Careers Hub Development Manager

The Careers and Enterprise Company; Greater London; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Careers and Enterprise Company is seeking a Careers Hub Development Manager to lead high-quality learning and development across its network. This home-based role includes nationwide travel, with salary £45,000 to £54,000 and a permanent contract.

You will coordinate professional development, drive improvement initiatives, and collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders to raise the standard of careers education nationwide.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills to engage, influence and support a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proven track record in supporting change practices, ideally in education/work/skills.
• Experience designing leading and delivering learning and development programmes.
• Facilitating professional development and supporting practice improvement. Ability to explain complex information clearly and accessibly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement an engagement plan to promote the learning and development designed to support maturity and share good practice.
• Develop and facilitate professional development offers that improves the quality and impact of the support delivered by the career hub network.
• Lead the implementation and engagement for Communities of Improvement, focusing on network local strategic priorities.
• Facilitate peer learning, collaboration and shared problem-solving across communities to support sustained improvement.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage, influence and support a wide range of stakeholders.

Skills

Communication & facilitation

Change management

Learning & development design

Stakeholder engagement

Virtual delivery platforms

Job description

Job Title: Careers Hub Development Manager

Working For: The Careers & Enterprise Company

Reporting to: Senior Manager Network Development

Location: Home based with nationwide travel

Contract Type: Permanent

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.

The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Role summary (please see the full job description for further information on the role):

We are looking for someone who can bring structure, innovation, and passion to deliver high-quality, value-for-money learning and development across the network of Careers Hubs.

A strong project manager, able to scope, manage and deliver key projects and resources to drive effective and efficient delivery. They should be able to ensure that CEC builds on the reputation of being a leading authority on careers, offering high-quality development opportunities that add value and enhance practice and performance across the network.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Network Development, you will lead initiatives that strengthen professional practice, system improvement and continuous development across the careers hub network.

You will be responsible for delivering and facilitating high-quality professional development, supporting the evolution of our offer to Careers Hubs, which underpins our Outcome Framework.

Contributing to the development and support of Peer Learning and Communities of Improvement with a focus on the Network strategic priorities, (eg at risk of NEET, TVET, Transitions, Sector Growth, Primary, continuous improvement) the ideal candidate will have experience leading improvement, capability-building or network development functions within education, skills, employment, local government or a similarly complex system.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop and implement an engagement plan to promote the learning and development designed to support maturity and share good practice.

Develop and facilitate professional development offers that improves the quality and impact of the support delivered by the career hub network.

Lead the implementation and engagement for Communities of Improvement, focusing on network local strategic priorities.

Facilitate peer learning, collaboration and shared problem-solving across communities to support sustained improvement.

Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage, influence and support a wide range of stakeholders.Proven track record in supporting change practices, ideally in education/work/skills .Experience of designing leading and delivering learning and development programmes.Facilitating professional development and supporting practice improvement.Ability to explain complex information in a clear and accessible wayExperience and understanding of the education, business and enterprise landscape, including policy relating to devolution, skills and economic growthConfident and capable use of virtual delivery platformsStrong event planning, project management and organisational skills

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Careers Hub Development Manager

Company: The Careers and Enterprise Company Salary: £45,000 to £54,000 a year Hours: Full-time Location: London, EC1A 4JQ Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 6 Nov 2026 Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

Summary

Job Title: Careers Hub Development Manager

Working For: The Careers & Enterprise Company

Reporting to: Senior Manager Network Development

Location: Home based with nationwide travel

Salary Range: £45,000-£54,000

Contract Type: Permanent

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.

The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Essential requirements

Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage, influence and support a wide range of stakeholders.Proven track record in supporting change practices, ideally in education/work/skills .Experience of designing leading and delivering learning and development programmes.Facilitating professional development and supporting practice improvement.Ability to explain complex information in a clear and accessible wayExperience and understanding of the education, business and enterprise landscape, including policy relating to devolution, skills and economic growthConfident and capable use of virtual delivery platformsStrong event planning, project management and organisational skills

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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