Industry Outreach Associate Full Time NEW

Company Description

AFSSA™ (Annual Floor Safety Standard Assurance) is an emerging independent framework focused on floor safety, condition-led risk identification, due diligence, and long-term flooring management across commercial environments.

Currently operating within its South Coast pilot phase, AFSSA is developing a structured and evidence-based approach to helping organisations better understand, document, and manage flooring-related risks within sectors such as education, healthcare, housing, facilities management, hospitality, and commercial property.

AFSSA promotes a proactive and repair-first approach to floor safety management, helping organisations reduce unnecessary replacement costs while improving long-term standards, documentation, and risk awareness.

Role Description

This is a flexible hybrid contract opportunity for an Industry Outreach Associate based around Portsmouth and the South Coast.

The opportunity is particularly suited to students and ambitious individuals interested in gaining real experience within business development, startup growth, networking, outreach, and commercial communication.

The successful candidate will support AFSSA’s ongoing pilot development by helping introduce the framework to organisations across multiple sectors, supporting relationship building, outreach activity, and lead generation efforts.

Responsibilities may include:

• Supporting outreach to businesses and organisations

• Building professional relationships and introductions

• Assisting with LinkedIn and communication activity

• Helping direct interested organisations toward AFSSA booking and enquiry forms

• Supporting lead tracking and pipeline organisation

• Helping raise awareness of the AFSSA framework and pilot programme

Qualifications

• Strong communication and people skills

• Confident using LinkedIn, email, and online communication tools

• Organised, professional, and self-motivated

• Interest in business, entrepreneurship, networking, or commercial growth

• Comfortable communicating with businesses and industry professionals

• Ability to work independently within a flexible hybrid structure

• Previous customer service, outreach, networking, or business-related experience is beneficial but not essential

Additional Information

• Flexible hybrid structure designed around student schedules

• Pilot-stage contract opportunity

• Performance-based earning potential linked to successful introductions and completed booking enquiries

• Opportunity to gain practical startup, networking, and business development experience