Programme Manager
Employer: Lightyear Foundation
Location: Home-based within the UK, with travel as required
Temporary: Fixed term to 31 August 2029
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £33,500 - £36,400 FTE, depending on skills and experience
Closing date: Sunday 4 October 2026 (23.30)
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Programme Manager to help us expand accessible STEM opportunities for young people and their families.
This is an exciting new full-time role, combining leadership of Breaking Barriers with STEM, our major new three-year programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, with the management and delivery of other Lightyear Foundation projects and programmes.
You will work with young people, families, schools, community organisations and partners across the UK to develop and deliver accessible and inclusive STEM opportunities. You will coordinate regional delivery, support staff, freelancers and volunteers, build strong partnerships and make sure that learning and the voices of young people shape what we do.
We are looking for someone with strong programme management and organisational skills who can turn ambitious plans into high-quality delivery. You will need to be collaborative, practical and comfortable working across a range of projects and relationships.
You can read the full Job Description and Person Specification for this role here.
Salary: £33,500 - £36,400 FTE, depending on skills and experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Home-based within the UK, with travel as required
Contract: Fixed term to 31 August 2029
Closing date: Sunday 4 October 2026 (23.30)
Interviews: 13 and/or 15 October 2026
We particularly encourage applications from suitably qualified D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. We offer a guaranteed interview to D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent applicants who meet all the essential criteria for the role. Please let us know in your application if you would like to be considered under this scheme.
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