£45k -£60k + Car Allowance Location:
Office-based in UK with remote work and extensive travel Who We Are Fedcap is a not-for-profit organisation committed to improving people’s economic wellbeing. Delivering a range of employability programmes and services, we passionately believe that good work is part of a healthy life. In the past five years, we’ve supported more than 35,000 people across the UK back into work, helping families get out of poverty and improving their quality of life. We’re part of The Fedcap Group, a pioneering US-charity formed in 1935. Your Role The Regional Growth Manager will be expected to have strong regional focus and connections, possessing an in-depth understanding or experience of working within specific areas of Fedcap's delivery footprint. This includes South Central, South West, North West, Tees Valley, and West Midlands. A successful candidate should demonstrate experience in areas such as employability, skills, justice, education, and health, as well as in building and maintaining strategic relationships with key local stakeholders including Local Authorities, FE Colleges, Integrated Care Boards, and VCSE partners. By embedding Fedcap's services into the heart of local communities and understanding regional dynamics, candidates will play a key role in identifying and fostering opportunities that align with community priorities. This ensures that Fedcap’s influence is felt not just through services delivered but through a genuine presence and engagement that drives sustainable social and economic progress/impact. Encouraging candidates to apply with experience working with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), FE Colleges, AEB grants, DWP, DfE, Social Value, and on Skills contracts. Your Responsibilities Develop and lead the implementation of strategic plans to achieve regional growth targets, ensuring effective coordination and execution of key activities that align with Fedcap’s overarching mission of improving economic well-being and fostering social inclusion. Cultivate, manage, and sustain relationships with regional and local stakeholders including local authorities, combined authorities, ICBs, and other influential bodies, fostering partnerships that support new business opportunities and growth. Identify and pursue new business opportunities that align with Fedcap’s core services and strategic priorities, ensuring early engagement and influence in upcoming tenders and regional/national programmes. Work closely with internal teams, including bid, public affairs, and strategic marketing, to align partnership strategies with bid and solution development processes, ensuring a cohesive approach to new business acquisition. Leverage socio-economic data, policy insights, and local intelligence to inform decision-making, craft targeted strategies, and present robust solutions that meet the needs of regional and national priorities. Represent Fedcap at industry events, conferences, and forums to elevate the organisation’s profile, share best practices, and contribute to policy discussions that align with the strategic objectives of Fedcap. Your Skills & Experience Ability to embrace our company values which are
Kindness, Respect, Integrity, and Innovation! Proven experience in partnership development, relationship management, bids/tendering, and business development in a comparable sector. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify creative solutions. Knowledge of local and national agendas in relation to one or more of the following: employment, health, welfare, education, justice, veterans, and economic development. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders. Ability to travel extensively across the region and to other locations as needed. Desirable:
Business Development, sales and/or project management qualifications or experience of writing and/or pitching proposals to new audiences virtually and in person. Your Benefits As well as receiving dedicated health and wellbeing support, including access to our 24/7 employee assistance programme for you and your family, we’ll provide you with very clear stages of accredited development and learning. We offer a wide range of benefits including: Minimum 33 days’ holiday entitlement and a pension contribution up to 5%. Monthly benefits scheme worth up to an additional £500. Free life assurance cover, totalling four times your annual salary. And much more. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Fedcap Employment is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and to advance equality of opportunity. Fedcap Employment is a Disability Confident Leader employer and as such, any candidate with a disability will not be excluded unless the candidate is unable to perform a duty intrinsic to the role, having considered reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability. INDHP
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