Project Coordinator (Wales)
Closing Date: Monday 13th July at 12 noon.
Salary: £29,024 to £31,856 per annum (Scale Points 29-32).
Location: This role will be home-based with regular travel throughout Wales, and occasionally to North East England.
Contract Type: This role is fixed term until 31st March 2029. This Role is full time, 37 hours per week.
Children North East, Resolve Poverty and the Welsh Government are partnering to deliver a three-year programme designed to reduce the cost of the school day and lessen the impact of poverty on learners across Wales. Running from April 2026 to April 2029, the initiative will support schools, local authorities, learners and families to remove financial barriers to education and ensure every child can thrive, whatever their economic circumstances. This work forms a central part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to equity in education and its wider mission to tackle child poverty.
The programme will help schools, settings, governing bodies and education staff identify the barriers to attendance, engagement and attainment that arise from economic circumstances. It will provide evidence-based support, professional learning and guidance to help achieve equity in provision.
A key focus will be contributing to a national conversation about poverty and its impact on learners, using learner voice to challenge stigma and unconscious bias. The programme will also support schools in removing barriers linked to the poverty related attainment gap and develop a consistent bank of resources and guidance to promote non stigmatising practice across the Welsh education system.
Alongside this, it will strengthen local authority initiatives aimed at tackling the impact of poverty on education and help coordinate national efforts. It will also contribute to the development of professional learning for the teaching workforce – from initial teacher education through to NPQH candidates – ensuring that issues of equity and poverty are embedded throughout the system
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