An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced professional to lead and manage relationships with Accredited Training Providers, supporting growth in qualifications, strengthening engagement, and expanding the reach of an established learning portfolio across the UK and internationally. This role is based near High Wycombe and offers the chance to work closely with providers while contributing to strategic growth initiatives.
The role focuses on relationship management, commercial development, and provider engagement and ensures providers are well supported, informed, and connected across the organisation.
The firm fully embrace hybrid working with only one day based in the office and the remainder you will be working at home unless you are attending an event. The salary for this fantastic role is up to £40,000 plus a discretionary bonus and wonderful benefits.
Key Responsibilities for the Partnership Relationship Manager role are
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Build and maintain strong, proactive relationships with Accredited Training Providers, gaining a clear understanding of their business models, priorities, and growth ambitions.
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Lead structured account management meetings to explore opportunities to grow qualification uptake, discuss future plans, and support commercial forecasting.
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Proactively identify, assess, and attract new training providers, developing and managing a strong pipeline aligned with strategic growth priorities.
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Work with providers to increase uptake across the full qualification portfolio and identify opportunities to expand their delivery offer.
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Support providers with events, marketing activity, and engagement opportunities across wider organisational initiatives, products, services, and sponsorship opportunities.
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Act as a key point of contact for Accredited Providers, ensuring communication is clear, timely, and consistent, working closely with the Professional Standards team.
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Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure providers receive aligned support across the accreditation lifecycle, with Professional Standards leading all assessment and quality-related activity.
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Analyse performance and engagement data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, contributing to business planning and market insight.
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Represent the organisation at meetings, events, and sector forums as required.
Skills required for the Partnership Relationship Manager role are:
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Proven experience in relationship or account management
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Knowledge of the education and training sector
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Strong ability to analyse performance data, identify trends, and develop actionable insights
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Effective problem-solving skills with the ability to implement corrective actions
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Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
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Competent IT skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
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Highly customer-focused with a proactive approach
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Strong adaptability and resilience
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Effective influencing and persuasion skills
Benefits
* Fantastic career development including personal development days and department shadowing.
* Great working hours with a 35 hour week and 4 days from home
* Sick pay
* Pension scheme
* Life Assurance
* One day paid volunteering a year
* Free parking on site.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Discretionary annual bonus
If you are an experienced professional looking to make an impact and drive growth, we would love to hear from you