Flexible Working
Dependant on role, we are open to flexible hybrid working between your home and our office in Edinburgh or co-working space in Farringdon, London.
Life at the Social Enterprise Academy:
At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.
We realise the importance of our staff in everything we do and that is why you will find the Academy a kind, warm and collaborative place to work with every role contributing towards real-life impact taking place across the globe. 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.
We would love for you to join us on this journey.
Read more about our fair work policy.
Strategic Partnerships and Delivery Lead
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Benefits: Company pension (up to 8%), 35 days annual leave, an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities
Status: Full time (35 hours per week, flexible working options)
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 16 December 2025
Location: Edinburgh office based with the option to work hybrid
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’re seeking a qualified and experienced leader to join our team as our Strategic Partnerships and Development Lead.
Reporting to the Head of Adult Learning, you will lead and expand the Academy’s work, delivering on contracted programmes and driving new business opportunities.
In this role, you will shape the growth of our learning offering by forging impactful partnerships, managing client relationships, and overseeing high-quality programme delivery. You will take responsibility for meeting ambitious targets while ensuring our work continues to create meaningful and measurable impact.
Playing a central role in strategic planning you will manage the team to deliver operational plans that maximise performance, reach, and programme effectiveness. This requires an effective line manager, who champions team wellbeing and provides mentoring and coaching to help them build their skills and capacity.
You will support strategy execution, sales activity, facilitator engagement, process improvement, financial oversight, quality assurance, contract compliance, monitoring and evaluation, and client account management—helping to secure the long-term sustainability and success of the Academy and being a key contributor to organisational development.
Having the right mindset, 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 think your experience, skills and attitude will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mindset, we would welcome an application from you.
Application notes:
- Complete the application form and the equality and diversity monitoring form
- Send your application form and equality and diversity monitoring form in Word document format to [email protected] by 9am, Tuesday 16 December 2025
- Please note that interviews will take place at our Edinburgh office week commencing 05 January 2026
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: Jo Lockenwitz | [email protected]
