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Niya
Career pathways for economically excluded people
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Recruitment
- HR
- Social Impact
- Waterloo, London, UK
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Company mission
Niya is on a mission to close the global skills gap. Our AI-powered career pathways connect the world's most economically excluded people to world-class training and relevant job opportunities for free; giving employers paid access to a new pool of upskilled, untapped talent.
50% female employees
Our take
Niya's Social Mobility Network simplifies DE&I by connecting organisations to a global community of underrepresented talent and inclusion partners. It enables companies to mentor, train and hire underrepresented people at scale.
Its global community spans over 40 countries, and supports all underrepresented people, including refugees, ethnic minorities, women in tech, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, and physically disabled. Niya is now trusted by hundreds of businesses, including Trainline, Oyster, and Udemy.
Moving forwards, the company is on a mission to connect 1 million people to opportunities by 2050.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Global WeWork access
- Monthly team socials
- Hybrid working
- 28 days paid annual leave per annum
Company values
- Be proud of your differences: We are the sum of our eclectic parts. We are authentic, honest and welcoming, celebrating the strength in our team’s diversity
- Just do the next right thing: We change the world one step at a time. By showing resilience, resourcefulness and teamwork we always find a way
- Build Fast and Break Stuff: We aren’t afraid of failing and we learn from our mistakes. We are collaborative, agile and playful in everything that we create
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2022
$0.2m
SEED
Oct 2021
$0.7m
SEED
Total funding: $1.1m
Leadership
Hugh Chichester
(Co-founder & Head of Ops)Management Consultant at Capco with experience working in operational change, data analytics, business strategy and third-to-fourth sector commercialisation.
Cameron Brown
(Co-founder & Head of Partnerships)Background in recruitment tech, sales and marketing at companies including Peerpoint, School Recruiter and ReedSmith LLP.
Holly Simmons
(Co-Founder and Head of Growth)Holly has experience working in venture capital and start-ups across UK, Europe & Africa. Specialising in marketing, sales & partnerships.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Niya
Holly Simmons (Co-Founder & Director)
- We are the sum of our eclectic parts. We are authentic, honest and welcoming, celebrating the strength of our team’s diversity.
- We actively hire from our own pool of underrepresented talent, to drive the conversation around inclusion and social mobility.
- We provide remote and hybrid working models to support those with family and caring commitments.
- We invest in the training of our team and provide upskilling opportunities to those from diverse and marginalised backgrounds.
- We partner with charities, NGOs, non-profits, and social enterprises and connect their communities to meaningful training, mentorship, and employment opportunities.
- We provide flexible working for our team members observing cultural and religious events and holidays (e.g alternative working patterns during Ramadan).
