9/10/2025
The Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) is proud to welcome Beam as a Global Partner. This new partnership reflects a shared commitment to improving the lives of employability professionals and the communities they support, through smart, purpose-built solutions that enable more effective, person-centred delivery.
Beam is a leading technology provider for the employability and welfare sector, known for developing innovative tools that reduce administrative burden and enable frontline teams to focus on what matters most: changing lives. Their flagship product, Magic Notes, is already helping tens of thousands of professionals streamline delivery and improve outcomes across major programmes, like Restart and Connect to Work.
Rachel Astall, Chief Customer Officer at Beam, said:
“We are absolutely thrilled to announce this global partnership with the IEP. At Beam, we share IEP’s mission to improve the lives of employability professionals and those they support: by developing purpose-built tools that empower and support frontline teams across welfare services.
Since 2017 we’ve supported over 6,300 disadvantaged people into homes and jobs through our award-winning, tech-enabled support. We understand firsthand the immense administrative burden that employability professionals face, which is why we developed our flagship product, Magic Notes. The AI-powered summarisation tool lets frontline staff record, transcribe, and summarise discussions instantly. This, along with our growing selection of tools, is already reducing admin by up to 60% for frontline workers, allowing them to focus on improving people’s lives instead.
As a strategic partner, we provide a full suite of technology backed by comprehensive implementation and adoption support to maximise impact and outcomes on key programmes like Restart and Connect to Work. Our tools are trusted by over 200 organisations, including prime contractors, local authorities and central government departments, because they are designed with an unwavering focus on responsible AI and data protection, usability, and real-world impact.
Partnering with the IEP allows us to bring this transformative technology to its members on a global scale. We are incredibly excited to work together to improve the lives of millions of employability specialists and those they support, and are proud to launch our partnership with IEP.”
Scott Parkin FIEP, Group CEO of the IEP, said:
“Beam’s tools are grounded in real frontline experience and purpose-built for the challenges our sector faces. We’re delighted to welcome them as a Global Partner and look forward to working together to strengthen the impact of employability professionals worldwide. This partnership is another step forward in making innovation accessible, practical, and meaningful for the people delivering vital employment services every day.”
IEP Global Partnerships bring together mission-led organisations working to strengthen the employability profession worldwide. By joining this growing community, Beam is helping to expand access to tools and innovation that support better outcomes for professionals and participants alike.
Beam’s Founder and CEO Alex Stephany will be joining the panel at the IEP Summit Australia 2025 on 14th October in Sydney and are sponsors of the Summit’s AI Masterclass: Now and the Future where a panel of experts will explore what’s happening right now in artificial intelligence and what’s possible for the future of employment services.
This interactive session will bring together insights from the day and invite discussion on practical, ethical, and future-focused applications of AI across the sector. Designed to inspire new thinking and spark conversation about technology’s role in shaping employability.