Founders Associate at MyPocketSkill

MyPocketSkill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

MyPocketSkill is seeking a Founders Associate to support growth across research, analytics, operations and content. You will work closely with the founders and across the organisation, solving problems and removing barriers for progress.

Responsibilities span community, projects, content, impact analysis and platform analytics, with opportunities to engage with youth policy stakeholders and events. A proactive, outcomes-driven mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree education with demonstrated achievement in academics or extra-curriculars.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to conduct research and analyse policy/issues.

Responsibilities

• Support research, analytics, operations, community, projects and content initiatives.
• Engage with youth policy stakeholders and assist in policy benchmarking.
• Help track platform KPIs and support contract bids and events.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Research

Team player

Time management

Proactive

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We are looking to hire a Founders Associate to help ignite our next stage of growth

MyPocketSkill is an AI-empowered award-winning platform, helping Gen Z's to become more financially capable & employable. We connect 13-25 year-olds with opportunities to earn and provide AI assisted upskilling, learning & financial education.

This is an varied and exciting role, which would serve as an excellent launchpad for your career and involves working closely with the founders and across the organisation, intensively problem solving and removing barriers for things to happen. Responsibilities span research, analytics, operations, community, projects and content. We are looking for a positive self-starter, who is focused on outcomes, be proactive and is equally happy to delve into in-depth research on youth policy, reach out and engage positively and enthusiastically with our community, attend events with our key stakeholders and work on platform analytics.

Examples of work include:

Community & Projects

• Using evidence-based knowledge to support young people, engagement/delivery and product development
• Running ambassador programmes and events

Content

• Reviewing and updating our impact reports
• Long-form content, including blogs, articles and reports
• Short-form content, including posting and commissioning across different social media platforms

Impact, research & analysis

• Impact reporting
• Working with stakeholders to advise, evaluate, benchmarking and support the formation of youth policy. Examples of past projects include working with DCMS (Department for Culture Media and Sports) on youth policy, Office for Students on access & participation, DfE on placements of T-levels. You would be also expected to work on contract bids as part of this stream.

Analytics & Tech

• You will help us to extract and analyse the information on our platform and update and keep an eye on our KPIs

Operations

• Deeper problem solving to deal with platform issues requiring intervention, such as customer complaints & payments issues
• Coordinating delivery for some of our key existing and new projects (e.g. we currently work with High Street Banks and Grant awarders)

The ideal candidate would have the following:

• Flexible, positive, self-starter, proactive approach in a fast-paced environment
• A mix of process and analytical skills
• No project is too small or too big
• Strong organisational & time management skills with can-do attitude
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Reliable and consistent with strong follow-through
• Curious (v. important), always looking for ways to improve systems and processes
• Team player, working collaboratively but also comfortable owning tasks
• Solid research skills and an ability to conduct analysis (of policy issues, KPIs etc)
• Degree educated and demonstration of achievement either in academics or outside

Potential opportunity to progress to a longer-term role for the right person