Boroughwide Parenting Programs Lead

London Borough of Hillingdon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Hours

36 Hour Week

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Hillingdon Sports & Leisure discounts

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Cycle to Work

Job summary

London Borough of Hillingdon is seeking a Parenting Programmes Coordinator on a fixed-term contract to help shape and deliver parenting support across the borough, working directly with families and professionals to improve outcomes for young children and readiness for school.

This role requires engaging families, building partnerships, coaching practitioners, and monitoring impact to drive continuous service improvement while supporting the Parenting and Home Learning Environment Manager.

Qualifications

• Passionate about early childhood development and helping families thrive.
• Excellent communicator who can build trust and engage a wide range of audiences.
• Skilled at partnership working, bringing people together to achieve positive outcomes.
• Creative and proactive, able to find new ways of engaging families and communities.
• Supportive and influential, with the ability to coach and develop others.
• Organised and outcome-focused, able to coordinate programmes and monitor impact effectively.
• Committed to continuous improvement, using feedback, data and research to improve services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based parenting programmes and targeted interventions for families.
• Develop and coordinate a borough-wide parenting offer in partnership with Family Hubs, schools, early years providers and community organisations.
• Promote parenting support through outreach, social media and local networks.
• Engage families who may be less likely to access support, including those from diverse cultural backgrounds and families of children with SEND.
• Support and develop peer-led parent support groups.
• Coach, train and support practitioners delivering parenting programmes.
• Build strong partnerships across education, health, early years and community services.
• Monitor participation, outcomes and feedback to evaluate programme effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Deputise for the Parenting and Home Learning Environment Manager when required.

Skills

Early childhood development

Communication

Partnership working

Creativity

Coaching

Organisation

Job description

London Borough of Hillingdon is seeking a Parenting Programmes Coordinator on a fixed-term contract to help shape and deliver parenting support across the borough, working directly with families and professionals to improve outcomes for young children and readiness for school.

This role requires engaging families, building partnerships, coaching practitioners, and monitoring impact to drive continuous service improvement while supporting the Parenting and Home Learning Environment Manager.