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Partnership Engagement Coordinator

Partnership Engagement Coordinator

ARK Schools

Camden

  • Expired
Salary:
£24,000-£30,000 depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
As soon as available
Apply by:
18 July 2017

Job overview

(1 year Fixed Term Contract)

About Ark

Ark is an education charity and one of the country’s top performing academy operators. Our academies are generally situated in areas of high disadvantage, with over 30% of Ark pupils eligible for free school meals, compared with 16% nationally. We currently work with 35 primary and secondary schools across London, Hastings, Portsmouth and Birmingham. Our vision is to create a group of outstanding schools that radically improve our pupils’ life chances. Despite our schools serving deprived and under-resourced communities, in 2014 Ark Schools was rated by the Department for Education as the highest performing academy network for the progress students make. This October, it was confirmed that Ark King Solomon Academy was the best non-selective school in England. We’ve shown that with high expectations, it’s possible to provide a good education for all children, regardless of where they are from.

However, we know there is more to success than academic achievement alone. Education isn’t simply about passing exams; it’s about enabling students to learn the skills and qualities they need to be successful at school and beyond. We want every pupil to do well enough to go to university or pursue the career of their choice. To support this, our schools ensure that alongside setting high expectations for academic progress, we also focus on building the habits and skills most desired by employers and universities, guarantee access and exposure to the experiences that will help them to shape a vision for their own future and guide their decisions about their university or career pathway after school. We also work with our students even once they have left school, ensuring that their access to support and opportunities enables their long term success through into a career of their choice.

About the Role

The Partnership Engagement Coordinator is a new role that will support both the Pathways and Enrichment and Fundraising departments at Ark. We know that we cannot achieve our mission without working with others and we want to make sure that we are leveraging partnerships to support this work. Acting as a broker between organisations such as corporate and industry partners, universities and third sector organisations, you will mobilise our school communities, maximising engagement with the opportunities partners offer. You will also work with senior colleagues to ensure that key partners, stakeholders and supporters are updated about Ark news and events and successfully stewarded.

The role is ideal for a proactive administrator who is looking to gain experience to move into relationship management and communication roles.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Supporting with identification and cultivation of strategic pathways and enrichment partners

  • Support with developing an approach to prioritising partnership relationships
  • Work closely with the Pathways and Enrichment and Development teams to research the national and regional offer to schools and alumni students from specific partner groups
  • Lead on the development of relationships with a number of selected organisations to yield exclusive opportunities such as work experience placements, trips or reduced cost programmes for Ark students, teachers and alumni
  • Where appropriate, attend meetings and networking opportunities to engage with new partners
    Maximising engagement with partner programmes and opportunities
  • Liaise with priority partners to market key programmes and opportunities including deadlines for application and eligibility criteria
  • Foster strong working relationships with key Ark network and in-school contacts to ensure engagement
  • Develop a systematic approach to advertising opportunities and work closely with senior colleagues to develop a series of on and off line communication channels to support engagement – this may involve including information in existing channels or developing newsletters, e-blasts, toolkits, resources and/or face to face networking opportunities
  • Lead on an evaluation of the partnerships and school engagement process on an annual basis

Coordinating and monitoring the implementation of partner engagement/stewardship plans

  • Manage the database of partnership organisations and key contacts ensuring it is kept up to date with all communication, including pro-bono and in-kind engagement and support
  • Advocate and support the use of the database with the teams across the organisation
  • Establish a timetable of activities across the year, individually deliver key actions and, where relevant, ensure senior colleagues are aware of stewardship and engagement requirements
  • Where relevant, support the coordination and writing of stewardship and project reports for external partners and supporters
  • Work with the Development team and gift admin staff to ensure information is shared across teams and partnership information is properly stored on the database
  • Work closely with partners to monitor school and student engagement with opportunities and ensure requirements are met and expected activities delivered.

Supporting the coordination and delivery of a number of key partnership activities which are exclusively for Ark students:

  • Support the Pathways & Enrichment and Development teams to coordinate student focused activities including application, registration and evaluation for events and activities such as university and industry conference days and bursary interviews
  • Lead on the delivery of a number of agreed partnership programmes, including:
    o Junior and Senior Great Debates by the English Speaking Union
    o 3 week
    o Apprenticeship mentoring programme for 40 students in Birmingham
  • Respond to requests from partners regarding school or student engagements, visits and one-off events and opportunities
    As a member of both the Pathways and Enrichment and Development teams, you will be expected to support with team wide initiatives and meetings where appropriate

Person Specification and required experience

  • Passion that every young person deserves access to excellent opportunities and education
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Experience of engaging with senior colleagues and external partners
  • Attention to detail and logical approach to approaching tasks
  • Persuasive communicator who shows tenacity and creativity to meet needs of those around them
  • Ability to prioritise a diverse workload to meet targets and deadlines
  • Experience sourcing complex information and presenting information in an informative way
  • Ability to work as part of a team and across a large and complex organisation

To apply, please go to https://goo.gl/fkGMeg.
Please submit your application by 12pm on Wednesday 19th July.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or recruitment@arkonline.org

Location:    Holborn, London
Interviews: Thursday 27 July

Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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  • ARK Schools
  • The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London
  • W11 4AN
  • United Kingdom
+44 20 3116 6345

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Ark is charity that aims to transform children's lives through education. Our goal is to help give children the best start in life, regardless of their background.

Our network of 39 schools schools in the UK achieves great results for young people, and some of our schools are among the best in the country. We educate around 28,500 pupils in four locations across the UK; Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth.

Why work for Ark?

At Ark, we are all united by the same goal; a commitment to drive real change in education where it’s needed most. The development of our staff is one of our top priorities, at every level and in every role.

Joining Ark means there are plenty of diverse opportunities to progress your career, choosing the direction you want to take it in. Whether that be in one of our new or transition schools, a school in another region in the UK, as part of our dedicated central team or by working for one of our innovative Ark Ventures.

Make a difference where it matters most

We only work in the communities where we can make the biggest difference to children’s lives and take on some of the most challenging schools in the country.

Many of our schools have a history of academic under-achievement or are in areas of economic disadvantage. 84% of Ark schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Take your career in your own direction

We are committed to offering you diverse career progression, whether that means aspiring to senior leadership or becoming an outstanding at what you do, allowing you to really carve out a successful career in with us.  We are dedicated to offering opportunities to support your career in our schools or as part of our wider network.

Learning at every stage

We are committed to providing high-quality professional learning throughout your career. The development of our staff is one of our top priorities, at every level and in every role. That’s why we offer twice the number of training days as standard. Staff at Ark have access to a variety of training sessions and experiences, all designed to meet the needs of their team. So no matter what stage of your career you’re at, we’ll support you to be the best that you can be.

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