Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
LinkedIn’s vision to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce, is operationalised by the Social Impact team in communities that need it, enhancing their economic outlook. Doing good at LinkedIn is not just about looking good! The mission of LinkedIn’s Social Impact team is to connect the world’s professionals to unleash greater equitable and sustainable impact. We are experiencing massive change for the world of work - accelerated by AI. We need to ensure that people overcoming barriers and at risk of disruption - have the resources and tools they need to thrive in the future of work.
LinkedIn’s Social Impact team partner with nonprofits around the world and inspiring our employees to drive impact. We are looking for a Senior Social Impact Manager to take our current nonprofit partnerships strategy in the UK and Brazil to the next level, whilst leading our regional skilling strategy. In this unique role, this person will have the opportunity to manage a portfolio of partnerships with key workforce development organizations, exploring innovative collaborations to provide economic opportunity to those that need it most. Additionally, this person will have the opportunity to inspire colleagues to connect with their communities, causes and each other to strengthen our culture and the impact we can have together. This position reports to the Head of Social Impact, EMEA & LatAm within Communications and Social Impact.
Responsibilities:
Country strategy
- Lead nonprofit grant making portfolio in the UK and Brazil, build and deliver a strategy of how we can support the needs of our partners in connecting professionals overcoming barriers to opportunity.
- Identify opportunities to grow and nurture impact with key workforce development organisations through thought leadership collaborations and corporate partnerships.
- Engage employees at all levels to scale impact across LinkedIn, including driving participation in our signature LinkedIn Coaches programme.
Regional responsibilities
- Lead skilling programmes across the region to support workforce development nonprofits and professionals overcoming barriers to employment to prepare for an AI-powered future of work.
- Work with local employee volunteer leads and the Employee Engagement team to scope, promote, and host virtual and in-person events that connect professionals overcoming barriers to LinkedIn webinars and group breakout sessions with employee volunteers and senior leaders.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across the Center for Global Impact (LinkedIn for Nonprofits, Policy, Diversity Inclusion & Belonging, Sustainability) to ensure alignment of goals and strategy and bring the holistic value of LinkedIn to the region.
- Partner with LinkedIn’s Policy teams to leverage labour market insights to inform our partners on key trends and opportunities for upskilling.
- Partner with Employee Engagement to support philanthropic disaster response process, monitoring and activating Social Impact disaster response efforts in response to environmental and social issues.
- Stay abreast of emerging trends and opportunities in the social impact landscape and ensure our programs remain relevant and effective.
- Willingness and appetite to travel 5% of the time (when travel is permitted).
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years' experience in creating and leading employability or skilling programmes at either a business or a nonprofit.
- Business fluency English.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Business fluency in a second language is a plus.
- Experience in programme and volunteer management.
- Ability to deliver Social Impact programmes across numerous locations.
- Experience with and knowledge of the nonprofit marketplace in the UK and Brazil.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships across a wide and diverse group of employees.
- Strong project management skills, attention to detail and deadline orientated.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, especially the ability to leverage social media.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and unstructured environment.
- Demonstrate independent problem solving / decision making.
- Experience working in a global environment, ability to manage programmes at scale.
Suggested Skills:
- Ability to influence
- Communication skills
- Program Management
Additional Information
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