Skills Partnership Manager

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To lead the Skills Partnerships function for UCS College Group, driving high-quality employer engagement and conversion across Apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps and wider workforce development programmes. The postholder owns the process from proposal to onboarding, ensuring a seamless and professional experience for employers while achieving ambitious growth and income targets.

The Skills Partnership Manager will build strong regional and national networks to drive repeat business and expand the Group’s footprint within local communities. They will ensure the team is commercially focused, data-driven and confident in articulating the full range of the Group’s skills offer.

Working in close collaboration with internal curriculum, compliance and operations teams, the postholder will ensure all proposals are aligned with delivery capability and market demand. They will also work closely with the Customer Insight Manager to translate market intelligence and funding changes into actionable growth strategies.

This is a strategic management role within the Future Skills & Growth Team, reporting directly to the Group Director – Future Skills & Growth. This is a high-impact, commercially minded role designed for a motivated professional who thrives on growth, innovation and results. The role is designed for a commercially focused, proactive leader who wants to make a real impact on regional and national skills growth.

Some evening and regional travel will be required to attend events, partnership meetings and business forums.

UCS College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding includes supporting physical and psychological wellbeing by safeguarding them from all forms of abuse.

We are a diverse organisation with the vision to be a world class education and training organisation.

Our values are:

Passionate and excited about learning

Inclusive and supportive

Responsive to student, employer and community needs

Always aspiring to the highest standards

Professional and enterprising

Innovative and creative

Friendly and welcoming

Join us and make a difference.