Senior Manager - Skills Partnership (12mth FTC)
HeathrowJob Description
To lead and develop multi‑sector skills partnerships that align education, employment and skills to the workforce needs of our long‑term growth plans. The role brings together employers, supply chains, educators, local authorities, community and youth organisations to create inclusive talent pipelines, with a strong focus on young people, SEND learners and groups facing barriers to opportunity.
The role is responsible for consulting with stakeholders on the Economic Development Framework to ensure diverse voices are heard, analysed and turned into an inclusive skills strategy for the statutory Development Consent Order submission.
The role also embeds measurable social value, inclusion and impact reporting across skills partnerships, ensuring that investment in skills delivers tangible outcomes and long‑term benefits for local communities, the wider economy and our business.
Please note this is a 12 month FTC.
Click here to view the job spec: HAL_C_Senior Manager - Skills Partnerships.docx
Your role will involve
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working Location
Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
To lead and develop multi‑sector skills partnerships that align education, employment and skills to the workforce needs of our long‑term growth plans. The role brings together employers, supply chains, educators, local authorities, community and youth organisations to create inclusive talent pipelines, with a strong focus on young people, SEND learners and groups facing barriers to opportunity.
The role is responsible for consulting with stakeholders on the Economic Development Framework to ensure diverse voices are heard, analysed and turned into an inclusive skills strategy for the statutory Development Consent Order submission.
The role also embeds measurable social value, inclusion and impact reporting across skills partnerships, ensuring that investment in skills delivers tangible outcomes and long‑term benefits for local communities, the wider economy and our business.
Please note this is a 12 month FTC.
Click here to view the job spec: HAL_C_Senior Manager - Skills Partnerships.docx
Your role will involve
- Leading cross-sector partnerships (Team Heathrow, supply chain, national infrastructure, educators, skills hubs, local authorities and communities) to build inclusive talent pipelines for long-term growth.
- Aligning skills, education and employment activity with construction workforce needs analysis, working with senior leaders across Heathrow and the wider construction/infrastructure supply chain.
- Developing future-focused initiatives, collaborations and partnerships that expand access to opportunity for young people entering the workforce.
- Designing and deliver strategic stakeholder engagement to shape skills priorities within the Economic Development Framework, spanning employers, education/youth organisations, SEND specialists, local authorities and employment support groups.
- Creating youth-specific consultation (including young people with SEND) to ensure lived experience and diverse voices inform the Economic Development Framework.
- Analysing stakeholder feedback and labour market data to update the Economic Development Framework, inform the Development Consent Order strategy, and embed measurable social value, inclusion, and impact evaluation across skills partnerships.
- Build and manage effective multi-sector partnerships with senior leaders across employers, training providers, local authorities and voluntary/community bodies, with a focus on youth organisations, schools/colleges and the SEND sector.
- Facilitate stakeholder dialogue (workshops, meetings and forums) to enable constructive discussion, balanced participation and high-quality feedback, engaging effectively with diverse audiences including young people and SEND learners.
- Plan ahead, set priorities and adapt delivery using data and insights; analyse and translate feedback (especially from young people and SEND learners) into clear, evidence-based recommendations for strategy and senior decision-making.
- Inspire, engage and influence senior leaders and partner organisations through strong communication, active listening, empathy and effective questioning to build understanding and trust.
- Navigate competing stakeholder interests, resolve disagreement and maintain momentum, while embedding social value principles to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in skills collaborations.
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working Location
Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.