On-Purpose

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Overview

At On Purpose, we attract and develop talented professionals to help strengthen and scale organisations using commercial approaches to create positive social or environmental change.

Our leadership programme brings mid-career professionals into the impact space and supports them to develop rapidly by matching them with purpose-led organisations to do impactful work, and providing them with a sector-leading leadership & development programme, including training, mentoring and coaching.

As a placement host you work successively with two of our participants (Associates) for six months each over the one-year programme. Our Associates undertake a wide variety of work, from one-off projects to day-to-day business roles, and from strategy through impact management to marketing .

Benefits

Three reasons to host an Associate:

  • High calibre, purpose-driven talent at below market rates

    Our Associates bring an average of 7-10 years of professional experience from diverse fields such as law, finance, marketing and more

  • Strengthen your impact

    Accelerate important projects with Associates who are ready to hit the ground running, bringing the skills and ambition essential for systemic change

  • Join our community

    Gain access to On Purpose's hive mind with the latest thinking and practices around systemic change, impact and leadership

Interested in hosting an Associate?

Join our network of purpose-driven organisations shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Register your interest to explore how hosting an On Purpose Associate can add value to your team and help drive your mission forward.
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What our placement hosts say

Who we work with

We work with a range of organisations including social enterprises, B Corps, social divisions of for-profit companies and commercially-minded charities. What we look for in a placement:

  • Combine commercial ways of working with social and/or environmental impact

    We are less concerned with the type of organisation and focus more on the type of work and impact that Associates will deliver on their placement.

  • Appropriate level of challenge

    Associates are bright, generalist problem-solvers that bring an average of 7-10 years work experience. We seek organisations that can provide projects with a level of challenge that befits this expertise.

  • Adds real value to your organisation

    Our programme prepares Associates to lead in purpose-driven organisations and we look for placements where the work adds real value to the organisation.

How to become a Placement Host

We're always on the look-out for new and exciting organisations to work with. The year-long Programme runs with two cohorts annually, one beginning in April and the other in October. To secure Associates from our next cohort:

Case studies

Find out more

Find out more by reading our Placement Host Pack and register your interest to have a conversation with us.
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  • “Bates Wells has now hosted several On Purpose Associates and our experience has exceeded my expectations. The Associates are intelligent, motivated, curious, confident self-starters, which means that they have adapted swiftly and flexibly into our work environment. They have each taken on a challenging project for us and helped deliver something valuable that moves us forward as a law firm and as a B Corp.”

    Sally Procopis
    COO of Bates Well, the UK's only B Corp law firm

  • “[Our Associate} was outstanding. The impact she was able to have in just six months was deeply impressive, especially given the complex content and mix of very senior clinicians and academics with whom she was working. She took something that was little more than an idea and turned it into a major programme of work with the potential for significant and lasting impact on population health.”

    Prof. John Moxham
    Director of Clinicial Strategy, King's Health Partners

  • “[Our Associate] has been simply outstanding working for Winnow. She led on important projects helping launch our large scale deployment internationally.”

    David Jackson
    Global Key Account Manager, Winnow