Education charity ContinYou is to create a directorate to bring together its work on children and families.
The charity is responsible for providing the support services to the Government's extended schools project, and runs a number of projects related to parenting, families and learning outside school hours.
The director will have responsibility for a third of ContinYou's 6.5m budget. Recruitment will begin this week.
"This role will be a challenge as we try to make our mark in this area," said Phil Street, chief executive of ContinYou.
