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Partnership Officer
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,570 to £25,706 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | B29 6LH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Fircroft College of Adult Education |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Partnership Officer
Scale 3 - currently £24,570 - £25,706 per annum – pro-rata
Hours per week: 22.5 hours per week
Benefits: include free parking, free lunch, free hot drinks, generous annual leave, generous pension scheme, health cash plan, NUS discount cards, a unique working environment, 6 acres of beautiful grounds. Fircroft is a residential college occupying a former Cadbury family home, set in six acres of beautiful grounds in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
We were originally founded to provide educational opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged and excluded members of society. More than one hundred years on from the birth of Fircroft College, its mission of ‘social justice’ is more relevant than ever.
Fircroft is a thriving and ambitious College, our values are embedded throughout the organisation and we are consistently nominated for sector and professional awards as an employer. We were assessed at “Gold” Level once again in 2021 by Investors In People. As an organisation we are truly passionate about climate change and sustainability and were the first College to declare a climate change emergency - in joining our team you will have an incredible opportunity to make a real difference in this vital area.
We are looking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Partnership Officer to maximise student recruitment through new and existing partnerships, lead on the events, systems and processes and contribute to the work of the Admissions Team.
To be considered for this role you must have experience of initiating contact with organisations and dealing with clients and staff at different levels, able to organise successful internal events and attend external events across region and have strong digital skills including databases, spreadsheets, virtual meeting and social media.
The right person will be someone who enjoys working at a fast pace with a variety of different tasks, who is self-managed with a strong work ethic, who has a positive outlook and a ‘can do’ attitude and is a completer / finisher.
If you meet the criteria above and would like to apply for this role please visit https://www.fircroft.ac.uk/Pages/Category/current-vacancies . Here you will be able to download an application form and equal opportunities form to complete and return to us by the closing date.
Closing date for this post is: 23 June 2025 (Please note that the college reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if sufficient applications are received)
Interviews to take place: the week commencing TBC
This College is committed to equality of opportunity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment. Due to the nature of the College’s work, all employees are required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in place prior to starting employment.
In 2021, we were very proud to affiliate with the Black FE Leadership Group. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Scale 3 - currently £24,570 - £25,706 per annum – pro-rata
Hours per week: 22.5 hours per week
Benefits: include free parking, free lunch, free hot drinks, generous annual leave, generous pension scheme, health cash plan, NUS discount cards, a unique working environment, 6 acres of beautiful grounds. Fircroft is a residential college occupying a former Cadbury family home, set in six acres of beautiful grounds in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
We were originally founded to provide educational opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged and excluded members of society. More than one hundred years on from the birth of Fircroft College, its mission of ‘social justice’ is more relevant than ever.
Fircroft is a thriving and ambitious College, our values are embedded throughout the organisation and we are consistently nominated for sector and professional awards as an employer. We were assessed at “Gold” Level once again in 2021 by Investors In People. As an organisation we are truly passionate about climate change and sustainability and were the first College to declare a climate change emergency - in joining our team you will have an incredible opportunity to make a real difference in this vital area.
We are looking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Partnership Officer to maximise student recruitment through new and existing partnerships, lead on the events, systems and processes and contribute to the work of the Admissions Team.
To be considered for this role you must have experience of initiating contact with organisations and dealing with clients and staff at different levels, able to organise successful internal events and attend external events across region and have strong digital skills including databases, spreadsheets, virtual meeting and social media.
The right person will be someone who enjoys working at a fast pace with a variety of different tasks, who is self-managed with a strong work ethic, who has a positive outlook and a ‘can do’ attitude and is a completer / finisher.
If you meet the criteria above and would like to apply for this role please visit https://www.fircroft.ac.uk/Pages/Category/current-vacancies . Here you will be able to download an application form and equal opportunities form to complete and return to us by the closing date.
Closing date for this post is: 23 June 2025 (Please note that the college reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if sufficient applications are received)
Interviews to take place: the week commencing TBC
This College is committed to equality of opportunity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment. Due to the nature of the College’s work, all employees are required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in place prior to starting employment.
In 2021, we were very proud to affiliate with the Black FE Leadership Group. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.