Educational Partnerships Manager (Tees Valley)

Are you looking for an engaging, fulfilling, and varied role? Young Enterprise is looking for a new Educational Partnerships Manager in Tees Valley with some work in North Yorkshire and County Durham. To succeed in the role it is vital that you can travel extensively across the region and into North Yorkshire so the candidate will ideally live in the area.

Young Enterprise is a national charity working directly with young people, teachers, and volunteers, helping young people prepare for their future. This role supports the continued development of YE’s impact by providing young people with opportunities to engage in YE’s enterprise and financial education programmes building vital skills, developing an enterprising mindset, supporting them to build their future and enabling them to make a positive contribution to their community and society.

As Educational Partnerships Manager you will be a key contributor to the regional educational partnerships team, supporting the team to achieve shared KPIs for the region and the wider organisation.  The role of Educational Partnerships Manager involves working directly with young people and teachers in schools that are delivering / supporting the delivery of our Young Enterprise programmes.

The Educational Partnerships Manager role will suit someone who can work with young people, build rapport and engage young people from a range of backgrounds. You will need to be confident in working within education settings and liaising with school staff, volunteers, and corporate volunteers. This can be a varied role, but a very exciting role as well as very rewarding. Your experience in relationship development and management will help with developing new schools as well as supporting existing school relationships. There is not an exhaustive list but is to provide you with a flavour of the role.

We are looking for:

·        A motivated self-starter

·        Ability to develop new relationships with range of stakeholders and support existing ones

·        Confident and happy in presenting and delivering to large audiences

·        Good organisational, prioritising, and problem-solving skills, with the resilience to work effectively under pressure

·        Excellent manner, rapport and professionalism with young people

·        An understanding or experience of managing relationships with volunteers

·        A great promoter and inspirer in helping young people achieve their potential

·        Computer literacy with understanding of word, excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams

You'll be working alongside an experienced and passionate small regional team, with a 'can-do' ethos of supporting each other and sharing knowledge across programmes and geographies.

Why work for us?

·        People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture

·        An active commitment to equality and diversity

·        Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner

·        Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks (pro rata)

·        Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical

·        Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

·        Cycle-to-work scheme

·        Group Life Assurance

This is a home-based role, however, will require significant travel in Tees Valley and some travel to parts of North Yorkshire and County Durham so the candidate will ideally live in the area.  A DBS will be required. 

To apply, please send your CV – with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you think you would be right for this opportunity by no later than midday on 2nd August 2024.  Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Social mobility will be at the heart of Young Enterprise’s future strategy, what measures would you take to ensure that those most in need receive the support of our programmes and services? 

Please prepare a presentation of no more than 5mins to outline your approach with young people, educators and business partners.

Interviews will be held on 13th August.

Although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.