Education Development Partner

ASDAN is an education charity and awarding organisation providing courses, accredited curriculum programmes and regulated qualifications to engage, elevate and empower learners aged 11 to 25 years with diverse needs. Our goal is to engage learners through relevant and motivating courses to achieve meaningful learning outcomes, which elevate them to go on to further education, training and work, and empower them to take control of their lives. We do this by developing courses with an accessible and practical pedagogy for learners; and by supporting our partner educators to foster the personal, social and work-related abilities of learners with diverse needs.

As ASDAN looks forward to expanding our membership and reaching more learners, we have exciting new opportunity for a dynamic, engaging and dedicated education professional to join the ASDAN team. As we launch our new strategy, we have ambitions to increase our membership and networks across a range of settings including primary, secondary and special schools, alternative provisions, further education, social care, the criminal justice system, and the informal learning community, reaching and benefitting ever more learners through ASDAN’s distinct pedagogy and course offering.

As an Education Development Partner you will be responsible for developing and executing development plans to recruit, retain and grow centres’ use of ASDAN courses within our target audiences. This role will work directly with senior leaders within educational settings to identify opportunities for growth, and with education practitioners/teachers to provide specialist information, advice and guidance to ensure effective delivery of ASDAN courses. Role holders will assume responsibility for developing their understanding in a specific segment in order to provide specialist support and identify opportunities for product development and increased member benefits, working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation. We are keen to hear from applicants with experience of working within the criminal justice system, social care settings or multi-academy trusts or at Key Stage 2. Applicants will be working from home, with travel required to centres' and occasionally to our head office in Bristol. This is a full time, 37.5 hour week, role.

Job purpose:

Education development partners are responsible for developing and executing business development plans to recruit, retain and grow centres’ use of ASDAN courses within our target audiences. This role will work directly with senior leaders within educational institutions to identify opportunities for growth, and with education practitioners/teachers to provide specialist information, advice and guidance to ensure effective delivery of ASDAN courses.

Role holders will assume responsibility for developing their understanding in a specific segment in order to provide specialist support and identify opportunities for product development and increased member benefits, working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation. They will also utilise data from internal systems to report on performance against key targets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business development: Grow membership within agreed markets against annual targets and identify opportunities for growth in other sectors; identify emerging trends, learners’ needs and updates to policy in external landscape to support product development.
2. Relationship management: Member retention and engagement; provision of general information, advice and guidance through learning community model.
3. Curriculum expertise: Maintain comprehensive knowledge of all courses offered within allocated pathway, and a detailed knowledge of specialist area to provide specific information, advice and guidance to current and prospective members.
4. Reporting: Provide updates on progress against targets, and recommendations to overcome any barriers identified.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Business Development and Sales

Industries

Education Administration Programs