The Careers & Enterprise Company
Senior Manager Network Development
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Home based with nationwide travel
About Us
We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.
The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.
Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Role Summary
This critical role, reporting to the Head of Network, Programmes and Development, will lead nationally on the development and support offer to Careers Hubs, responsible for the design, implementation and continual evolution of CEC's national improvement offer for Careers Hubs. Ensuring that each Careers Hub is equipped with the training, tools, and resources they need to deliver practice effectively.
The role will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for programme delivery, development, aligned to continuous improvement and performance insight. Working across the organisation, the role will ensure that national priorities are translated into practical support that enables Careers Hubs to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes.
The role is pivotal to drive change across the Network, working closely with colleagues from across the organisation to expand the depth and breadth of our development opportunities and make them available to the range of stakeholders across our network of Careers Hubs. The role will ensure that development and programme delivery are integrated into a coherent support offer for Career Hubs and wider partners.
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As a member of the Network, Employers and Performance Senior Management Team, the post holder will contribute to wider strategic planning, organisational change and continuous improvement activity.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience leading improvement, capability-building or network development functions within education, skills, employment, local government or a similarly complex system. You will have a proven ability to scale effective practice, develop high-performing teams, and use data, insight and stakeholder feedback to shape impactful support offers.
They will be recognised for their ability to build trust, influence at senior levels internally and externally, and create the conditions for sustained improvement across distributed teams and partners.
Essential Criteria
- Leading Change and Improvement - Confident leading through ambiguity, designing and embedding sustainable improvement approaches, and influencing others to embrace change and innovation.
- Collaboration and Influencing - Builds trusted relationships across organisational boundaries, creating collaborative partnerships that encourage shared ownership, accountability and collective impact.
- Programme and Delivery Management - Strong programme, project and implementation management capability, able to balance multiple priorities while maintaining quality, pace and effective risk management.
- Analytical Thinking - Able to interpret complex evidence, data and insight to inform decisions, prioritise activity and drive continuous improvement.
- Strong IT Skills, including Microsoft packages.
- Project Management.
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To Apply
Please complete the application form including your cover letter and upload a copy of your most recent CV removing any personal details (i.e., name, DOB, address).
Closing date: 26 July 2026 (Midnight)
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS ADVERT EARLY SHOULD WE RECEIVE SUITABLE APPLICATIONS
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging. We know that engagement at work relies on feeling included and valued. Inclusion is both a choice and a practice, for us as an organisation and for individuals within our team. We aim to drive inclusion through every aspect of our work and we understand that diverse teams are essential for innovative careers education and are central to our mission and impact. CEC values the visible and invisible qualities that makes each member of our team who they are. We are a disability confident employer and if you need any help or support through the application process, please contact the HR team and details can be found on our website.
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