Business Engagement Officer at Skills & Learning - Adult Community Education service

Dorset Council UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization is seeking a Community Engagement Officer to work within the Adult Community Education service. This role focuses on engaging with the community and local employers to identify skills needs and promote education courses. Responsibilities include increasing enrolments, establishing partnerships, and attending networking events. The position offers flexibility in working hours, with some remote options.

Qualifications

• Experience in community engagement and adult education.
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to identify local skills needs and funding opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Work with Area Programme Managers to increase enrolments.
• Establish links with potential partners.
• Identify local skills needs of communities and employers.
• Organise promotional and recruitment events.
• Attend networking events and meetings.

Job description

Overview

You will be working within the Skills & Learning - Adult Community Education service, to engage with the community, employers and other stakeholders to understand and respond to local skills and employment needs. Skills and Learning deliver adult education courses across both BCP and Dorset Council area and this role will be predominantly working in the West and North Dorset areas.

Main responsibilities

• work with Area Programme Managers to increase enrolments on our courses
• establish links with potential partners
• identify local skills needs of communities and employers
• identify funding opportunities that will facilitate innovative partnerships and support the financial aims of the service
• organise and attend promotional and recruitment events to raise the profile of adult education
• attend networking events and meetings to build relationships with local stakeholders
• collaborate on projects across both council areas, such as Connect to Work

You will be based at either our Dorchester or Weymouth centre, with the opportunity for some remote/home working. There is also a requirement to be able to travel to all of our centres around Dorset, as well as partner events and network meetings in venues across the County. This is an outreach post, so the majority of your work will be outside of the office.

As well as the travel aspect of the role, you will need to have a flexible approach to working hours as there will be occasional evening and weekend working to attend meetings or events.

Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities.