Programme, Policy & Partnerships Manager

Position: Programme, Policy & Partnerships Manager
Location: Hay Mills

Programme, Policy & Partnerships Manager

Organisation:
Multicultural Apprenticeship and Skills Alliance (MASA)

Location:

Birmingham head office base, with regular travel across England

Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 depending on experience

Contract:

Permanent, Full-time

Reports to:

Founder and CEO

About MASA

The Multicultural Apprenticeship and Skills Alliance (MASA) is a national movement focused on improving equity, diversity, inclusion and social mobility across apprenticeships, employability and skills. We work with employers, training providers, colleges, community organisations and sector leaders to influence practice, shape thinking, build stronger pathways into opportunity and ensure underrepresented communities are better served by the system.

About the role

We are looking for an ambitious, outward-facing leader who can build partnerships, shape influence, spot opportunities and help grow MASA’s reach, reputation and impact nationally.

This is not a passive role. We need someone who is comfortable selling, influencing, representing us externally and creating momentum. Someone who can build trusted relationships across employers, policymakers, providers, community organisations and civic stakeholders, while also helping deliver high-quality programmes and visible outcomes.

You will need to be confident in commercial conversations, credible in public-facing environments, and comfortable navigating policy, thought leadership, public affairs and community-led engagement. You should understand how to build an ecosystem around a mission - connecting people, institutions, opportunities, ideas and influence in a way that grows MASA’s reach and relevance.

This role is for someone with a growth mindset who can spot openings, bring opportunities in, shape strategic partnerships, create smart KPIs, and get out into the market and make things happen.

Core focus of the role

Drive partnership growth and business development

Support and strengthen MASA’s policy, public affairs and thought leadership presence

Represent MASA confidently across events, meetings, forums and stakeholder spaces

Build meaningful community-led and sector-led relationships that expand our ecosystem

Help design and deliver programmes that create value and impact

Bring structure, performance measures and commercial discipline to growth activity

Key responsibilities:

Programme delivery

Lead and support the planning and delivery of MASA programmes, campaigns, forums and events

Ensure delivery is well organised, high quality and aligned to strategic goals

Coordinate stakeholders, timelines, outputs and follow-up actions

Capture insight, outcomes and feedback to inform future activity and demonstrate value

Policy, thought leadership and public affairs

Support MASA’s voice and visibility across policy, public affairs and influence spaces linked to apprenticeships, skills, employability, equity and social mobility

Contribute to thought leadership activity by helping shape themes, round tables, events, campaigns and strategic conversations

Identify opportunities for MASA to be in the right rooms, with the right people, saying the right things

Represent MASA externally with credibility, warmth and confidence

Partnerships, growth and commercial development

Build, manage and grow relationships with employers, training providers, colleges, community organisations, sector bodies and strategic stakeholders

Identify, open and progress new partnership, patron, sponsorship and commercial opportunities

Lead consultative sales conversations with confidence, translating MASA’s work into a compelling value proposition

Create and manage a live pipeline of prospects, opportunities, warm leads and strategic conversations

Support patron retention and growth by ensuring relationships are active, valuable and well managed

Bring in opportunities that strengthen MASA’s profile, influence, income and delivery reach

Community engagement and ecosystem building

Build strong, trusted relationships with multicultural communities, grassroots organisations, educators, employer networks and local and national stakeholders

Develop a joined-up ecosystem around MASA that connects employers, communities,…