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Current vacancies:

Graduate Learning Technology & Innovation Officer

Salary: £28,000

Benefits: Company pension (up to 8%), 35 days annual leave (pro rata), an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities.

Status: Fixed Term until Mid-March 2026 – Full time (35 hours per week, flexible working options)

Location: Based in Inverness or our Muir of Ord office with the option to work flexibly and remotely from home

We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality?

We are looking for a values-driven graduate to join our highly skilled, motivated, and supportive team.

Over the last 8 years the Academy has evolved from being Scotland-focused with 24 staff to being a global social business with 35 staff in the UK, providing a licensed product to partner organisations in five continents.  This transition requires our IT systems to evolve to meet the needs of an organisation in which teams are dispersed, often across different time zones.

This fixed term project is for a skilled graduate to deliver on the practical implementation of the Academy’s IT strategy.  Supported by the Head of Global Learning Lab this individual will provide advice and guidance on the practical elements of the roll-out, provide training and coaching support and generally be a ‘champion’ within the organisation for the transition to new and more efficient ways of working enabled by our IT infrastructure.

Having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills.  We appreciate that the best person might not have all the listed criteria yet, so if you feel your experience and skills will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.

Background and Job Purpose:

Catalysed by the disruptor that was Covid, the Academy has rapidly developed its online learning offer.  This includes asynchronous learning – that is independent online learning which learners can compete at a time which suits them.  This is consolidated during live peer learning sessions to ensure impact.  A key part of this role is to support colleagues to developed and improve our asynchronous online offer.  This involves integration resources and tools from outside sources with our own Online Learning Platform and thereby our learning programmes.

Another exciting current development is the development by the Academy of a Learning Trust to engage with corporates, funders and philanthropists to enable learning and development in social enterprises.  The outcome of this is increased social change in our communities.  Part of this role will be to develop the ‘landing page’ for our new Learning Trust, again working with experienced colleagues in the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support colleagues to develop a website to engage potential corporates, funders and philanthropists around the creation of a Learning Trust and lead on maintenance and updates to the Academy website to enhance engagement with audiences.
• Supports colleagues to ensure our website is inclusive and showcases our employee value proposition.
• Support colleagues to digitise key learning materials for Social Enterprise Schools, enabling delivery at scale in global regions where market failure prevents market entry with current products.
• Build on existing developmental work to develop game-based learning for pupils developing social enterprises in their schools.
• Embed and enhance the Academy’s use of IT systems and explore opportunities for new systems which can support our work.

For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website.

Organisation profile:

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.

Application notes:

1. 1. Please note early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing these on a rolling basis until this post is filled.
   2. Send your CV to seahr@socialenterprise.academy along with a completed copy of our equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable below) and a cover letter all in Word document format outlining:
      • Why you are interested in the post and joining the Academy team.
      • The experiences, skills and qualities you have that match you with the post’s job description and person specification.
   3. Interviews will take place at our Muir of Ord office or online via Teams.

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the application or interview process e.g. application form in a different format or extra interview time please get in touch:

Karen Veitch | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form