Partnership Manager
Micro:bit Educational Foundation
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £33,600 - £42,000 per year
About the role
- Act as the Foundation’s main point of contact for UK community partner organisations, establish regular touch-points with key contacts.
- Build, maintain, and manage relationships with existing and new partners, sharing relevant micro:bit content and resources as needed.
- Identify and pursue opportunities to collaborate with like-minded organisations and events that increase visibility and stakeholder engagement.
- Support the Head of EMEA with managing community partners, ensuring communications and network-building.
- Work closely with the Education team as new content, resources, webinars and courses are developed and ensuring this information is circulated to relevant contacts and partners.
- Liaise with partners on campaigns, initiatives, and micro:bit-related communications, managing a schedule and record of these.
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to develop tailored partner messaging and recommendations.
- Represent the Foundation at national and regional events, recording contacts and following up opportunities.
- Contribute to the growth and coordination of the micro:bit champion programme, leveraging leadership skills to maximise its reach and impact.
- Coordinate partner impact reporting, gathering and analysing data for quarterly and annual reporting cycles.
- Track and communicate the outcomes of partner activities, showcasing reach and impact.
- Work with internal teams (Education, Marketing, Product, Technology) to ensure UK projects are aligned and impactful.
Requirements
- Commitment for the Foundation’s mission to broaden participation in digital creativity and coding, particularly among girls and underrepresented groups.
- Experience collaborating with global, national, or regional partners in education, community, or technology.
- Demonstrable success in building and managing relationships with multiple partners, delivering measurable results.
- Confident communicator: skilled at presenting, pitching, and delivering sessions both online and in person.
- Entrepreneurial and proactive, with the ability to identify and act on new opportunities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage workload, priorities, and reporting independently.
- Willingness and availability to travel across the UK to meet with partners, attend events.
- Demonstrable experience and interest in the education technology sector, with knowledge of digital products, tools, software, publishing etc.
- Experience in B2B client, stakeholder, or partner management (desirable).
- An understanding of education content, digital marketing, social media (desirable).
- Strong copywriting skills advantageous (desirable).
- Public-speaking and keen presentation skills an advantage (desirable).
- Skills in data management, reporting, and visualisation (e.g., Google Analytics, infographics, dashboards) (desirable).
- Local networks and knowledge of education ecosystems an advantage (desirable).
Benefits
- Salary £42,000 FTE per annum (33,600 GBP 0.8FTE)
- Group private medical and group life insurance plan
- EAP plan
- Flexibility in working hours
- Flexible annual leave policy (taking at least 25 days a year not including national holidays)
- Pension arrangement
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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