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**Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 27 May 2024**

**Closing Date: Sunday 19 May 2024**

**Contract Type: Temporary until 17 August 2025**

**Salary: FC5 £25,829.49 - £28,251.00 (pro rata)**

**Working Pattern: 21 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time**

**Location: Waid Academy, Anstruther
**Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate**

The Education & Children’s Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

**Supporting Statement**

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
**Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team.**

(Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you communicate with others; how you use your initiative to meet targets and achieve goals)

**Ways in which you have worked with others to meet all learners needs?**

(Consider the following: how you have shared information, followed plans, supported learners, worked with others?)

**Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners**

(Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners?)

**Job Details**

We are looking for a committed Employability Officer who is passionate about improving life chances for all, so that children and young people can achieve their full potential.

As an Employability Officer, you will work proactively with other members of the Education Services at Waid Academy to promote, administer and deliver training courses that help young people up-skill. To assist them to access and sustain employment. To support the learners, staff and other stakeholders to engage with employers, in order to promote opportunity for participants to gain work experience and employment.

As an Employability Officer, you will support participants throughout their training journey and feedback relevant information to Depute Headteacher (Opportunities for All).

Collate and record data relating to requirements of National Improvement Framework.

Supervise and support learners during skills training to ensure training objectives and tasks are achieved to appropriate standards and agreed timescales.

A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.

**“You may be required to obtain a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Membership or Disclosure Check for this role”
**The Person**

Ability to prioritise own workload and that of a team

Innovative and developmental in approach to service delivery

Ability to develop effective relationships with employers, those from other agencies, training providers and partners

Ability to support and motivate learners in a training environment

Ability to manage, monitor and review own performance

**Further Information**
- **Role Profile**:

- When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- **How We Work Matters**:

- Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- **Employee Benefits**:

- Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
- **Directorate Information**:

- Council Department information
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