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Senior Schools Engagement Trainer
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- £51.8K
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- United Kingdom
- Work type
- Hybrid
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Combine Clinical or School Leadership Expertise with Workforce Development
Anna Freud is seeking a Senior Schools Engagement Trainer to join our world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website .
Our EDI commitment
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience.
We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve.
As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.
What We Offer
Whether your background is clinical practice or school-based wellbeing leadership, this role offers the chance to use your expertise at scale. You'll develop high-quality training, support a team of experienced trainers and help schools build confident, sustainable approaches to mental health and wellbeing.
We offer a range of staff benefits , including free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme. We are proud to have staff-led Diversity Networks offering unique opportunities for learning, connection and impact.
What You’ll Do
You will line manage and support trainers, review new training programmes and respond to tender opportunities. Some days you'll deliver training to school leaders, teachers or wider education professionals. Working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, you'll combine strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, helping schools translate evidence-informed approaches into meaningful change.
What You’ll Bring
Essential experience, knowledge and skills:
Anna Freud is seeking a Senior Schools Engagement Trainer to join our world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website .
Our EDI commitment
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience.
We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve.
As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.
What We Offer
Whether your background is clinical practice or school-based wellbeing leadership, this role offers the chance to use your expertise at scale. You'll develop high-quality training, support a team of experienced trainers and help schools build confident, sustainable approaches to mental health and wellbeing.
We offer a range of staff benefits , including free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme. We are proud to have staff-led Diversity Networks offering unique opportunities for learning, connection and impact.
What You’ll Do
You will line manage and support trainers, review new training programmes and respond to tender opportunities. Some days you'll deliver training to school leaders, teachers or wider education professionals. Working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, you'll combine strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, helping schools translate evidence-informed approaches into meaningful change.
What You’ll Bring
Essential experience, knowledge and skills:
- Experience leading, managing or supervising colleagues and supporting high-performing teams.
- Significant professional experience in children's mental health or school wellbeing leadership.
- Proven experience designing and delivering engaging training for education professionals, both online and face-to-face.
- Robust understanding of schools, colleges and the mental health challenges affecting children and young people.
- Effective relationship-building, facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to work confidently with a range of stakeholders.
Key details
Hours: full-time (35 hours per week).
Salary: £51,803 per annum FTE, plus 6% contributory pension scheme.
Location: hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 40% of their working hours at our London office (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH). Significant attendance at other venues across the UK will be required. Specific hybrid working arrangements will be addressed during the interviews.
Contract type: fixed-term, 12 months (maternity cover).
Next steps
Closing date for applications: midday (12pm), Wednesday 25 November 2026. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Thursday 3 December 2026. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews: will be held remotely on 16 and/or 17 December 2026.
How to apply: click on the 'apply now’ button to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
Questions?
Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
Hours: full-time (35 hours per week).
Salary: £51,803 per annum FTE, plus 6% contributory pension scheme.
Location: hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 40% of their working hours at our London office (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH). Significant attendance at other venues across the UK will be required. Specific hybrid working arrangements will be addressed during the interviews.
Contract type: fixed-term, 12 months (maternity cover).
Next steps
Closing date for applications: midday (12pm), Wednesday 25 November 2026. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Thursday 3 December 2026. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews: will be held remotely on 16 and/or 17 December 2026.
How to apply: click on the 'apply now’ button to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
Questions?
Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
