We are looking for an Engagement Officer to be part of the Create Jobs team and lead on giving under-represented young Londoners access to employment in the creative, cultural and digital sectors.
Salary: £27k- £32k
Deadine: 16 October 2019, 9am
Open Until:
Posted: 10/04/2019
The Engagement Officers are essential to our programmes success, ensuring that everything
from the engagement, recruitment and pastoral care of our young people to the production
and delivery of programmes runs smoothly.
The role sits within the Engagement team of Create Jobs but also supports the Partnerships
team with project reporting, programme design, production and delivery. This is a very
creative and people-focussed role which would suit someone who is able to engage and
communicate sensitively with all stakeholders; from our trainees right through to our
employers and funders.
We are looking for someone with an awareness and keen interest in the creative, cultural and
digital sectors, as well as excellent organisational skills, the ability to get stuck in and lots of
creative ideas for how to set up efficient project management systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Outreach – To lead on face to face and desk-based outreach to young people and
referral partners in order to promote our creative training and employment
programmes. This will include maintaining relationships with key referral partners and
setting up and designing tailored information sessions.
Recruitment To lead on designing and delivering recruitment processes across a
selection of our training and employment programmes. This will include shortlisting
applications, ensuring programmes meet proposed aims for diversity, communicating
with candidates and leading selection days.
Programme support To support the Programme Managers in programming and
facilitating creative employment programmes. This will include having oversight of
training courses, including the design and set up stages as well as including facilitating
employability workshops, pastoral care of young people, partner liaison and managing
ongoing support for participants.
Reporting To lead on drafting reports and monitoring programme outcomes with
support from Programme Managers. This will include implementing evaluation
frameworks, pulling updated data from Salesforce and coordinating regular updates
with programme participants.
Management Acting as manager to a Project Assistant
Alumni To manage a growing network of participants who have taken part in our
courses and ensure they are accessing opportunities and working towards
employment. This will involve overseeing project assistants and an Engagement
Coordinator to deliver 1:1 employability support and promote the Alumni programme,
as well as providing occasional advice and guidance and supporting mentor matching.
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