Education Associate

Welcome to Skills Builder Partnership

There are eight skills that are essential for success in all areas of life. Research shows that they underpin academic progress, support wellbeing and lead to higher skilled, higher paid careers. Unfortunately, those from less privileged backgrounds have fewer opportunities to build these skills. We exist to change the systems that allow this to happen.

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.

We are working toward systemic change by rapidly scaling our approach. The Skills Builder Partnership already consists of over 700 organisations. Together, we delivered over 1.4 million opportunities for individuals to build essential skills in 2020 alone. Our strategy of collective impact means we already have the backing of key sectoral players like CIPD, BITC and the Careers & Enterprise Company.

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 framework and approach into their organisations, enabling individuals build the skills that unlock social mobility and life outcomes.

To build credibility, we are looking for evidence of high-quality teaching practice in a primary or secondary school in the UK in any subject specialism. We are also looking for someone with strong evidence of relationship building, including the ability to influence senior leaders.

The role presents a unique opportunity for those with a teaching background to build a career in delivering systemic social impact. To begin with, you’ll work with Schools and Colleges. As you build your confidence, you’ll then have the opportunity to work in new areas. This could mean working with our employer partners or other social impact organisations, or leading a strategic innovation project.

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.

Benefits

Salary: £30,000-£34,000

Start Date: 29th August 2022

Working hours: Flexible but ideally 40 hours per week

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays & potential to buy back up to 5 days

Location: London or UK remote

Application Process

Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email to [email removed - click apply for more details]. The application deadline is 20th June, with interviews on weeks commencing 27th June & 4th July.