Remote Volunteer Educational Partnership Role (Part Time)

Job Overview

Job Description

About SkilledUp Life

At SkilledUp Life, we empower individuals to gain valuable real-world experience that accelerates their careers, while enabling tech startups to grow with the support of skilled Volunteers. Our global community has grown to over 57,500 Volunteers across 147 countries, helping hundreds of startups primarily in the UK and USA scale sustainably.

Purpose of role

The Partnership Volunteer plays a key role in establishing and growing SkilledUp Life’s global network of educational institution partners. By building meaningful relationships with schools, colleges, and universities, you will help promote SkilledUp Life’s mission of providing students with valuable real-world experience. This role directly contributes to a steady flow of volunteers and opportunities for tech startups worldwide, while giving you experience in partnership development, outreach strategy, and stakeholder engagement.

Key activities

Identify and map potential schools, colleges, and universities to partner with SkilledUp Life.
Build relationships with decision-makers (faculty, placement officers, and career services teams).
Design and deliver workshops, webinars, and presentations to introduce SkilledUp Life to educators and students.
Collaborate with internal teams to create tailored programs or pathways for students to gain experience through volunteering.
Support onboarding of student volunteers through partner institutions.
Maintain accurate records of outreach, partnership status, and volunteer conversion in tracking sheets.
Gather feedback from institutions to refine strategies and improve engagement.
Represent SkilledUp Life at virtual educational events and meetings.

Disclaimer: This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.

Endorsements:
Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:
* Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
* Allow you to add Company Name to your Linkedin Profile.
* Provide a Letter of Recommendation (LoR).
For Volunteer team mates who deliver exceptional results:
* Provide a Linkedin testimonial, when requested.
* Write a Linkedin Post thanking you for your contribution.
* Provide further references, when required (we have the right to reject these)