Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator

Location: Hybrid role, based in our London office. Some travel to other offices and locations, will occasionally be expected.
Contract Type: Full-time, 12-month fixed-term
Salary: £26,660 per annum, plus £2,200 London Weighting if applicable Hours: 5 days per week; 9AM-5.30PM (flexible working hours available). We are looking for the right candidate and while we envisage this being a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) we are very open to flexible working arrangements such as part-time, compressed hours and flexitime.   
Start date: November 2026, as agreed with candidate
The Opportunity:    The Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator (APPC) postholder will be responsible for the delivery of the Aspiring Professionals Programme across all programme years.   

1. Project Delivery     

• Deliver key projects including recruiting and onboarding students, creating digital resources and student events
• Support with programme pilots, scoping (and delivering on) new activity
• Collaborate and build relationships with our employer partners, schools, and universities to support our young people in their applications for university, internships and graduate roles
• Update all stakeholders, internal and external, on your work areas appropriately escalating any issues in a timely manner
• Plan and manage your day-to-day and week-to-week tasks effectively, ensuring projects are meeting their intended outputs and outcomes
• Utilise tools and technologies to conduct your work effectively and efficiently
• Deliver on allocated events relating to our programme model (university applications, skill development, work experience and mentoring), presenting content to a high standard and in line with the Social Mobility Foundation messaging
• Contribute to team meetings, sharing ideas and collaborating to solve problems creatively   
• Project plans are updated and work is delivered to time   
• Events are delivered to time and rated well  
• Good working relationship with stakeholders

2. Monitoring and Evaluation    

• Follow established procedures to monitor the progress of your work area, using accurate data to inform decisions  
• Reflect on your work areas at key points in time, offering suggestions for efficiencies and process improvement  
• Maintain accurate records across relevant databases, updating data accurately and in a timely manner  
• Contribute to evaluation for key work areas (residentials, events, internships etc), produce high quality evaluation reports where required

3. Stakeholder Management    

• Communicate to internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner 
• Proactively update external partners (i.e. employers) on your work areas, flagging risks in a timely manner with relationship managers  
• Manage internal student queries and maintain consistent stakeholder (e.g. students) processes through regular communication  
• Ensure employer, teacher and student records are kept updated  

4. Activity Delivery     

• Coordinate planning and delivery of skills sessions, partner events, university visits, and other activities, both virtually and in person across the Social Mobility Foundation’s target cities across the UK
• Coordinate logistics of sixth form and S5/S6 and undergraduate internships, including but not limited to, student selection, liaising with students and employers throughout internship delivery  
• Coordinate and support with the organisation, logistics and delivery of in-person residential programmes for students, including staying on site for day and overnight visits when needed  
• Coordinate student services including personal statement checking service and recruitment success service  
• Create digital resources to support all provisions  
• Support the delivery of the mentoring provision  
• Keep abreast of sector knowledge to inform resource and event creation that aligns with programme outcomes  

For further details about the role, please view the attached Job Description.