Senior Partnerships Manager Role

Purpose

Sharing the vision of OxEd, to build partnerships with educationists and related health professionals in Local Authorities, Hubs, MATs, and Professional Organisations. Through these partnerships, establish a network of stakeholders to engage educators and support them in the delivery of evidence-based interventions for language and literacy and SEND support.

Organisation and Membership

The Senior Partnerships Manager (SPM) would be work with the Customer Engagement & Success team, and in collaboration with other colleagues in OxEd to build on its excellent reputation for research, professional education, customer engagement and support.

The SPM would be charged with establishing and leading a group of regional ‘champions’ in an Ambassador Network, primarily serving areas of social disadvantage. They would through this support regional colleagues in increasing school engagement, encouraging the take-up of training, and supporting the implementation of assessments and interventions in school and early years’ settings particularly for children with SEND.

Duties of the Lead Ambassador

To keep abreast of educational policies in the four nations including the National Curriculum and SEND and, adhering to the vision of OxEd, ensure that its strategy and key objective align with current educational policies.

To establish collaborations with professionals in speech and language therapy, educational psychology and other ‘experts’ to collaborate to serve the needs of children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

To present to policy makers at local and governmental levels, as required.

Feed through to OxEd’s marketing strategy and provide content for its communications.

Be responsible for running the Ambassador Network and for the recruitment of ambassadors, coordinate design and deliver support and leadership training to the network.

Ensure feedback from stakeholders at all levels is acted upon in a timely fashion. 

Role of the Network

To work with local authority advisors and other influencers to increase the reach of OxEd in local authorities, Hubs, MATs, Trusts and Schools and other key settings.

To support SENCOs, teachers, TAs and other professionals in screening, assessment and the delivery of interventions, in particular, to offer support to Early Career Teachers.

To run local events to bring the network together for CPDL that will sustain good practice in educational settings, and to receive feedback about barriers and challenges of delivery.

Essential Requirements

·      Leadership experience

·      Excellent communication skills

·      Experience of building partnerships

·      Understanding of education landscape

·      Knowledge of SEND policies in the 4 nations

·      Experience of working with range of organisations

·      Confident presentation skills

Desirable

·      Experienced teacher

·      LA experience

·      Solid understanding of language and literacy development

·      Ability to analyse and understand complex data

·      Knowledge of comparative curricula

Terms and conditions

This is a full-time role. 

Salary Range: £ 55-75K plus pension

Fully remote role (UK)

Employee benefits

Life Insurance

Employee’s assistance programme

Application

Please apply via TES and include a letter of application.

Closing date for applications: 26 June 2026

Interviews will be carried out 20 – 22 July 2026