Innovation Manager – Education Programmes
Theirworld is seeking a proactive and collaborative Manager to support the development, delivery, and learning of education projects and innovation initiatives.
Join our team
Who we are
Founded 23 years ago and Chaired by Sarah Brown, Theirworld has grown to become a leading global children’s charity committed to the best start in life for children and young people by ending the education crisis and unleashing the potential of the next generation. 
We are the charity that:
- Created double-shift schools; a project which led to more than 300,000 Syrian refugee children receiving education in Lebanon
- Helped create Education Cannot Wait; the United Nations’ global, billion-dollar fund for education in emergencies
- Created The Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory investigating safe pregnancy and premature birth
- Set up the first-ever Youth Takeover of the UN
- Achieved the largest-ever education petition in history with 11 million signatures demanding that every child has the right to go to school
Our supporters
Our work is helped by a network of high-profile supporters including; Steven Frayne, Minnie Driver, Matt Lucas, Nick Sharratt, Steve Nguyen, Sandi Toksvig, David Tennant, Rainn Wilson, and many more!
We also work alongside youth, governments, businesses, NGOs, foundations, and campaigners like UNICEF, HP Inc., Snap Inc., and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Four-day-working-week and other benefits!
We believe in unlocking big change from a supportive and inclusive environment. This is why we now have an innovative four-day-working-week which sees all employees working Monday to Thursday with the office closed on most Fridays.
This is in addition to hybrid working with most staff taking at least one day a week based in the office.
Other benefits include:
- Regular in-house training
- Travel
- Central London location: 5 mins from Liverpool St Station and Shoreditch High Street
- Highly competitive salaries, plus more
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home office expense allowance
- Life Insurance
- Season ticket loan scheme
Why work for us?
If you care about issues like climate change, gender equality, inclusion, helping refugees and ensuring the voices of young people are represented at all levels of decision-making, then education is the key to unlocking big change in these areas. If you want to make change happen, join us!
All current vacancies are listed below. To apply, please submit your CV and a covering email to [email protected] including the name of the role of interest in the subject line of your email.
Current vacancies
Project Manager – Emerging tech and AI in Education
We are seeking a dynamic and technically astute Project Manager to join our Projects team. This role will oversee projects that use artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to improve education access, equity, and outcomes across the three pillars of Theirworld’s work: Best Start in Life, A Safe Place to Learn, and Skills for the Future.
Campaign Communications Manager - Act For Early Years
As Theirworld embarks on the third year of its successful ‘Act For Early Years’ campaign, we seek a dedicated Campaign Communications specialist.
Donor Relations Manager
As our development and fundraising activities grow, we are seeking a creative and hard-working Donor Relations Manager to join a small team. This individual will have very strong attention to detail, teamwork and multitasking skills, as well as the enthusiasm and interpersonal skills to make a positive contribution to the growth and development of our development team.
Campaign Coordinator – Act for Early Years Campaign
The Campaign Coordinator will play a central role within the Act For Early Years campaign secretariat, supporting the coordination of key relationships and supporting the operational delivery of the campaign. Working day-to-day with the campaign’s senior advisory, the coordinator would work closely with the High-Level Advisory Group, senior-level stakeholders, and partners across the campaign network