Build New York's next tech talent with us.
ontopIT Academy is corporate-led community investment: a free, inclusive talent pipeline for young New Yorkers. We are looking for partners who want to shape it from the start.
Six ways to take part.
Employer partners
Meet participants through project showcases and mock interviews, advise on the skills you hire for, and consider graduates for entry-level roles.
Explore Employer PartnershipsPaid apprenticeship hosts
Help design paid apprenticeship placements as a future pathway after the cohort. We are developing this model and want early input.
Discuss apprenticeshipsCorporate cohort sponsors
Underwrite a cohort or part of one, including equipment and access support for participants.
Support the AcademyCommunity recruitment organisations
Help us reach young adults who would benefit most, and shape an admissions process that is fair and welcoming.
Collaborate with usMentors
Engineers, designers and professionals who can give regular time to code review, career conversations or sport sessions.
Offer to mentorIn-kind supporters
Laptops, bikes and safety kit, sports equipment, venue space, software licences or transport support.
Offer in-kind supportWhat we plan to measure.
Partners should see clear evidence of what the Academy achieves. These are the measures we intend to track. Targets will be set with partners and labelled as proposed until results exist.
- Enrolment and cohort completion
- Technical skills, assessed at the start and end of the cohort
- Portfolio projects completed and reviewed
- Career readiness: CV, portfolio, interview practice
- Paid opportunities secured: jobs, apprenticeships, freelance work
- Earnings and placement follow-up after the cohort
- Participant wellbeing feedback, including the sport programme
How the Academy is intended to be funded.
The Academy is free for participants. We expect to fund it through a mix of grants, corporate sponsorship and appropriate contributions from ontopIT's commercial work, subject to eligibility and confirmation.
No grant has been awarded yet. Legal structure and governance for the Academy are being finalised.
Start a partnership conversation.
Tell us how you would like to be involved and we will follow up personally.