Employability Co-ordinator

Hull City Council; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

LGPS pension

Annual leave and holidays

Career development

Supportive culture

Career opportunities

Job summary

Hull City Council is seeking an Employability Coordinator to promote, deliver and develop work experience and volunteering opportunities across the council, NHS trust and partnerships. You will work with schools, colleges and employers to provide a coordinated approach and deliver information and statistics on activity scope and satisfaction.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, statutory duties for work experience provision, and engagement with Hull residents and employers to widen participation

Qualifications

• DBS disclosure may be required; full details of any criminal record to be declared unless protected under filtering rules.

Responsibilities

• Plan, allocate and co-ordinate all work experience and volunteering opportunities across Hull City Council with schools, colleges and external partners.
• Establish and maintain systems to manage placements, trends, numbers offered annually and participant satisfaction.
• Maintain productive relations with internal and external stakeholders to promote work experience benefits across the city.
• Promote safeguarding and welfare of young people and/or vulnerable adults involved in programmes.
• Coordinate all work experience placements through schools/colleges and liaise with health and safety providers.

Job description

Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Part time Worker Type: Regular Proposed Interview Date: Monday, December 7, 2026 Hours of Work: 18.5 Hiring Manager: Jayne Dobson Contact Number: 01482 615207

Job Description Summary: This is a part time permanent position.

Grade 6 – Pro Rata Salary £15,257.50 - £16,559.50

If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

Responsible for the promotion, delivery and development of work experience and volunteering opportunities across Hull City Council, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and associated partnerships / stakeholders.

Working with Schools, Colleges, Training Providers, Managers and external stakeholders to offer a consistent co-ordinated approach to work experience and volunteering.

Provide information and statistics on scope, range, satisfaction and volume of associated activities.

To promote and ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all participants on associated programmes.

To ensure the council meets its statutory requirement to secure the provision of work experience for persons in their area — who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to a EHCP Plan.

To encourage participation in work experience by Hull residents and encourage employers to participate in the provision of work experience for such persons.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Plan, allocate and co-ordinate all work experience and volunteering opportunities across Hull City Council in partnership with all respective stakeholders, including local authority departments, schools and colleges.
2. Accountable for establishing and maintaining systems and processes that support the effective management of work experience and volunteering including, placement requests, trends in areas of interest, and numbers offered annually and satisfaction of participants. These systems and processes will be required to support large scale volunteering activities and associate activity matching.
3. Maintain productive and effective working relations across all associated internal and external stakeholders and ensure the benefits of work experience and volunteering opportunities are promoted effectively across the city. External stakeholders will include Schools and Colleges.
4. To promote and safeguard the welfare of young people and/or vulnerable adults
5. Co-ordinate all work experience placements through the school or colleges chosen H&S provider. This will include liaising with staff from multiple H&S Companies.
6. To complete Risk Assessments across Council Departments to provide safe environments for work experience / volunteers during their time with the authority.
7. Provide guidance and support to department managers and their respective staff relating to work experience or volunteering and ensure the respective Local Authority guidelines, policies and procedures are maintained.
8. Ensure all appropriate documentation is completed and given to managers, teachers, volunteers, young people and stakeholders in a timely manner to ensure effective delivery of respective programmes.
9. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

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Compensation Grades: GRADES 6. Pay Ranges: £30,515.00 - £33,119.00

Job Classifications: 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced & Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE: you MUST complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. For example: If the closing date is Friday 16 October 2026 then your application must be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday 15 October 2026. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. Provide examples to support your application rather than use of lists.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process. We are committed to "our values" at the Council of People First, Respect, Learning, Ambition and Partnership. If these align with you then we welcome your application. By joining our team you will be making a tangible difference to the lives of people in Hull. Working with people who are as passionate about our place and public services as you are.

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