About the role

  • Partnership Manager enhancing partnerships and engagement across the UK for the Micro:bit Educational Foundation. Drive collaboration and support young learners with educational technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Job title

Partnership Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£33,600 - £42,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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