DTEC Defence Employer Liaison Officer

City College Plymouth; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

City College Plymouth is seeking a dedicated professional to lead employer engagement across the Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC). You will connect defence, security, engineering and supply-chain employers with our curriculum priorities, securing meaningful involvement in design, delivery and opportunities for learner placements and progression.

The role requires strong relationship-building, stakeholder management and the ability to translate labour-market intelligence into

Qualifications

• Experience building relationships with defence primes, SMEs, sector bodies and education partners.
• Ability to translate workforce intelligence into practical curriculum priorities.
• Experience securing employer involvement in curriculum design and delivery.
• Develop opportunities for placements, learner progression and employer investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead employer engagement across Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC).
• Gather and translate workforce intelligence into curriculum and programme priorities.
• Secure meaningful employer involvement in curriculum design and delivery.
• Develop placements, learner progression and employer investment opportunities.

Skills

Adapting

Collaborating

Problem solving

Persistence

Job description

37 Hours Per Week | One year fixed term contract in the first instance, subject to funding | £43,497 Per Annum

Who we are

At City College Plymouth you will be joining a college that is proud of its culture, where our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity are there to nurture and support a passion for teaching and learning,enriching our communitythrough knowledge,experience and skills enabling every student to be the best they can be.

At City College Plymouth, one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, we are going through a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We pride ourselves on delivering a learning environment and organisational culture that impact positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced relationship-builder to lead employer engagement across our Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC). Working with defence, security, engineering and supply-chain employers, you will gather and translate workforce intelligence into practical curriculum and programme priorities, secure meaningful employer involvement in curriculum design and delivery, and develop opportunities for placements, learner progression and employer investment. This is a highly collaborative role connecting industry demand directly with the skills provision needed across the DTEC network.

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Adapting -Able to adapt their engagement approach across defence primes, SMEs, sector bodies and education partners, manage competing relationship and programme priorities, and analyse new workforce intelligence to inform DTEC activity.
• Collaborating -Able to build trusted relationships by recognising stakeholder needs and perspectives, communicating appropriately with different audiences, and collaborating effectively to secure meaningful employer participation and investment.
• Problem-solving -Able to identify themes and patterns in employer and labour-market intelligence, critically assess evidence, and translate emerging workforce needs into practical curriculum, capacity, placement and partnership priorities.
• Persistence -Able to sustain employer relationships and follow activity through to delivery, remaining composed when engagement is challenging and using persistence and alternative approaches to secure contributions, placements and agreed outcomes.