“The Key supports wellbeing in a way that I have never experienced before.”
The Key could be your opportunity to make a profound difference to the working lives of 100,000 school leaders and governors, and others across the education sector. We are a team of socially conscious, passionate people, who are all motivated to do something incredible. Join our team today and help us make a difference.
A commitment to understanding members’ needs and challenges, helping them deliver for their pupils, schools and communities
A commitment to open thinking and continuous learning, development and innovation
A commitment to knowledge, service, value and delivery
A commitment to collaboration and teamwork while celebrating our breadth of opinions, perspectives and backgrounds
We offer 22 days’ annual leave in your first year, 25 days in your second and 28 days from your third, along with the option to buy or sell holiday each year. We also offer flexible working options, childcare vouchers and a generous parental leave policy because we understand that life isn’t just about work. Additional benefits include:
We offer discounted gym memberships and savings on bikes, through the cycle to work scheme, to help our people stay active and healthy. We also provide free access to a 24 hour digital healthcare service and have a team of wellbeing ambassadors across all of our offices to support your mental health. Additional benefits include:
We are passionate about professional development and want to make the most of our people’s talents, so we help cover the cost of training courses, books and anything else that might support your career growth. Additional benefits include:
We organise welcome team lunches, summer and Christmas socials, and away days to encourage our people to get to know each other and let their hair down. Our social committee also organises charity bake sales and yearly auctions for everyone to get involved in.
“The Key supports wellbeing in a way that I have never experienced before.”
“Since day one, I’ve watched well-deserving colleagues get promoted, encouraging me to reach my own full potential on my path to career progression.”
“It’s not very often that you get to work with a bunch of people who are as committed, intelligent and forward thinking as they are at The Key – everyone really cares.”
“Working at The Key gives me a real sense of purpose. I love knowing that what I do helps to give genuinely practical support to schools across the country.”
“What really makes the company great is the people and the work environment. Everyone works together to do the best for both the company and its customers.”
Our recruitment process is designed to help ensure that we hire the best people to work at The Key, and to give you an idea of what the role would entail.
Once you find a position that you’d like to apply for, we usually ask you to submit your CV and cover letter letting us know why you want to work for The Key and how your experience fits. A member of our team will then review your application.
We may then contact you to organise a short telephone interview with the line manager. The aim here is for us to find out more about yourself and for you to ask any questions that you may have.
The mission is a timed written or technical task designed to test your skills and way of thinking and to give you an idea of what you’d be doing day-to-day at The Key. This can be completed at home at a time suitable for you. NB. for some roles the mission may come before the telephone interview.
If you’re successful, we’ll invite you to an interview with a panel of around 3 people to talk through your mission and your experience in more depth.
As the final stage, our CEO likes to meet all candidates before we make a job offer. This is less formal than the other stages and will give you a chance to ask any further questions.