Progression Coach

GMCA; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

GMCA is seeking a passionate individual to lead a program focused on engaging and supporting young people aged 15-18 in Greater Manchester. This role involves providing motivational support, developing partnerships, and enhancing the employability of participants through tailored educational opportunities. The candidate will be integral in reducing barriers to education and employment for diverse youth groups.

Qualifications

• Strong background in youth development and employability programmes.
• Experience of working with young people aged 15-18 from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Engage young people to provide support for personal development and employment pathways.
• Manage a caseload of young people, working in both group and one-to-one settings.
• Develop partnerships with local authorities for work experience opportunities.

Skills

Youth Development

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Self-Motivation

Job description

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It is an essential requirement for the role that successful candidates hold a current full driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Your role:

Will be engaging young people aged 15-18 to provide motivational support and personal development as they progress their pathway to employment or back into education. The programme has a broad approach to removing barriers to employment for young people from a range of backgrounds such as complex safeguarding teams, looked after children/young people and transitional safeguarding or long-term unemployed. You will have responsibility for a case load of young people, working with them in a group and one to one setting.

Working to an assessment and performance framework that will support you to meet the individual action plans for each of your learners with a tailored set of objectives for each learner to help them become more confident, build resilience, become economically active or move into full time education.

In this role you will

• Increase employability, attainment levels and life chances for children and young people in Greater Manchester
• Working to develop a network of local authority representatives and third sector partners, employers to build work experience and placement opportunities.
• Encourage young people’s active participation in the communities in which they live
• Assist GMFRS to develop it educational programme of work and skills

About you:

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is looking for an innovative and passionate individual to lead and deliver a bespoke programme to children, young people, raising the profile of GMFRS in support of the work and skills agenda across Greater Manchester building on the existing work through our pre employment offer of the Team programme.

The successful candidate will manage the delivery of personal development opportunities through education, advice and short courses that meet the identified needs of the children or young people. You will promote the delivery of a person-centred, strengths-based approach supporting a programme that empowers young people to build confidence to all whilst engaging working with partners to support a coordinated multi-agency approach to reducing risk and vulnerability for those adults, children, and young people on your caseload.

The candidate will have:

• Ability to work across the Greater Manchester area
• A strong background in youth development and employability programmes
• Ability to build working relationships with partner organisations and GMFRS personnel.
• Experience of delivering multiple programmes/partnerships in the education, work and skills agenda.
• Experience of working with cohorts of children and young people aged 15-18 from a range of backgrounds.
• Ability to deal with sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people community and service users, GMFRS and representatives from partner organisations.
• Experience of communicating and presenting to a wide range of audiences.
• Self-motivation and can persuade and influence others.

Additional Information: Please note that adverts may close earlier than published in the event of significant applications:

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

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ENHANCED DBS

The role holder will be subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within this application could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.