Education Development Manager (Secondment/Fixed Term Contract) - Office of the Police and Crime ...

Education Development Manager (Secondment/Fixed Term Contract) - Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)

Department Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Location Kidlington, Home Address (Hybrid)

Rank/Grade TVP Broad Band 4I

Band 4I, circa £46,075 per annum, plus benefits

Are you passionate about preventing crime, safeguarding young people, and making communities safer? Working in the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Thames Valley is more than just a job, it's an opportunity to shape early intervention, influence education, and deliver meaningful change across our communities.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Education Development Manager to lead the delivery of our Education Strategy and help embed a strong, evidence-led approach to prevention and community safety.

About the Role

This is a unique and influential role focused on delivering the OPCC Education Strategy across Thames Valley. You will work with partners including Thames Valley Police, schools, local authorities and community organisations to coordinate and deliver high quality education and prevention initiatives. The role combines strategic oversight with hands on delivery, ensuring education programmes are impactful, evidence based, and aligned to key priorities such as safeguarding, early intervention, and reducing vulnerability.

You will build strong partnerships, develop innovative educational content, and ensure that the voices of young people and those with lived experience shape our approach.

This is a hybrid role based at the OPCC in Kidlington, with regular travel across Thames Valley.

Key Responsibilities -

• Lead delivery of the OPCC Education Strategy across schools, colleges, and communities
• Develop and coordinate innovative engagement programmes with schools and Thames Valley Police Schools Officers
• Design and deliver high quality education and training packages on crime prevention and community safety
• Increase uptake of education resources and develop new lesson plans and outreach activities
• Work with partners to identify gaps in provision and respond to emerging risks and trends
• Provide oversight, monitoring and evaluation of education related programmes, ensuring measurable impact
• Coordinate and analyse education surveys to inform future strategy and improvement
• Ensure safeguarding principles and good practice are embedded across all activity
• Support delivery of requirements linked to the Victims Code and Serious Violence Duty

About You

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience delivering education, training or engagement programmes, particularly with young people
• Be confident presenting to a range of audiences, with the ability to adapt style and approach
• Demonstrate strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships
• Have a good understanding of safeguarding, early intervention and prevention
• Be highly organised, able to work independently, and manage competing priorities
• Be experienced in developing innovative approaches to education and engagement
• Ideally have knowledge of crime prevention, community safety, or youth vulnerability (desirable)
• Hold (or be willing to work towards) a recognised training/teaching qualification, or equivalent experience
• Be able to travel across Thames Valley (full UK driving licence required)

Join Our Team

If you are passionate about making a difference and want to play a key role in shaping how we prevent crime and support communities through education, we would love to hear from you. By joining our dedicated and dynamic OPCC team, you will contribute to building safer, stronger and more inclusive communities across Thames Valley.

The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 19 July 2026.

Benefits and Working Conditions

30 days annual leave per annum, pro-rata for part time (plus Bank Holidays), flexible working conditions, a wide range of lifestyle discounts, career development opportunities, and option to join a local government pension scheme.

Vetting

All posts require a level of Police Vetting as per the National Vetting Code of Practice. The residency requirement is necessary to enable all applicants to be checked in an equitable manner. Thames Valley Police will allow applicants to apply who do not necessarily reach the criteria as long as they have proven UK residency and supporting evidence where necessary. Applications will be considered on a case by case basis.