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We at Best Practice Network share the belief that every child, regardless of their background, should benefit from an excellent education. To achieve that, we support and train the educational professionals who work alongside them to be the best they can be, so in turn, they can transform the lives of children and young people.

We’re a friendly, DfE accredited, Ofsted outstanding training company providing apprenticeships, professional development and the DfE’s ‘Golden Thread’ (trainee teachers to school Executive Leaders). We are adaptable, collaborative, and genuinely value the work we do to support the education sector, as much as our trainees do.

Our people are at the heart of our business and our passion and commitment to education is what drives us. As a result, we have seen incredible growth over the last few years both nationally and internationally.

We aim to be an employer where everyone can be themselves, do their best in an inclusive working environment and where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives.

Recognised for our excellent quality, Best Practice Network (BPN) is a national provider of the Early Career Framework (ECF) graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) and is the largest provider of Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT). With recent Initial Teacher Training Accreditation, we are now one of just a few organisations delivering the full golden thread of teacher CPD nationally. We are also an award-winning apprenticeship provider which allows us to offer schools and trainees multiple routes to qualifications and funding. 

 

BPN’s vision is for every child to access an excellent education regardless of background. Over 20,000 school staff are taking qualifications with us, with 90+ delivery partners and 2000+ associate facilitators, assessors, tutors and coaches across the UK and beyond. 

 

Our quality, growth and success depend on our collaborative, innovative and friendly employees. Our core team enjoy flexible working arrangements, a generous benefits package, with career development opportunities enhanced by the connections across Supporting Education Group, our parent company. 

 

Our Values are to Strive for Excellence, Inspire Learning, Work as a Team and Act with Integrity. 

 

Main Duties 

International Partnership Growth 

• Work with our marketing and sales team to develop and communicate our partnership offer 

• Onboard and mobilise new partner organisations 

Cross-programme promotion 

• Introduce opportunities to existing partner networks to grow and develop their programmes offer 

• Communicate wider programmes offer and key deadlines across partner network 

• Ensure clarity and priority of programme engagement is shared with partners 

International Partnership Management 

• Develop a deep understanding of our programmes, their operational delivery and the key personnel to support partner queries and resolution 

• Facilitate regular meetings with partners online  

• Liaise with partnership, sales, finance and candidate management teams to relay partner and programmes team priorities and seek resolutions to partner queries and support requests 

• Identify and drive improvements to ease management, delivery and growth of our programmes and partnership offer 

• Support partner promotion and communication of our programmes offer 

• Meet personal and team KPIs and objectives 

Business Support 

• Collaborate with other departments to promote Best Practice Network more effectively, and to ensure smooth processing of sales administration. 

• Identify possible weaknesses in current methodology to driving continuous improvement within the team and across the wider business. 

Person Specification 

• A strong communicator (written and verbal) 

• Previous customer facing project management, delivery and relationship management experience 

• Existing knowledge of the education sector 

• Time management and organisational skills 

• Be highly competent using MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint and experienced with database 

• Be open to change - actively looking for ways to improve processes and outputs 

• Work well under pressure with the ability to deal with issues as they arise 

• Exceptional administration and organisation 

• Able to commute to our Bristol Head Office regularly. 

 

Hours of work require flexibility due to the nature of international interaction.