Education Partnerships Coordinator – Petrus, Burnley

• Annual salary of £23,200 (29K FTE)
• Permanent role
• Part time (28 hours) 3 days between Monday-Friday, 9-5
• Burnley office base, hybrid working

The role

As our Education Partnerships Coordinator, you will play a key role in building and nurturing strong relationships with primary schools across the UK, ensuring the successful delivery of Positive Footprints programmes that inspire children and young people to broaden their horizons and create brighter futures.

Working closely with schools, partners, and stakeholders, you will help coordinate impactful learning experiences that connect education with the world of work, aspirations, and future opportunities.

We have ambitious plans to expand our reach and positively impact 20,000 children each year, working with a growing network of schools and partners nationwide. This role is instrumental in helping us achieve that vision, supporting the growth of our programmes and strengthening the partnerships that make our work possible.

The right fit

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to create and build sustainable relationships
• Ability to influence, persuade and communicate with potential customers through various sales techniques
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, working to deadlines
• Creative, driven and solution focused with a positive can-do attitude and joined up thinking
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail and ability to produce reports as required
• Competent with all aspects of Microsoft Office and able to confidently use a CRM
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise in a fast-paced environment
• Able to demonstrate company values

Who we are

Positive Footprints, works in collaboration with education providers to develop career-based learning programmes in partnership with local businesses.

We deliver across the educational journey, from primary school and Further Education, our programmes aim to inspire, prepare, and support young people to explore the world of business, get thinking about their future careers and raise aspirations.

Positive Footprints is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

Positive Footprints really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re accredited by Best Companies for our ‘world class’ levels of staff engagement and have been consistently named as one of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West. 

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

• A range of flexible working options.
• 27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• 6 additional days for volunteering
• Up to 9% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme (match funded) .
• £250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.

"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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