Partnerships Manager in London

Company Overview

Dukes Plus Consultancy is a proud division of Dukes Education, one of the UK's leading education groups. Dukes Plus Consultancy brings together four world-renowned university admissions brands: A-List Education, Oxbridge Applications, The Medic Portal, and The Lawyer Portal. Together, these consultancies support thousands of ambitious students each year in securing places at some of the world's most competitive institutions, including Oxbridge, Ivy league universities, medical schools, and law schools.

Our values:

• Educate with empathy.
• Advise with ambition.
• Innovate with integrity.

We are a collaborative and growing organisation with a shared commitment to educational excellence. We value initiative, teamwork, and professionalism, and aim to create an environment where people can develop their careers while making a meaningful contribution to the success of our students and services.

Role Overview

We are looking for a dynamic and relationship-focused Partnerships Manager (Events and School Partnerships Manager) to join our wonderful Schools team. This is a varied and fast-paced role combining partnership management, event delivery, and growth across our school network. You will play a key part in strengthening our partnerships with schools, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality courses and events, and identifying opportunities to expand our reach.

Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you’ll take ownership of both the client journey and operational execution, from building strong, long-term school partnerships to delivering impactful, well-run programmes that support student success. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on collaboration, enjoys managing multiple workstreams, and is motivated by driving both educational outcomes and sustainable growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• School Partnerships
• Proactively drive business growth, identifying and closing opportunities for upsell, cross-sell, and – in collaboration with the school business development team - new school acquisition.
• Responsible for achieving rebooking and retention of school clients for brands within Dukes Plus Consultancy, working to a 95% revenue retention rate and ensuring revenue targets for school relationships are met.
• Maintain frequent contact with school partners to protect retention, taking an active interest in institutional needs and development opportunities.
• Develop B2B2C mechanisms to increase conversion rate from school-based courses to private clients.
• Collaborate with the school sales and outreach team to identify new sales opportunities, and organise marketing/outreach activities such as presentations, brochures, and presence at school HE fairs and teacher conferences to generate new leads.
• Take proactive steps in response to any observed trends or risks relating to B2B sales.
• Course Operations
• Responsible for operational delivery and events for school partners to the highest standards.
• Assign tutors to both school and public courses.
• Manage costs effectively to maximise profitability while providing excellent client and student experiences.
• Schedule and plan events with clear communication and resource management.
• Gather regular feedback to inform changes to product and processes, aiming for a Net Promoter Score of 50 or above.
• Coordinate timely invoicing for B2B services, and maintain accurate and up-to-date records.
• Continually review course operations, processes and platforms to suggest changes for optimal efficiency and quality.
• Identify and implement improvements and updates to course materials, using specialist tutor input where needed, to improve quality and reflect changing admissions procedures.
• Resolve any issues in service delivery where they arise to the clients’ satisfaction.
• Communicate full information to tutors and any other stakeholders to maximise event delivery success.
• Other Responsibilities
• Supporting Tutor Recruitment with tutor interviews and quality control where demand dictates.
• This role may involve the line management of one or more assistant, depending on seasonal delivery needs.
• Contribute to the organisation's strategic planning, identifying opportunities for growth and innovation in tutoring and course delivery.
• Occasional support with events occurring outside of normal working hours (a responsibility distributed across the whole team).
• Support delivery of tuition and mock interview courses where demand dictates.
• Support where capacity allows for the delivery of events across Dukes Plus Consultancy (such as the Oxbridge Applications Residential Course).
• Where appropriate, represent the organisation at career fairs and through school presentations.
• Plan and organise logistics for school business development tours.

What are we looking for?

Essential

• A natural relationship-builder who quickly earns the trust of teachers, school leaders and tutors, and turns satisfied clients into active advocates.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to shift register confidently from a teacher email to a senior stakeholder to a tutor briefing.
• Comfortable working to revenue and retention targets and motivated by exceeding them.
• Highly organised and detail-driven, able to keep several events and workstreams moving at once without dropping threads.
• A commitment to safeguarding and compliance.
• Self-motivated and high-energy, happy to own outcomes with limited supervision.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the UK admissions landscape, especially Medicine and Law, and ideally independent schools and universities.
• Prior experience in an education, tutoring or childcare setting, with familiarity with UK safer recruitment practice.
• Experience coordinating events or course logistics.
• Experience using a CRM such as Salesforce to manage client records and a pipeline.
• Experience supporting or line-managing a junior colleague, reflecting the possible assistant line-management in the role.

Role Benefits:

• Uncapped commission.
• Flexible working (2 days in the office and 3 days working remotely).
• Medical, opticians and dentistry cash plan.
• Free in-house gym access with an in-person personal trainer who can support you with your fitness journey!
• Access to the Wellhub app which entitles you to numerous gym and spa discounts.
• 25 days holiday allowance and a generous TOIL policy, as well as additional leave for Christmas and your birthday off.
• Fast career growth opportunities.
• Holiday buy-back scheme.
• Best-in-class training & development opportunities, led by Dukes Education.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with access to professional counselling.
• Regular social events.
• Enhanced family-friendly policies.
• Enhanced sickness policies.
• SMART pension.

Start Date: August or September 2026

Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 (OTE £44,000+) plus uncapped commission.

Reporting to: Head of Operations

Note: Dukes Plus Consultancy is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to relevant checks in line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, including, but not limited to, DBS Disclosure checks, identity checks, online search, employment history and reference checks, and international criminal record checks where required.