Community & Alumni Engagement Officer

3 weeks ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Unloc Full time

**Are you passionate about working with young people by offering them opportunities to grow and develop?**

Join an exciting, fast-paced and growing social enterprise as our Community and Alumni Engagement Officer, leading the way forward for Unloc to more comprehensively engage with young people through the provision of out-of-school opportunities aligned with Unloc’s mission and values.

Our mission is to empower young people to be innovative changemakers who seek to build stronger communities and sustainable businesses. We develop young people’s skills, enhance their potential and boost their determination to succeed. This role is critical to us effectively delivering on that mission.

**What we offer**:

- A fun, driven and passionate team.
- A fixed term post with a view to extending the contract.
- A MacBook, iPhone and relevant accessories to make your working life easier.
- Growth: we invest in individuals and are an ambitious organisation.
- The opportunity to work with amazing young people.
- A flexible approach to working life and 28 days holiday plus a week at Christmas and all bank holidays (not already falling within the Christmas break); a total of 38 days holiday.
- Access to PerkBox, an external employee benefits & rewards scheme.
- A generous pension scheme whereby the employer contributes 3% of total employee earnings, rather than the legal-minimum of 3% of employee earnings above the threshold.
- A comprehensive mental health support scheme for you and your immediate family through Health Assured including the My Healthy Advantage app.
- A full year of team-building and CPD opportunities.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Drive the implementation of **Unloc’s Community Engagement and Development Strategy** **(with support from your line manager)**
- Developing and maintaining ongoing communications with groups of young people at different stages of their changemaker journeys with Unloc.
- Developing new relationships with external partners to increase the out-of-school opportunities made available to young people via Unloc.
- Overseeing the establishment of a new Unloc Youth Board to ensure young people are put at the heart of Unloc’s work.
- Designing, implementing and maintaining a new Unloc ‘ambassadors’ programme for those young people wanting to get more involved in the work Unloc does and act as external advocates for Unloc’s work.
- Launching and maintaining a new LinkedIn Group for now-adult Unloc alumni.
- Creating new video and promotional materials to promote the initiative to young people during our sessions.
- Maintaining the web presence of Unloc’s out-of-school opportunities via Unloc Online.
- Developing a new 'Work Insight Days' programme in partnership with Changemaker Alliance Champions (businesses with close association to Unloc).
- Establishing a new ‘top tier’ opportunity linked to leadership and entrepreneurship to act as a significant draw for young people to engage with Unloc.
- Working with other team members to advertise Unloc’s out-of-school opportunities to young people through in-school activities such as workshops, drop-ins, and assemblies.

**Provide regular updates to the Programme Manager**
- To provide regular (written or verbal) updates to the Programme Manager on current progress and achievements.

**General administration**
- Providing additional administrative support to team members on an ad-hoc basis as and when required (in consultation between you and your line manager).

**Supporting Unloc projects and programmes**
- Aiding Unloc projects and programmes as and when required by the team (in consultation between you and your line manager).

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**Person Specification**:
**Qualifications**

Essential:

- GCSE Maths and English at grade A*-C / 9-4 (or equivalent).
- Two A-Levels at grade A*-C (or equivalent).

Desirable:

- Level 2 ICT qualification.

**Experience and Knowledge**

Essential:

- Proven organisational skills, ideally in a project management setting.
- Previous experience of working with young people.

Desirable:

- Previous experience of working for a social enterprise.
- Previous knowledge of the education sector.
- Previous experience of stakeholder management.

**Abilities and Skills**

Essential:

- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- High-level communication skills including written and verbal communication.
- Confidence in building new relationships with community stakeholders.

Desirable:

- High-level of skill when using G Suite.

**Other**

Essential:

- Passionate about young people.
- Willingness to undertake staff training and development as required.

Desirable:

- A full UK driving licence.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted o

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