Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator

Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator (Newcastle)

Final date to receive applications: 18 June 2026

Department: Programme Delivery

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Newcastle, UK

Reporting To: Senior Programme Delivery Coordinator

Compensation: £26,660 / year

Location: 2 roles available, both Newcastle-based

Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent

Salary: £26,660 per annum

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5:30PM. We are looking for the right candidate and while we envisage this being a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) we are very open to flexible working arrangements such as part-time, compressed hours and flexitime.

Start date: Monday 17th August 2026, or as agreed with candidate

The Opportunity

The Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator (APPC) postholder is responsible for the delivery of the Aspiring Professionals Programme across all programme years.

• Deliver key projects including recruiting and onboarding students, creating digital resources and student events
• Support with programme pilots, scoping (and delivering on) new activity
• Collaborate and build relationships with our employer partners, schools, and universities to support our young people in their applications for university, internships and graduate roles
• Deliver on allocated events relating to our programme model (university applications, skill development, work experience and mentoring), presenting content to a high standard and in line with the Social Mobility Foundation messaging

• Follow established procedures to monitor the progress of your work area, using accurate data to inform decisions
• Reflect on your work areas at key points in time, offering suggestions for efficiencies and process improvement
• Maintain accurate records across relevant databases, updating data accurately and in a timely manner
• Contribute to evaluation for key work areas (residentials, events, internships etc), produce high quality evaluation reports where required.

• Communicate to internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner
• Proactively update external partners (i.e. employers) on your work areas, flagging risks in a timely manner with relationship managers
• Manage internal student queries and maintain consistent stakeholder (e.g. students) processes through regular communication

• Coordinate planning and delivery of skills sessions, partner events, university visits, and other activities, both virtually and in person across the Social Mobility Foundation’s target cities across the UK
• Coordinate logistics of sixth form and S5/S6 and undergraduate internships, including but not limited to, student selection, liaising with students and employers throughout internship delivery
• Coordinate and support with the organisation, logistics and delivery of in-person residential programmes for students, including staying on site for day and overnight visits when needed
• Coordinate student services including personal statement checking service and recruitment success service
• Create digital resources to support all provisions

We need someone who will demonstrate our organisational skills-based competencies - as listed below.

Technical knowledge, understanding and experience required:

• Basic Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
• A basic understanding of the barriers young people face in accessing university and particular careers

Ways of working:

• Most of our work is office based, but you will spend a lot of time collaborating with other teams and clients via email, telephone and other communications channels such as Teams or Zoom.
• This role requires you to staff residentials for students on our Programme. This means that during the summer period (Jul – Aug) you will be expected to stay overnight on-site (in the UK - exact location to be confirmed closer to the time) for a period of up to two-weeks, help run the residential and be responsible for the welfare of the young people involved.
• Please note this role may require some travel during our student recruitment period…