About the Role
As a passionate professional in the identification, development and management of a wide range of relationships in support of our programme partnership, you will ensure the Career Ready programme in Glasgow and West areas (currently Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire) continues to thrive, which includes securing charitable donations from supporting partners. Your responsibilities for the area, will be as a team of two, alongside our other Regional Manager for Glasgow and West areas given this is our largest area in Scotland.
This role requires experience of partnership and account management and the scale and ambition of our social mobility work means you will need to be well organised, confident and able to positively influence a wide range of people including headteachers, teachers, CEOs and HRDs.
You will identify and approach opportunities that are well researched and pursue with unswerving perseverance. It’s also a great chance to develop personally.
Regional Managers are responsible for leading our work which involves growing, developing and maintaining the employer and education partnerships that deliver the Career Ready programme. This includes the Local Advisory Board, local authorities (key stakeholders), schools (we have a member of staff in each school who coordinates), the Developing the Young Workforce Regional Group, and the many employer organisations and their people who volunteer as mentors, provide paid internships and deliver masterclasses.
By assimilating what, why, when and the how of our work, you will be able to:
Find out more
You can find out more about the role, and working at Career Ready, in our candidate pack.
If you are genuinely interested in this role and would be willing to be with us for the long term, and at least two years, please apply as soon as possible by emailing your CV and a covering letter that demonstrates clearly, through use of examples, how your experience meets the requirements of the role, what attracts you to Career Ready and how you heard about the vacancy. Please provide details of your current salary.
Email: ecostello@hrcrecruitment.co.uk
For further information and if would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Evelyn Costello on 0141 212 7745 or ecostello@hrcrecruitment.co.uk