Education Liaison Officer

**Grade/salary band**:£21-£24k per annum This is a full-time home-based position and you will be required to live within your working area. Starting salary £21-£24k per annum, dependent on experience (plus expenses).

**Band graddfa/cyflog**:£21,000 i £24,000 y flwyddyn yn dibynnu ar brofiad

**Hours**:35 hours per week

**Oriau**:35 awr yr wythnos

**Accountable to**:Managing Director

**Atebol i**:Rheolwr Gyfarwyddwr

**Purpose of Role**

For the role of Education Officer, you will:

- Delivery appropriate training for education providers
- Create and sustain partnerships with education providers across North Wales
- Conduct assessments with young carers
- Darparu hyfforddiant priodol i ddarparwyr addysg
- Creu a chynnal partneriaethau gyda darparwyr addysg ledled Gogledd Cymru
- Cynnal asesiadau gyda gofalwyr ifanc

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Create and manage an innovative Education Plan to roll out across schools in North Wales
- Deliver training and guidance to provide teachers/support staff with the relevant knowledge to identify and support young carers
- To work with colleagues to integrate the education programme into the current service, ensuring it supports and progresses the development of young carers
- To prepare the relevant data and service reports for funders, users and stakeholders
- Take responsibility for ensuring all new programmes are in accordance with Cheshire Young Carers policies
- Raise the profile of North Wales Young Carers work through networking and distribution of information, service updates, reports and presentations across the county
- Have a knowledge of support services to ensure the education programmes reflects the support they can provide the young carers
- To attend meetings with elected members and other internal and external meetings that are deemed appropriate
- Any other tasks reasonably expected by North Wales Young Carers or our sister organisation Cheshire Young Carers commensurate with the position
- Creu a rheoli Cynllun Addysg arloesol i'w gyflwyno ar draws ysgolion yng Ngogledd Cymru
- Darparu hyfforddiant ac arweiniad i roi'r wybodaeth berthnasol i athrawon/staff cymorth i nodi a chefnogi gofalwyr ifanc
- Gweithio gyda chydweithwyr i integreiddio'r rhaglen addysg i'r gwasanaeth presennol, gan sicrhau ei bod yn cefnogi ac yn datblygu datblygiad gofalwyr ifanc
- Paratoi'r data a'r adroddiadau gwasanaeth perthnasol ar gyfer cyllidwyr, defnyddwyr a rhanddeiliaid
- Cymryd cyfrifoldeb dros sicrhau bod pob rhaglen newydd yn cyd-fynd â pholisïau Gofalwyr Ifanc Caer
- Codi proffil gwaith Gofalwyr Ifanc Gogledd Cymru drwy rwydweithio a dosbarthu gwybodaeth, diweddariadau’r gwasanaeth, adroddiadau a chyflwyniadau ar draws y sir
- Bod yn wybodus am wasanaethau cymorth i sicrhau bod y rhaglenni addysg yn adlewyrchu'r cymorth y gallant ei ddarparu i'r gofalwyr ifanc
- Mynychu cyfarfodydd gydag aelodau etholedig a chyfarfodydd mewnol ac allanol eraill y bernir eu bod yn briodol
- Unrhyw dasgau eraill a ddisgwylir yn rhesymol gan Ofalwyr Ifanc Gogledd Cymru neu ein chwaer sefydliad Gofalwyr Ifanc Caer sy'n gymesur â'r sefyllfa

Mae'r swydd hon yn amodol ar gyfnod prawf o dri mis. Rhaid cael gwiriad y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

Fluent Welsh Speaker (D)

Fluent English speaker (E)

Knowledge of the education sector (E)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (E)
- Strong organisational skills (E)
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise own workload (E)
- Ability to remain calm when under pressure and work to strict deadlines (E)
- Ability to maintain, develop and implement systems (E)
- Effective project management skills (D)
- Knowledge of Young Carers (D)

**_Education/_**_Qualification **_
- A qualification in education/social work/community sector (E)
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths at grade ‘C’ or above (E)
- Welsh speaking (D)
- Previous education experience in schools (D)

**_IT Skills_**

Competent MS Office User, confident using;
- MS Excel (E) (spreadsheet creation, formatting & maintenance)
- MS Word (E) (letter & table creating and formatting)
- MS Powerpoint (D)

**_Experience_**
- Experience in working within the voluntary sector (D)
- Experience of working within the education sector (E)
- Experience working with volunteers (D)
- An understanding of the current issues relating to supporting young carers (D)

**_Attributes_**
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work (E)
- A ‘can do’ attitude towards work (E)
- Team player with collaborative and supportive style (E)
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends (E)
- Ability to travel to occasional meetings away from the office (E)
- Clean driving license to be held (E)
- Access to a car (E)

Key: (D) = Desirable requirement

(E) = Essential
- Profiad o weithio yn y sector gwirfoddol (D)
- Profiad o weithio yn y sector addysg (H)
- Profiad o weithio gyda gwirfoddolwyr (D)
- Dealltwriaeth o'r materion