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Micro:bit Educational Foundation

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Social Impact

Micro:bit Educational Foundation is an organization dedicated to advancing digital literacy and coding skills among young people through the use of the micro:bit device. The foundation provides various resources, including guides, videos, and online courses, to help beginners become adept at coding using platforms like Microsoft MakeCode, Python, and Scratch. It offers classroom management tools for teachers and a variety of lesson plans for different age groups, aligning with educational curriculums. The foundation also promotes projects and challenges that encourage creative problem-solving and sustainability, in line with global goals for sustainable development.

📋 Description

• Develop and own the Foundation's commercial strategy, ensuring it aligns with and advances the organisation's mission. • Bring a commercial perspective to future product development and organisational strategy. • Identify and explore new commercial opportunities, partnerships and income models. • As a member of the senior leadership team, contribute to strategic direction, culture and values. • Drive growth in commercial revenue, with accountability for performance against targets. • Develop and execute targeted growth strategies for priority countries and territories, working closely with the global partnerships team. • Maximise relationships with global manufacturers and distributors, activating the Foundation's sales network. • Grow existing routes to market — particularly the Channel Partner programme — and identify new channels. • Work cross-functionally, especially with the partnerships and marketing teams, to maximise commercial opportunities. • Work with global manufacturing partners to ensure supply chain resilience and uphold best practice in manufacturing. • Lead on product compliance, working with the Foundation's compliance manager and external partners to develop and deliver a robust compliance strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of senior commercial leadership, with a clear track record of creating and delivering strategy that has led to sustained growth. • Experience in edtech, hardware, or a not-for-profit or social enterprise setting. • The ability to operate commercially within a mission-led organisation, keeping impact on children and educators at the centre of decision-making. • A demonstrable commitment to the Foundation's mission and values. • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build coalitions and generate momentum. • Strong communication skills — articulate and able to translate complex information for diverse audiences. • Experience building and leading diverse, remote teams. • A track record of working collaboratively across functions to achieve shared goals. • Experience leading commercial initiatives across international markets, with strong cultural awareness and the ability to drive performance across globally distributed teams. • Experience working within a small, scaling or start-up organisation.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary £90,000-95,000 GBP per annum • group private medical and group life insurance plan • EAP plan • flexibility in working hours • flexible annual leave policy • pension arrangement