Programmes Senior Officer: Employability Specialist

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom The Sutton Trust Full time
Job Title:

Programmes Senior Officer: Employability

Job Summary:

The Sutton Trust is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Programmes Senior Officer to join its team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the Careers Plus programme and setting up two new industry strands in Tech and Consulting. They will also be responsible for employer engagement of the Pathways to Engineering programme.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Plan and implement delivery for the Careers Plus programmes, including skills sessions, work experience, and mentoring across a range of sectors.
  • Liaise with external delivery organisations to ensure the sessions and content of the programme meet its intended aims.
  • Recruit and manage a cohort of Careers Plus students, leading on communication to drive engagement and attendance across programme activities.
  • Evaluate the programme activities and delivery model to enable future programme development.
  • Support the effective delivery of high-quality in-person and virtual work experience and employer engagement as part of the Trust's Pathways to Engineering and Access Apprenticeships in Engineering programmes.
  • Liaise with a range of stakeholders, including employers, universities, and Sutton Trust colleagues, to match students with relevant employer engagement activities.
  • Follow up with students in the case of any unexpected absence or non-attendance at work experience placements.
  • Work with employer partners to promote volunteering opportunities at Engineering Pathways and Apprenticeship events in person and online.
  • Work closely with the Senior Employer Engagement Manager and the Development team to manage and steward a range of placement providers and funders.
  • Work with the Development team to manage the evaluation and reporting of programme activities, including reporting and presenting to funders.
Person Specification:

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience in:

  • Leading projects, including planning, administration, and delivery.
  • Delivering young person-facing interventions, ideally with experience of digital delivery.
  • Facilitating sessions with young people in person or online.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholder groups, including young people, universities, and employers.
  • Monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and administration.
  • Using data to design and deliver programmes.
  • Using a CRM, ideally Salesforce.
  • Working within or an understanding of the not-for-profit sector.

We are also looking for an individual who:

  • Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage.
  • Has knowledge and experience of the higher education and/or education and/or careers sectors.
  • Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and uses their initiative to identify issues and propose improvements to programmes or processes.
  • Has excellent attention to detail.
  • Has first-class interpersonal skills, a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication.
  • Personable, flexible, and discreet, able to fit in to a small team.
  • Is eligible to work in the UK.
Terms of Appointment:
  • Contract: Full-time, 1-year fixed-term contract.
  • Salary: £34,000-£36,000.
  • Office location: The Sutton Trust, 9th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP.
  • Hours: The standard working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and may also be required to attend events/meetings outside of their normal working hours during weekday evenings and occasionally at weekends.
  • DBS check will be required.
Interviews:

Applications should reach us by 9am, Wednesday 11th November, with first-round interviews held over Zoom on Wednesday, 20th November, and second-round interviews held at our London offices on Wednesday, 27th November.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person, or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore, all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

Contextual Recruitment:

The Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and that all applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented at present at the Trust, to apply for this role. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the young people we support.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates throughout our recruitment process and during employment.

We also operate contextual recruitment at the Sutton Trust. Our application process gives you the option to include information about your background, such as whether you were eligible for free school meals, whether your parents went to university, or whether you attended a state school. For more examples and information on contextual recruitment, please see our website.

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