National Literacy Trust
Project Officer, Literacy Champions – Cornwall
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Project Officer, Literacy Champions – Cornwall
£26,000 per year
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Fixed-term contract until March 2027
Based in Cornwall as a home working role
We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life. Together, we're helping people change their stories. You could join us to support our work with volunteers in the Camborne and Redruth area of Cornwall.
What you’ll be doing
Our Literacy Champions project identifies, trains and supports volunteers who work with us to design new and exciting ways to promote literacy in their community. We build their capacity to take a lead role in the long term.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to oversee work with volunteers in the Camborne and Redruth area of Cornwall. Working alongside our local project manager and as part of our national communities team, you will develop new strategies for recruiting volunteers and mobilising key community partnerships to increase our reach and build sustainability. You will also organise and deliver training events, gather data, share learning and develop case studies to build an evidence base of impact.
This will include the delivery of a community-based early years project focused on improving home reading habits among families with young children. You will engage with a wide range of early years groups and businesses in the area and organise events for families. You will also create resources, including book boxes and noticeboards, and maintain supplies at our storage unit.
You will be based in Cornwall within easy access of Camborne and Redruth and work from home. Your role will include regular local travel, as well as national travel when necessary. This will include coming to London three times per year for our regular staff days, as well as induction, and three team days per year that take place in other locations. All travel expenses will be covered.
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This role is also suitable for secondment from an appropriate local partner.
What we’re looking for
You will be experienced in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, and developing models that build volunteer leadership and community capacity. You will also have experience of working with early years settings, schools or community organisations. You will need to live in, or within easy access of, the Camborne and Redruth area and have a good understanding of the community and its families.
Due to the nature of delivery, you will need a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle. You will also need to be comfortable managing book stock and other resources, including at our local storage unit.
This role is also subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedures.
Why our work is so vital
Literacy changes everything.
It gives you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. It’s the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. It’s better results at school, and better jobs. If children grow up without the tools to communicate, without books to read or opportunities to write, it’s harder to get where you want to go.
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity helping people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words – reading, writing, speaking and listening. From first words, through school days to training, jobs and beyond.
- We work collaboratively in local communities, focusing our work in 20 areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.
- We support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.
- We campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians and decision-makers.
- We support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders’ institutions to build their literacy skills.
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What we offer you
Our team are passionate about our mission, and we have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. We offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.
Application details
Our people are our most important asset, and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We would like to increase the representation of these groups among our staff, as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.
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Closing date: 11:59pm, Wednesday 26 August 2026.
Please note, we do not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites. Registered charity no. 1116260 (England and Wales) and SC042944 (Scotland).
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