About Eequ

Eequ is the market leader in delivering booking infrastructure for government-funded programmes supporting underserved communities, while also powering a growing commercial marketplace for activities across the UK.

By serving both, we’re lighting up a nationwide network of independent providers and helping bring communities together through real-world classes, clubs and events.

We are a product-led company with a high bar for quality, where thoughtful software design is the main engine of adoption and retention. Our growth has come not from sales people, but from customers who became our champions, because we built something genuinely worth recommending.

Most partnerships jobs are really just inbox management with a sales target attached. This is different. This is a role for someone who can operate at the intersection of commercial growth, council relationships, operational admin, procurement, software, strategy and founder leverage.

Eequ is a mission-led tech company powering booking infrastructure for council-funded activity programmes across the UK. Our platform supports programmes for underserved children, families and communities. We now work with around 75 councils and have built something rare: a warm, active, nationally significant community of local authorities working together as one agile team.

We do not have layers of management, corporate theatre or people whose job is to explain why things cannot be done.

We are now looking for someone exceptional to support and grow our council partnerships.

The role

Your starting focus will be councils: relationships, renewals, procurement admin and commercial growth. You will work in close sync with one other associate and the founder.

In practice, this means you will help take over the work currently sitting with the CEO: managing important council relationships, moving procurement forward, preparing information, writing sharp emails, handling invoicing and contracts, supporting strategic conversations, and finding new councils and programmes who should be using Eequ but are not yet.

What you'll actually do

You will probably find yourself:

• training and supporting council partners
• helping councils understand Eequ, the software, the community and the value
• supporting renewals, procurement, compliance checks and G-Cloud administration
• preparing clear written responses for tenders, security questionnaires and procurement conversations
• handling operational admin with serious diligence: invoicing, follow-ups, records, trackers, contracts and internal coordination
• joining and eventually leading council calls with confidence and warmth
• learning the Eequ platform inside out so you can speak about it fluently in any conversation
• spotting expansion opportunities across council-funded activity programmes
• using AI constantly to multiply your output, improve admin quality, draft, research, summarise, structure and move faster
• working across Attio, Intercom, Google Workspace, Slack and Linear
• turning repeated questions and messy workflows into better systems
• building AI projects and workflows that improve how the team works

This is account management, partnerships, operations and strategic growth combined.

Who this is for

Traditionally we would be hiring for someone with a background in public procurement or enterprise software partnerships. You might be that perfect fit.

However, we are also interested in the person who has been underestimated. For the right self-directed person, we offer mentorship and an environment of trust and autonomy.

Wildcards might be:

• You're a recent grad who has been building things on the side, exploring your own ideas, or throwing yourself into real-world projects outside your course. You know you are capable of more than most entry-level jobs will allow.
• You proudly avoided uni and built a side hustle, community, event, campaign or commercial project from nothing.
• You're a career break parent who has run a household like a mission-critical logistics operation, who has not lost touch with their tech roots and is ready to boot up their me v2.0.

We care less about whether your CV looks perfect and more about what you are capable of.

What you'll need to be good at

You are charismatic and presentable. You can hold a conversation with senior people without becoming stiff or performative. You are warm, direct, down to earth and credible.

You are also a very diligent administrator. You do not leave loose ends. You follow up. You keep records. You build AI projects and workflows. You can manage complexity.

You are highly verbally fluent. You can explain a product clearly, write a thoughtful email, lead a call, ask a good question and think on your feet.

You are confident with technology. AI is not something you occasionally "try"; it is your first instinct when you want to move faster, think deeper and structure work.

You are commercially minded. You can build trust without being fake. You can sell without being oily. You can hear what a customer actually needs and connect it to what Eequ can do.

You are hungry to learn. The real confidence in this role will come from understanding the software so well that you can walk into almost any conversation and know where the value is.

What this could become

For the right person, this role could go almost anywhere.

You may grow into senior partnerships, commercial leadership, chief of staff-style work, commercial growth, or something we have not named yet.

Your starting focus is council growth but the opportunity is much broader than that. You will be close to the founder, close to the software and close to the commercial engine of the company.

That is a rare place to learn from.

Package

• Competitive depending on experience and immediate leverage
• Performance bonus up to 10%
• Remote-first, with Brighton office access if useful
• MacBook and equipment
• High autonomy
• Direct founder mentoring
• Small, ambitious, product-led team
• Meaningful work with national social impact

How to apply

Apply via our Typeform.

We will ask for your CV, written answers and a short video response. We are not looking for polished corporate performance. We are looking for intelligence and authenticity.

The process will include:

• Typeform application
• CEO interview
• Trial half-day with practical exercises

If you read this and feel madly excited that this was written explicitly for you, it probably was.