School Success Manager
About Life Lessons Education
Life Lessons Education is dedicated to making a difference to young people’s lives through high-quality PSHE education. We focus on building essential life skills such as critical thinking, emotional regulation and oracy that help all young people to thrive.
We are an ambitious, mission-driven organisation looking to grow significantly in the coming years. Our evidence-informed resources and support help schools to become environments where pupils feel a strong sense of belonging, where meaningful relationships between pupils and trusted adults can flourish and where pupils leave school with a strong sense of self, equipped to thrive in our fast-changing world.
About the Role
The School Success Manager is crucial for ensuring our partner schools successfully adopt and embed our whole-school PSHE programmes. This role is ideal for a former teacher, Head of Year, PSHE Lead, or pastoral leader looking to broaden their impact beyond one setting. You will be responsible for guiding schools through successful programme implementation, delivering training to build confident delivery teams, and implementing our theory of change to evidence impact. This collaborative role suits a passionate individual keen to develop expertise in training, stakeholder management, and programme implementation across diverse education settings.
Key Responsibilities
School Onboarding & Support
● Establish strong working relationships with key school and MAT staff.
● Understand school contextual priorities (strategy, community, and pupil needs) to guide effective programme implementation.
● Support new partner schools through the initial onboarding process.
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
● Liaise with school staff, including PSHE Leads, pastoral leads, and senior leaders, to ensure programme alignment and effective adoption across teams.
● Provide feedback to the Life Lessons team on challenges and opportunities to inform our development roadmap.
● Contribute content, informed by partner needs, to our monthly partner school newsletters.
Training Development and Delivery
● Design and deliver engaging, evidence-informed training sessions (online and in-person) to school staff and the wider market.
● Build confidence in teachers and staff delivering the Life Lessons programme. Progress Monitoring and Proactive Intervention Planning
● Carry out regular check-ins with schools to understand progress and challenges.
● Work closely with the school accounts team to monitor engagement and develop proactive intervention plans to strengthen uptake and support disengaged schools.
● Grow year-on-year school retention and foster word of mouth between schools.
Impact & Feedback
● Contribute to gathering feedback and evidence of impact in schools.
● Support the development of simple impact summaries and reports.
● Share insights with the wider team to help improve our programmes.
Growth & Development
This role offers strong opportunities for development as we grow. Over time, there may be opportunities to:
● Take on more strategic responsibility with partner schools
● Develop specialisms (e.g. training, impact, or product feedback)
● Progress into more senior roles as the team expands
Candidate Profile
● Proven experience working in a school setting (e.g., teacher, Head of Year, Assistant Head, PSHE Lead, or similar).
● Passionate about supporting young people’s personal development.
● Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships and engaging diverse stakeholders.
● Confident communicator, eager to develop training delivery skills.
● Organised, effective time manager, and a creative problem solver.
● Comfortable using (or learning to use) CRMs and project management systems.
● Adaptable and comfortable travelling to a variety of school contexts when required.
You do not need to have held a senior leadership position to be successful in this role.
Benefits:
● Opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people.
● A supportive and collaborative work environment.
● The opportunity to work with a highly skilled, collaborative and supportive team.
● Ongoing training and development opportunities.
● Enhanced sickness absence, maternity and paternity leave policies
● 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holidays
● Your birthday off as an additional day of annual leave
● Salary sacrifice pension scheme
● Work travel, other than to the office, can be expensed.
How to Apply
Application deadline: May 13th 2026
To apply, please send the following to april@lifelessons.co.uk:
● A CV
● Covering letter which explains why you are best suited for the role.
● Your phone number (so that we can call you for a screening call should we shortlist your CV)
Process:
● On a rolling basis between now and Friday 15th May: 10 minute phone call
● 20th-21st May: 30 minute online interview (questions and a short task to be shared in advance)
● 2nd June: Final in-person interview at our London office (including presentation)
We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
At Life Lessons, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and to being fair and inclusive. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our team. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.
Location: Remote. With adhoc national school visits and occasional attendance at the London office (minimum one day per month).
Start date: June/July 2026
Hours: Full time (5 days per week)
Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 (dependent upon experience)
Bonus: Annual bonus linked to performance against school retention target
Reports to: CEO