Do you want to make a difference and be part of a vibrant and inclusive organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century?  As one of the country’s best-loved charities, St John Ambulance played a pivotal role in responding to the pandemic as well as ‘everyday’ health emergencies, training, supporting communities, and improving young people’s lives.

The Partnerships Manager is a new and important role, working across several youth projects including Health Citizens, NHS Cadets and Young Responders. These projects look to reach and benefit young people from a diverse range of communities, previously under-served by St John Ambulance.  In this hybrid role, the successful candidate will build and manage a partnerships framework, to help foster strong relationships with external organisations, so that at point of delivery the projects will create meaningful impact with young people from a range of communities.  

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, hybrid, flexible working, 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years, options to buy and sell holiday, free first/mental aid first aider courses, Blue Light and NHS online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, flu jab, eye care, mental health and wellbeing tools and volunteering days. 

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You:

• Experience of building partnerships with commercial, statutory, and community-based organisations that work with young people
• Highly motivated partnership professional able to attract and manage a varied stakeholder portfolio 
• An understanding of the challenges faced by disadvantaged or marginalised young people and the networks that exist to support them
• Excellent written and communication skills with the ability to produce clear and persuasive materials to promote projects with external organisations from a range of diverse communities

About The Role:

• Lead the development and maintenance of a partnerships framework to operate across St John Ambulance youth programmes
• Proactively broker new relationships that will support programme development, to successfully meet aims and objectives of a range of projects 
• Lead the management, maintenance and renewal of partnerships and networks to ensure sustainability, effectiveness, and expansion of projects in under-served communities
• Meet ambitious KPIs that will ensure the effective delivery and future sustainability of a range of programmes for young people  
• Develop a network of key relationships, seeking potential new partnership opportunities within underserved communities

About Us:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes).

Find out more about us, including our new Ask Me campaign, at www.sja.org.uk

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.   At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.   

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.