Trust Literacy and Oracy Development Partner
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Part-time |
| Location: | Liverpool, L3 1BY |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 3 Sept 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Qualified Teacher Status and successful experience in primary education.
• A strong track record of improving early reading, literacy and language outcomes for children.
• Significant experience of Read Write Inc. Phonics and supporting its implementation in schools.
• Experience of coaching, mentoring and training teachers, teaching assistants and school leaders.
• Secure knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics, reading development, vocabulary acquisition, language development, fluency and comprehension.
• Experience of supporting literacy improvement across schools or leading whole-school literacy development.
• An understanding of effective implementation and evidence-informed practice.
• The ability to analyse performance information and identify priorities for improvement.
• Strong facilitation, presentation and communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively with leaders and staff across multiple schools.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• A commitment to improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND and those at risk of falling behind.
• A commitment to the mission, values and Catholic ethos of SJCMAT.
• The ability to travel regularly between Trust schools.
What the school offers its staff
• An exciting opportunity to influence literacy and oracy provision across a growing Catholic Multi Academy Trust.
• The chance to work with talented school leaders and educational specialists to improve outcomes for children.
• A specialist Trust-wide leadership role with significant impact and influence.
• A professional, supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Access to high-quality professional development and leadership learning opportunities.
• Opportunities to work alongside experienced literacy and school improvement professionals.
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Employee Assistance Programme and staff wellbeing services.
• Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
• Modern office facilities within the iconic Port of Liverpool Building.
• A highly supportive Executive Team and Board of Directors.
• The opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people across our communities.
Further details about the role
The Trust Literacy and Oracy Development Partner will play a key role in strengthening literacy and spoken language provision across SJCMAT schools as the Trust continues to grow.
Working closely with the Director of Primary Education and the Trust Reading Leader, the successful candidate will support the implementation of the Trust's literacy and oracy strategy through high-quality training, coaching and implementation support. The role will focus on developing sustainable expertise within schools and ensuring evidence-informed approaches are implemented effectively.
The postholder will work with teachers, teaching assistants, reading leaders and senior leaders to improve practice in areas including Read Write Inc. Phonics, Talk Through Stories, Say a Poem and wider literacy and language development. Particular emphasis will be placed on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND and those at risk of falling behind.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled literacy practitioner to influence practice across multiple schools, develop staff expertise and help ensure that every child becomes a confident reader, communicator and learner.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we will carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.