Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator (London) 

Application Deadline: 18 October 2026

Department: Programme Delivery

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £26,660 / year

Description

• 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
• Update all stakeholders, internal and external, on your work areas appropriately escalating any issues in a timely manner
• Plan and manage your day-to-day and week-to-week tasks effectively, ensuring projects are meeting their intended outputs and outcomes
• Utilise tools and technologies to conduct your work effectively and efficiently
• 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
• Contribute to team meetings, sharing ideas and collaborating to solve problems creatively   
• Project plans are updated and work is delivered to time   
• Events are delivered to time and rated well  
• Good working relationship with stakeholders

• 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  
• Ensure employer, teacher and student records are kept updated  

• 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  
• Support the delivery of the mentoring provision  
• Keep abreast of sector knowledge to inform resource and event creation that aligns with programme outcomes  

Person Specification

1. Leadership
2. Communication  
3. Adaptability
4. Professionalism 
5. Decision-making

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

• 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 during our peak delivery period (February-May). Travel and accommodation if required will be covered by the SMF.

Benefits

• 36/37 days' annual leave (England & Wales and Scotland respectively - includes bank holidays) with 3 of these days reserved for the annual end of year office closure
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 5% Salary sacrifice pension scheme with enhanced matching employer contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme available to staff and their family
• Flexible work options such as hybrid working, flexitime, part-time
• Regular staff team building and business planning “away days”

How to Apply

• Please write a statement of suitability for the position of Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator, demonstrating how your experience lends itself to the Key Responsibilities of the role. (500 words maximum).

• The SMF’s values of justice, empathy, optimism, integrity and collaboration are integral to how we work together and with our various stakeholders. Please tell us about a time (or times) where you have demonstrated two of the SMF's values in your professional life—this can be in a job, at university or during training, in volunteering, etc.—and how you would demonstrate those values while working with young people who face significant barriers to higher education, degree apprenticeships and careers. (500 words maximum)