Senior Strategy Manager, Parent Outreach and Engagement

We have an exciting opportunity for someone experienced in supporting and improving parent outreach and engagement activities through monitoring and evaluation to join our team in this newly created role.

Location - Hybrid - this role is mainly working from home with one day per week in our London office (usually a Monday). There will also be occasional travel to our programme sites, which is currently Stoke-on-Trent, Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, and Scotland.

Salary - £50,000 to £55,000 DOE

Employment Type - Permanent, 35 hours per week

Team - Learning & Impact

About you

We are looking for someone who is able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience conducting qualitative interviews and using the insights gained to inform planning and project delivery.
• Proven expertise in effective parent outreach and engagement for early childhood development.
• Proven experience of developing strategies and plans around parent outreach and engagement activity and iterating these based on learnings from delivery.
• Significant project management expertise, including experience of capturing records and learning.
• Experience supporting frontline practitioners to reflect on their practice and to collaboratively develop solutions to challenges.
• Ability to support delivery teams to test new approaches, learn about what works in specific contexts and refine delivery according to learning.

About the role

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Leading the monitoring and evaluation of parent outreach and engagement, including relevant annual evaluations to assess reach and impact.
• Using these learnings, data and information to support the continued development of our existing parent outreach and engagement strategy.
• Work in partnership with the Director of Design and Planning to develop Thrive at Five's sustainability plans for parent outreach and engagement.
• Work with Parent Outreach and Engagement Leads to ensure we have clear local strategies for sharing best practice and improving local system capabilities and practice related to outreach.
• Support backbone teams to review and respond to evaluation findings.

About us

Thrive at Five is at an exciting stage, coming up to their 5 th birthday. We have grown rapidly over that time and are now expanding into our third and fourth regions, with a growing team of nearly 40 across the country.

Our mission is to help children develop strong foundations for life and learning, in and alongside communities where families face the most challenges.

We do this in two key ways: we empower parents and carers as primary influencers of child development, equipping them with the tools and support they need to be the best they can be for their children. We also foster collaboration across public, private and voluntary sectors to create a more joined-up, effective early years system. Everything we do is in partnership with the whole community, including senior decision makers, local professionals working with families, parents and carers.

About our benefits

• Pension contributions - We will contribute 3% and you can contribute 5% towards your pension through NEST.
• 25 annual leave days per year plus bank holidays.
• In addition to your laptop and phone provided by us, you can also receive a £100 contribution towards your home-working set up.
• £100 contribution towards your professional body membership.
• Enhanced sick leave and maternity pay (following qualifying period).

Please note that this role is subject to a successful Disclosure check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful candidate will also need to provide satisfactory references and current right to work in the UK.

To apply for this role, please submit your cover letter and CV by following the Apply Now button. Closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 22 nd January 2026.

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