Interim Head of Policy and External Affairs

What it''s like working at Skills Builder Partnership Joining Skills Builder is not like working anywhere else. Our team consistently say they have never worked anywhere as collaborative, supportive or mission oriented. We combine the fun and dynamism of a start-up, the professional development opportunities of a corporate, the innovation of a digital native and the social impact focus of a charity. We are serious about delivering social mobility through our vision that one day everyone builds the essential skills to succeed. That means we are ambitious and set high standards for ourselves. We are reflective, inclusive and supportive. In practice this means that everyone makes time for others in the team, we get stuck in to solve problems together, we have regular employee surveys where leadership. About the role In this role, you will be leading systemic change in policy. To ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed, we need them to be threaded throughout education and skills policy: from schools through extra-curricular and job centres through to employment. It is a role of two parts: working with expert practitioners in our team alongside partners to develop policy, and then getting that policy adopted by government, political parties and policy-making organisations. The Skills Builder approach and framework have serious traction and momentum. With an increasing amount of energy and activity in the skills and education policy space, this is a ..... full job details .....