Company Description: Learning Curve Group are a national training and education specialist we work with further education providers, employers, and learners to help them achieve success. We have strong values which are all centred around our learners - and that is how we believe it should be, as we impact on over 100,000 of them every year. Our 'Purple People', the dedicated and passionate people of LCG, help us to deliver success no matter what, to achieve our vision to 'transform lives through learning'.#
Company Description: Learning Curve Group are a national training and education specialist we work with further education providers, employers, and learners to help them achieve success. We have strong values which are all centred around our learners - and that is how we believe it should be, as we impact on over 100,000 of them every year. Our 'Purple People', the dedicated and passionate people of LCG, help us to deliver success no matter what, to achieve our vision to 'transform lives through learning'.#
Role Description
The Partnership Manager role is a full-time, on-site position based in Huddersfield.
Building Meaningful Partnerships
- You'll develop and nurture effective relationships with a range of referral partners, including:
- Jobcentre Plus and Work Coaches
- Restart and Connect to Work providers
- Local authorities, housing associations, and community organisations
- Probation services, prisons, and voluntary sector partners
- You'll identify new partnership opportunities, maintain strong stakeholder engagement, and establish referral pathways that support sustainable learner recruitment across our programmes.
Managing Learner Pipelines
- You'll take ownership of the local learner pipeline, ensuring our programmes have a consistent flow of suitable learners ready to start their journey with us.
- This includes:
- Creating and implementing local learner recruitment plans
- Monitoring referral volumes and learner conversion rates
- Identifying risks to learner starts, attendance, and retention
- Taking proactive action to address recruitment challenges and maximise opportunities
- You'll use data and local knowledge to ensure our provision remains responsive, effective, and accessible.
Supporting Contract and Delivery Performance
- Working collaboratively with delivery, curriculum, and employer services teams, you'll help ensure programmes are successfully filled and delivered in line with contractual requirements.
- You'll:
- Support learner recruitment against programme start dates
- Contribute to achieving contract profiles and performance targets
- Help meet employer interview and recruitment requirements
- Support delivery across a range of funded provision, including Skills Bootcamps, Adult Skills Fund, DWP programmes, and future growth opportunities
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience working within employability, welfare-to-work, or adult skills
- Strong understanding of referral networks, including Jobcentre Plus and DWP programmes
- Experience of managing partnerships and stakeholder relationships
- Proven ability to manage pipelines and deliver against performance targets
- Strong organisational, communication, and data management skills
- Engaging personality
- Solution focused
- Team player
Desirable
- Experience working with Restart, Connect to Work, or ASF provision
- Understanding of employer-led delivery models
- Knowledge of labour market intelligence and commissioning environments
Compliance & Values
- Operate in line with company policies including Safeguarding, GDPR, Health & Safety, and Data Protection
- Maintain accurate and timely records within CRM systems
- Demonstrate professionalism and uphold organisational values at all times
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