Head of Partnerships
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive plus bonus |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2026 |
| Location: | remote |
| Company: | Impact Futures |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 234 |
Summary
Job Advert
Are you a strategic sales leader ready to shape the future of education partnerships?
Do you thrive on building high-performing teams that consistently exceed ambitious targets?
Can you turn complex client needs into long-term, revenue-generating solutions?
The Childcare Company part of Impact Futures Group are looking for an experienced and talented Head of Partnerships to join our
sales team.
The Role:
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Partnerships to lead and scale our multi-brand sales function across the funded training
portfolio. This is a senior leadership role with full accountability for driving revenue growth, expanding client partnerships,
and delivering against ambitious commercial objectives.
You’ll play a critical role in shaping strategy, leading a high-performing team, and positioning our organisation as a market
leader within the education and childcare sector.
The role will involve:
- Strategically lead, motivate, coach and inspire the business development team with full starts/revenue budget accountability.
Ensuring the team are working to their full potential to secure new client growth, existing client retention, whilst keeping our
Partnership team competitive and sales proposition innovative.
- Ensuring the BD strategy is implemented and delivered across the team, in-line with wider business and commercial strategies.
- Working alongside the Director of Growth & Partnerships to develop and execute strategic business development plans to achieve
sales targets and grow revenue.
- Performance monitoring, objective setting and coaching of the team, with structured target/forecast reviews and monthly
performance measurement meetings.
- Accurately forecast against budget/targets.
- Leading on change management across the Partnership team, ensuring the team’s structure, approaches and processes are in-line
with wider business growth and performance objectives.
The Benefits:
- Uncapped yearly bonus scheme paid quarterly
- 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays
- 3 additional days of paid leave for Christmas Shut down
- Buy an additional 5 days annual leave
- Birthday day off
- Volunteer day
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- BUPA Healthcare Cashback plan
- Enhanced Maternity paid leave
- Enhanced Paternity paid leave
- Grandparent paid leave
- Bereavement paid leave
- Life Assurance
- Refer a friend bonus £1,000
- Electric car vehicle scheme
- 3% pension contribution using pension provider NEST
- Shopping discount & cash back platform
- Employee Financial Wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Helpline
- Company events and social gatherings
- Appreciation gifts
About You
Essential:
- Significant and proven sales management background, with a history of meeting and exceeding high value targets
- Demonstrable success in leading sales or account management teams to overachieve targets
- Proven in the creation and embedding of sales and/or account management strategies
- Knowledge and experience of the apprenticeships sector and the wider education and training market.
- Experience of developing and presenting solutions made bespoke to a client’s needs through a consultative approach.
- Experience of effectively planning and tracking a client onboarding process to achieve commercial success.
- A proven background in generating business via a variety of proactive, innovative methods inclusive of cold calling, networking
and leveraging and extending existing networks.
- Experience of developing customer proposals
- Exceptional communication skills
- Contribute effectively within a team environment. Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Overall sound educational background
- A full, clean UK Driving Licence and mode of transport
Desirable:
- Experience of having worked as a senior BDM, or similar, within work-based learning
- Proven track record of exceeding personal apprenticeship starts target
- Knowledge of Apprenticeships and Commercial products
- Knowledge of and experience of using DAS
About Us
The Childcare Company is part of Impact Futures Group; one of the UK’s largest independently owned training providers, delivering
apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
- Our expertise is underpinned by our Ofsted Grade 2 'Good’ accreditation, and learner-centric delivery is at the heart of our
continual operational evolution to ensure our learners receive an outstanding learning journey
- We are the 23rd best large employer in the UK and the 6th best education provider.
- We have been awarded a prestigious 2-star accreditation for been an outstanding company to work for
- We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitability qualified persons regardless of their race,
disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required
for this role
Are you a strategic sales leader ready to shape the future of education partnerships?
Do you thrive on building high-performing teams that consistently exceed ambitious targets?
Can you turn complex client needs into long-term, revenue-generating solutions?
The Childcare Company part of Impact Futures Group are looking for an experienced and talented Head of Partnerships to join our
sales team.
The Role:
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Partnerships to lead and scale our multi-brand sales function across the funded training
portfolio. This is a senior leadership role with full accountability for driving revenue growth, expanding client partnerships,
and delivering against ambitious commercial objectives.
You’ll play a critical role in shaping strategy, leading a high-performing team, and positioning our organisation as a market
leader within the education and childcare sector.
The role will involve:
- Strategically lead, motivate, coach and inspire the business development team with full starts/revenue budget accountability.
Ensuring the team are working to their full potential to secure new client growth, existing client retention, whilst keeping our
Partnership team competitive and sales proposition innovative.
- Ensuring the BD strategy is implemented and delivered across the team, in-line with wider business and commercial strategies.
- Working alongside the Director of Growth & Partnerships to develop and execute strategic business development plans to achieve
sales targets and grow revenue.
- Performance monitoring, objective setting and coaching of the team, with structured target/forecast reviews and monthly
performance measurement meetings.
- Accurately forecast against budget/targets.
- Leading on change management across the Partnership team, ensuring the team’s structure, approaches and processes are in-line
with wider business growth and performance objectives.
The Benefits:
- Uncapped yearly bonus scheme paid quarterly
- 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays
- 3 additional days of paid leave for Christmas Shut down
- Buy an additional 5 days annual leave
- Birthday day off
- Volunteer day
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- BUPA Healthcare Cashback plan
- Enhanced Maternity paid leave
- Enhanced Paternity paid leave
- Grandparent paid leave
- Bereavement paid leave
- Life Assurance
- Refer a friend bonus £1,000
- Electric car vehicle scheme
- 3% pension contribution using pension provider NEST
- Shopping discount & cash back platform
- Employee Financial Wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Helpline
- Company events and social gatherings
- Appreciation gifts
About You
Essential:
- Significant and proven sales management background, with a history of meeting and exceeding high value targets
- Demonstrable success in leading sales or account management teams to overachieve targets
- Proven in the creation and embedding of sales and/or account management strategies
- Knowledge and experience of the apprenticeships sector and the wider education and training market.
- Experience of developing and presenting solutions made bespoke to a client’s needs through a consultative approach.
- Experience of effectively planning and tracking a client onboarding process to achieve commercial success.
- A proven background in generating business via a variety of proactive, innovative methods inclusive of cold calling, networking
and leveraging and extending existing networks.
- Experience of developing customer proposals
- Exceptional communication skills
- Contribute effectively within a team environment. Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Overall sound educational background
- A full, clean UK Driving Licence and mode of transport
Desirable:
- Experience of having worked as a senior BDM, or similar, within work-based learning
- Proven track record of exceeding personal apprenticeship starts target
- Knowledge of Apprenticeships and Commercial products
- Knowledge of and experience of using DAS
About Us
The Childcare Company is part of Impact Futures Group; one of the UK’s largest independently owned training providers, delivering
apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
- Our expertise is underpinned by our Ofsted Grade 2 'Good’ accreditation, and learner-centric delivery is at the heart of our
continual operational evolution to ensure our learners receive an outstanding learning journey
- We are the 23rd best large employer in the UK and the 6th best education provider.
- We have been awarded a prestigious 2-star accreditation for been an outstanding company to work for
- We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitability qualified persons regardless of their race,
disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required
for this role
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