Partnerships Specialist, Education ​/ Teaching

Key Details

Employment status: Full time, with flexible working policy

Job location: Work from home, meet occasionally in London

Final date to receive applications: 27th February 2026

Job start date: April 2026 onwards (flexible start date based on notice periods)

Salary: £45,000-£55,000 dependent on experience

Apply: Please send your CV and cover letter (max one page) to

We’re looking for someone with significant experience of presenting information on effective teaching, education research and the science of learning. The ideal candidate will also have experience of working in a sales or partnerships role.

You should be well‑versed in contemporary educational research, pedagogy and leadership, with a particular focus on communicating the best ways to help teachers to change their practice and learn effectively.

Experience of having participated in and/or led a whole‑school coaching programme is desirable. You should be as comfortable engaging in educational research around how teachers learn as you are working with school leaders and coaches to improve their practice.

This role would be perfect for a former teacher or school leader looking for a role where they can make a positive difference in the education sector.

At Steplab, we’re on a mission to transform the lives of young people by giving teachers, coaches and school leaders simple, effective and powerful tools to systematically improve professional development. We use the best available research on teacher education and Instructional Coaching to create content, build tools and share knowledge that helps schools implement PD that really works.

We are a platform‑based service and provide leaders with exceptional data on the quality and content of their PD programmes.

The central part of the role includes:

• Working as part of a small team to share the impact Steplab can have in schools, trusts and training organisations
• Preparing and delivering high quality demonstrations of the platform, focused on showcasing how Steplab solves common problems school leaders face
• Building relationships with school and trust leaders through high quality communications
• Representing Steplab at external conferences and events
• Using data to continuously improve your work
• Using CRM tools (Zoho) to effectively support schools and partners to make the most of what Steplab has to offer
• Provide support to schools using Steplab by running masterclasses and responding to support queries

Our productivity tools include Notion, Slack, Google Workspace and more. You’ll be given a Mac Book to work on and whatever kit is needed for the role.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Understanding of contemporary educational research on pedagogy and leadership, with a particular focus on understanding the best ways to help teachers learn
• Be great at building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including teachers, middle, and senior leaders
• Have exceptional organisation, planning and administrative abilities
• Able to offer high‑quality user support, taking ownership of queries and problem‑solving

• Experience of working in a sales or partnership role
• Experience of using Steplab
• Experience of coaching and/or being coached and having seen the benefits in your own or others’ practice
• Experience in delivering high‑quality PD to teachers and/or leaders

Steplab is currently a team of over thirty highly motivated and dedicated individuals across the UK but also in Australia and the USA.

Whilst most of your work can be conducted remotely, there will be some travel required to engage in monthly team meetings (London) and attend events (National). There may also be opportunities for international travel.

📈 Fantastic career progression – We’re just at the start of our journey to become the most impactful teacher training tool in the world. As part of this journey, we will be recruiting a larger team. As an early member of this team, you’ll be in a unique position to develop your career as we grow, and to help lead our growing team.

🌴 28 days of paid…