Project Officer ( Corporate Partners)

£35,000-£40,000 per annum, (FTC up to 31st March 2023) – 35 hrs pw

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) helps ensure that the Further Education and Training sector develops world class leaders, teachers and trainers. We work across the whole FE sector and are funded by Government grant, commercial contracts, professional membership (The Society for Education and Training – SET) and accreditation fees and a variety of other business activities.

We are now looking to appoint a Project Officer (Corporate Partner) who will support the development of a new Corporate Partner proposition through to successful implementation.

The role will report into the Corporate Partners Relationship Manager and be responsible for managing substantial projects taking responsibility for the end-to-end process from commissioning to evaluation. The post will also proactively identify key stakeholders and build relationships to ensure that work is scoped, developed, managed and disseminated effectively across the team.

In addition the postholder will develop high quality presentations, briefing notes and reports for use by the team and organisation to support communications activity about the corporate partnerships project, alongside attend internal and external meetings, events and conferences deptutising for colleagues as appropriate including promoting ETF activity.

Finally the post will be responsible for embeding effective and consistent processes across the team including leading and participating in procurement, finance and evaluation activities.

The successful candidate will:

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent

• Have experience of successfully delivering business-critical projects.

• Be able to synthesise information and draft briefing notes and reports.

• Have a high level of analytical and numeracy skills with experience in producing management reports and recommendations.

• Have an understanding of the post-16 education and training sector and the environment the ETF operates in.

• Hold excellent project-management, organisational and administrative skills.

• Have excellent interpersonal skills and customer service skills.

If you are an exceptional candidate who would like to make an impact and enjoy working in a vibrant and cooperative environment, we will welcome your application.

Applicants should apply by submitting a CV and cover letter (600 words maximum), outlining how you fulfil the requirements of this role.

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Closing Date: 24 June 2022 at 12 pm

The Education and Training Foundation values diversity and is committed to making appointments on merit by fair and open processes, in accordance with its equal opportunities policy.

Our employees enjoy a generous benefits package