School Partnerships Manager

The Literacy Pirates is on an exciting journey of growth, rolling out our innovative learning programmes to reach more children than ever before. We are seeking a motivated, target-driven School Partnerships Manager to lead the recruitment and stewardship of schools into our programmes. In the next five years we want to increase the number of school partnerships from 40 to 150.

This role is ideal for someone with sales, marketing, or recruitment experience who thrives on building relationships, closing deals, and meeting ambitious targets. Direct experience working in schools is not essential (though beneficial). You will be confident selling on the phone, presenting to senior leaders, and ensuring excellent partner experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver Literacy Pirates recruitment strategy, working to clear targets that align with our organisational growth strategy.

• Proactively identify and pursue new school leads through outbound calls, emails, networking, and events.

• Confidently pitch our programmes to headteachers and senior leaders, both over the phone and in person.

• Manage the Partnership Officer to create a pipeline of prospective schools, tracking progress through a CRM and reporting on success.

• Deliver excellent stewardship and account management, maximising retention and strengthening long-term partnerships.

• Collaborate with the Communications Manager to design and deliver marketing campaigns, digital content, and promotional materials that support recruitment.

• Represent Literacy Pirates at events, conferences, and networking opportunities to raise our profile.

• Work with the wider team to improve systems and processes that support recruitment and partnership management.

• Monitor and evaluate recruitment and retention outcomes, providing regular reporting against agreed KPIs.

• Ensure safeguarding is central to all partnership activity, upholding Literacy Pirates safeguarding and data protection policies at all times.