leadership Team
Set clear success measures and use them to guide prioritisation, iteration, and growth
You'll build the relationships and credibility that enable sustainable programme growth and wider change
Build and manage strategic partnerships with national pool operators and delivery partners
Secure and manage national agreements that unlock scale and improve access
Work closely with Fundraising to shape strong, realistic programme content for grants and funding proposals
Own the programme side of grant-funded delivery, ensuring work is well planned, delivered to a high standard, and reported with clarity and confidence
Represent Level Water externally as a credible, influential voice in inclusive swimming, helping to shift culture and practice across the sector
Ambition for growth. You're excited by the moment where something good needs to scale - and you want to help shape what comes next, not just maintain what already exists
Ownership and momentum. You take responsibility, spot opportunities, and move things forward. You don't wait for perfect information or permission before acting
The ability to hold strategy and delivery together. You can zoom out to set direction and zoom in to make sure things actually work - and you know when each is needed
Confidence leading through change. You've helped programmes or services evolve through growth, complexity, or transformation, and you're comfortable making decisions in imperfect conditions
Strong relational leadership. You build trust quickly, bring people with you, and create credibility with partners, teams, and senior stakeholders
A solutions-first mindset. When things get complicated (and they will), you stay calm, pragmatic, and focused on what will move things forward
Preferred
You've worked in a scale-up, start-up, or fast-growing organisation
You've built or reshaped delivery models, partnerships, or systems as things grew
You're motivated by impact and inclusion, and want your work to genuinely change lives
Benefits
Flexible working: remote, hybrid, or (even better) office-based in Tunbridge Wells, your choice.
You'll attend weekend events throughout the summer.
Some travel required to pools, partners, and events (including occasional weekends)
Company
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Funding
Current Stage
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