Enterprise Coordinator

**Location**:

- Overseeing schools/colleges in the London Borough of Brent.

**Salary Details**:

- £34,428 per annum

**Closing Date**:

- 26 Mar 2023

**About the role**

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**Job title**: Enterprise Coordinator (fixed term)

**Locations**: Overseeing schools/colleges in the London Borough of Brent.
- **Salary**: £34,428 per annum

We are recruiting a **Enterprise Coordinator** to join the Employability and Careers team.

***The Enterprise Coordinator (EC) sits at the heart of the local Enterprise Adviser Network (EAN) to help schools and colleges improve their careers and enterprise activities and to engage with the world of work. Working closely with the Skills Lead, the EC will ensure the EAN is embedded into the LEP’s skills strategy and make it easier for employers to engage with schools and colleges. Through establishing the local and national contexts the EC will focus everyone’s efforts on programmes and activities that are most effective in motivating young people, supporting independent choice, and supporting positive outcomes for young people.
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The post holder will be expected to liaise and maintain effective working relationships with a range of other agencies, businesses, and employers. The post may involve working in more than one location and there will be travel involved. It may be necessary on occasion for the post holder to work outside of standard office hours.**
**Knowledge and experience**:

- Demonstrable experience of engaging and building relationships with leaders from schools, colleges and businesses.
- A strong track record of stakeholder engagement and management and of communicating with a variety of audiences, preferably in the education and careers sector.
- A demonstrable understanding of school culture and the challenges faced by schools in delivering careers and enterprise, and the current careers education and corporate social responsibility landscapes.
- An understanding of relevant local and national policy relating to skills and economic development and the issues and barriers to employment faced by young people.
- **The Greater London Authority’s Careers Hub programmes are part funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company, and by European Social Funds through the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014 - 2020.**

**About the organisation**

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Education Development Trust is an education charity that exists to transform lives by improving education around the world. We work collaboratively with national and local governments, schools and other partners to design and deliver sustainable solutions to improve education.