Programme Manager: The Orwell Youth Prize, The Orwell Foundation

This is a unique opportunity to lead the delivery and growth of our programme for young people, building on current momentum to coordinate interventions for secondary school age students and teachers and to shape the future of our activities. Far more than a prize, the programme is rooted in Orwell's values and encourages all young people to think and write critically and creatively about their world.

The impact of the Youth Prize has grown in recent years, and we are looking for a candidate who shares our ambitions for its future. The programme is an initiative of The Orwell Foundation, a registered charity which exists to perpetuate the achievements of the author, journalist, and essayist George Orwell through the education of young people and the provision of prizes, cultural events, and debates for the public benefit.

Alongside the prestigious Orwell Prizes for Journalism, Reporting Homelessness, Political Writing and Political Fiction, the Foundation is also host to a growing number of Orwell-related activities - from events and lectures, to dramatised readings of Orwell's work and the supporting of new research on his life and legacy.

The Programme Manager manages our work with young people, but has no direct reports except, on occasion, temporary contractors. We are a small team, and our activities are integrated across all our programmes, including fundraising. The Programme Manager will therefore be expected to work flexibly across Foundation-wide activities where required.