Senior Associate - Impact Organisations

Senior Impact Organisation Associate

What it’s like working at Skills Builder Partnership

Joining Skills Builder is not like working anywhere else. Our team consistently say they have never worked anywhere as collaborative, supportive or mission-oriented. We combine the fun and dynamism of a start-up, the professional development opportunities of a corporate, the innovation of a digital native and the social impact focus of a charity.

We are serious about delivering social mobility through our vision that one day everyone builds the essential skills to succeed. That means we are ambitious and set high standards for ourselves. We are reflective, inclusive and supportive.

In practice this means that everyone makes time for others in the team, we get stuck in to solve problems together, we have regular employee surveys where leadership talk through every single suggestion and the whole team is involved in developing our strategy.

About the role

In this role, you will be at the forefront of delivering tangible change. You will work with our partners strategically to embed the Skills Builder Universal Framework and approach into their organisations, enabling individuals to build the skills that unlock social mobility and life outcomes.

Our Associates all have a track record of outstanding practice in building learners’ abilities. Being able to effectively build relationships is also valuable, including the ability to influence senior leaders and decision makers.

The role presents a unique opportunity for those with a teaching or facilitation background to build a career in delivering systemic social impact. You’ll work with organisations whose programmes are designed to deliver a social impact. You’ll spot opportunities for programmes and training to deepen their impact by building essential skills in a structured and focused way, using the Universal Framework.

We have big ambitions and your scope to grow, learn and achieve matches that. If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

1. Relationship Management
   • Building and maintaining excellent, close relationships with key partners and stakeholders across your cohort of impact organisations.
   • Empowering your partners to set ambitious goals for embedding effective essential skill development across their suite of programmes.
   • Ensuring maximum and sustained impact by re-enrolling partners year-on-year, and by engaging them with broader programmes and products.
2. Programme Delivery
   • Managing a portfolio of organisations to achieve the maximum impact during their Impact Programme.
   • Planning and delivering training for programme managers, facilitators, and mentors, predominantly delivered virtually and on occasion in-person.
   • Leading strategic planning meetings with senior leaders in organisations.
   • Providing expert guidance and recommendations for how to maximise impact of programmes.
   • Supporting organisations to meet the criteria for achieving an Impact Level and being responsible for the quality assurance process.
3. Resource Development for our partners
   • Planning and refining the training materials.
   • Creating bespoke programme content and resources.
   • Supporting partner organisations to embed the Skills Builder Framework into their own programme content and meet the criteria for Impact Levels.
4. Growing the Partnership
   • Seeking out and building relationships with potential partners who are interested in our work.
   • Exploring and understanding existing programmes and proposing relevant Skills Builder programmes to potential partners.
   • Signing up new organisations to join the Skills Builder Partnership.

Benefits

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 (FTE)

Start Date: Flexible, but ideally mid-February 2025

Working hours: Flexible – 28 to 40 hours per week (0.7 to 1.0 FTE)

Travel: We travel occasionally for in-person delivery. If based remotely, you also have a “flexi” day each year, so you can expense travel to meet with others in your team.

Team days: We get together in person in London 6 times a year for strategy, fun and food.

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays. This increases by one day each year up to 30 days and you can buy back up to 5 days to a total of 30.

Location: UK fully remote or London (hybrid working with 1+ days in the office per week)

Application Process

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

On completion of the online application please also send your CV by email to jobs@skillsbuilder.org.

The application deadline is 09:00 on 2nd January 2025, with interviews on weeks commencing 13th or 20th January.

Applicants are encouraged to explore our work at www.skillsbuilder.org before applying.