Corporate Services - Partnership Manager Homebased CSPM81026


Company:	Standguide Group
Salary:	from £40,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Working pattern:	Remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Oct 2026
Closing date:	7 Nov 2026

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Summary

Role: Partnership Manager

Salary: £40,000

Contract type : Permanent

Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs pw)

Location: Homebased

(Full, Current Driving licence and access to own Vehicle, Must be willing to travel nationally as required)

Standguide is an employee-owned organisation, which means our employees have a voice in the business and a shared interest in its long-term success.

Alongside a rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference, we offer:

33 days’ paid annual leave, including bank holidays, increasing to 38 days after five full years’ service

An additional paid day off for your birthday

Workplace pension scheme

Company health plan following successful completion of probation

Online GP access

Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling and wellbeing support

Death in service cover

Will-planning support and access to a secure digital vault

Cycle to Work scheme

Company sick pay, subject to eligibility

A broad range of internal training and continuing professional development opportunities

Access to employee-owner benefits, subject to eligibility and qualifying service

Make a difference through meaningful employment

As Partnership Manager, you will help shape future growth of Standguide by building and managing relationships with e.g. local government, mayoral and combined strategic authorities, employability and skills providers, VCSEs and other key stakeholders. You will support our approach to stakeholder engagement, ensuring market intelligence, trusted relationships and early opportunity insight are translated into sustainable growth opportunities. Reporting to Head of Partnerships you will raise Standguide’s profile across key markets, influence future services and funding opportunities, and play a pivotal role in securing the partnerships that enable us to deliver lasting impact for people and communities.

About Standguide

For more than three decades, Standguide has supported individuals and employers across the UK.

We provide employment, skills and support services that help people overcome barriers, develop their potential and move towards sustainable employment.

As an employee-owned organisation, we’re committed to investing in our people, delivering high-quality services and creating positive outcomes for the communities we support.

What you’ll do

As a Partnership Manager, you’ll:

Developing and delivering a structured, agile stakeholder engagement strategy and delivery plan.

Building and managing relationships with e.g. local government, mayoral and combined strategic authorities, employability and skills providers, VCSEs and support organisations.

Supporting Standguide place-based engagement approach, coordinating local engagement activity and strengthening relationships across priority markets and emerging devolved structures.

Generating and sharing commissioner, funder and market intelligence, acting as a trusted advisor to operational and business development leaders and informing growth priorities, service development and pipeline decisions.

Owning and continuously improving stakeholder engagement processes, systems and reporting, effectively using data and technology, while ensuring effective governance, compliance and risk management.

Provide local, regional, and national expertise and knowledge for Standguide bid submissions.

Daily planning and organising workload to ensure all tasks completed on time and to the highest standard.

Support key partner and stakeholder engagement for procurement and evaluation exercises e.g. constructing supply chain solutions and ensuring strategic partnership considerations.

Complete contracts of interest forms when applying for Standguide Sub-Contract opportunities.

Overseas equivalent qualifications will be considered.

We welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience and recognise the valuable insight this can bring to the role.

Equality and accessibility

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our employees, applicants and customers.

We’ll consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Please contact recruitment@standguide.co.uk if you need the advert or application information in another format or require an adjustment at any stage.

All applicants will be assessed fairly against the published criteria for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, confirmation of the applicant’s right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS check.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us. Any information disclosed will be considered fairly and individually, taking account of its relevance to the role and the circumstances involved.

For a copy of the full job description and person specification, please email recruitment@standguide.co.uk.

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