Head of Sales and Marketing (Partnership Development)
Hours: Part time/Full time (minimum 4 days per week)
Location: Hybrid/London (office move within London due in June 2024), with minimum two days per week in the office during term time. We would consider reduced office days for a successful candidate based in one of our target regions across the north and midlands. Travel throughout England is a requirement of this role.
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, bank holidays and up to 3 days Christmas leave, employer-matched Royal London Pension Plan of up to 5% of basic salary, private health insurance.
About Challenge Partners
Established by headteachers in 2011, Challenge Partners is an education charity with a mission to reduce educational inequality and improve the life chances of all children. We do this by accelerating school improvement, leadership development, and pupil progress across the 575 schools in our partnership. We share excellent practice between schools and trusts through rigorous peer reviews, tailored school improvement programmes, and national and local collaboration.
Role Overview
We are looking for an ambitious and driven sales and marketing leader to play a central role in the next stage of Challenge Partners’ development and growth. By driving our sales and marketing activity, you will deliver a crucial strand of our ambitious strategy to enhance and extend Challenge Partners to benefit 500,000 pupils each year by 2027. Reporting to the Chief Executive, your main objective will be to inspire schools and trusts to join Challenge Partners.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead a small sales and marketing team and personally secure sales.
2. Enhance our brand, PR and communications, and support fundraising efforts.
3. Design, execute and monitor impactful campaigns to reach new schools and trusts.
4. Build and manage high-performing teams, contributing to the Leadership Team.
5. Engage and inspire audiences of school and trust leaders through public speaking.
Qualifications and Skills
You will be the sales and marketing expert in the organisation, with good commercial sense and sensitivity to the sector. You will be a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of developing and strengthening new and existing relationships. You should have a track record of building, managing and developing high-performing teams.
Application Process
We would really welcome your application (via BeApplied) if you want to make a difference to children’s lives and are an experienced marketing and sales specialist within the education sector. All employees at Challenge Partners will be subject to an enhanced DBS check as part of our commitment to safeguarding.
Challenge Partners is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion and we strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups including: people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, and those with disabilities.
Closing Date: Monday 15th April, 9.00am
First round interviews: 17th and 18th April (virtual)
Second round interviews: Friday 26 April (in person)
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