Senior Programmes Officer: Employability

The Sutton Trust; City of Westminster; Híbrido; GBP 33.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Sutton Trust is seeking a Senior Programmes Officer: Employability to deliver high-quality work experience and employer engagement across Pathways to Banking & Finance and Access Apprenticeships in Banking & Finance. You will coordinate placements, events and insight days, while collaborating with employers and Sutton Trust teams to create impactful opportunities.

You will work in the Employability team, line-managed by the Senior Employer Engagement Manager, and contribute to data-sharing,

Formación

• Experience in programme organisation and delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to represent the Sutton Trust in various settings.
• Engaging with young people and building relationships with diverse groups.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate delivery of in-person and virtual work experience and employer engagement.
• Match students with placements, insight days and events with employers.
• Follow up with students after work experience for attendance and feedback.
• Develop partnerships with prospective employer supporters and funders.

Conocimientos

Programme delivery

Interpersonal skills

Engaging with young people

CRM systems

Herramientas

Salesforce

Descripción del empleo

Senior Programmes Officer: Employability

Deadline: 23rd November, 9:00AM

The Sutton Trust champions social mobility from birth to the workplace. Our programmes are a long-standing and well-established part of that work, helping young people from less advantaged backgrounds into competitive professions that have traditionally been the reserve of those from more privileged backgrounds. We believe every student deserves access to the skills, networks and opportunities needed to pursue their dream career, and time spent with leading employers is central to that. The Senior Programmes Officer plays a key part in making sure each student has a valuable professional experience in their chosen industry.

We are hiring a Senior Programmes Officer: Employability to support the delivery of work experience and employer engagement across the Trust’s Pathways to Banking & Finance and Access Apprenticeships in Banking & Finance programmes. Working with our employer partners, you’ll help match students to placements, insight days and events that give them a real understanding of the sector and the confidence to pursue a career in it.

The Senior Programmes Officer will sit within the Employability team, which is a subdivision of the Programmes team, led by the Head of Employability Programmes. This role will be line managed by the Senior Employer Engagement Manager.

Main duties

For the role:

• Coordinating the effective delivery of high-quality in-person and virtual work experience and employer engagement as part of the Trust’s Pathways to Banking & Finance and Access Apprenticeships in Banking & Finance programmes.
• Liaising with a range of stakeholders such as employers, universities, and Sutton Trust colleagues to match students with relevant employer engagement activities.
• Following up with students in the case of any unexpected absence or non-attendance at work experience placements.
• Working with employer partners to promote volunteering opportunities at Pathways and Access Apprenticeships events in person and online.
• Working closely with the Senior Employer Engagement Manager and the Development team to manage and steward a range of placement providers and funders, including being a key programme point of contact for employers.
• Supporting with developing new partnerships with prospective employer supporters.
• Reviewing student and employer engagement data and feedback following work experience placements, and creating and sharing feedback reports with employers and funders.
• Managing the delivery of in-person events, such as programme launches and insight days.
• Ensuring Data Sharing Agreements are in place for any employers being sent student information.
• Representing the Trust at external events to build and steward employer partnerships.
• Assisting in the management of the Trust’s CRM system (Salesforce) and online platform (Sutton Trust Online).
• Managing student queries and the relevant email inboxes, and answering calls when needed.
• Other duties as necessary from time to time.

Organisational responsibilities

GDPR

• Being conscious of how the GDPR relates to your area of work
• Monitoring and raising issues or potential issues as they arise

Safeguarding

• Being aware of and actively working to include safeguarding within all aspects of work
• Raising issues or potential issues as they arise

Fundraising

• Acting as a representative and ambassador of the Sutton Trust when interacting with external contacts, including prospective donors.
• Engage with fundraising and/or donor-related activities if required (e.g., contributing to funding proposals, reports or donor meetings).

Person Specification

Skills and experience:

• Experience in programme organisation and delivery, including planning, administration and logistics;
• Has excellent interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings;
• Engaging with young people;
• Can build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholder groups;
• Has some experience of working with CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce);
• Partnering with corporate organisations and/or universities;
• Monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and administration;
• Working within or an understanding of the not-for-profit sector and/or the education sector;

Competencies:

• Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage;
• Has excellent attention to detail;
• Has initiative and the ability to problem solve in a fast-paced environment;
• Excellent verbal and written communication and strong analytical skills

We are also looking for an individual who:

• Has first-class interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings
• Is eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work)

Terms of Appointment

• Contract: Full-time, Permanent
• Salary: £36,200
• Working location: Minimum of two office days per week. Our home working policy gives staff the option to work from home for up to 60% of the time, with approval from their line manager.
• Office location: The Sutton Trust, 9th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP.
• Hours: The standard working hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. This role is likely to also be required to attend events/meetings outside of normal working hours during weekday evenings and occasionally at weekends, in line with organisational policies.
• A DBS check may be required

Safeguarding statement

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore, all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

Contextual recruitment

The Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and that all applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented at present at the Trust, to apply for this role. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the young people we support.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates throughout our recruitment process and during employment.

We also operate contextual recruitment at the Sutton Trust. Our application process gives you the option to include information about your background, such as whether you were eligible for free school meals, whether your parents went to university, or whether you attended a state school. For more examples and information on contextual recruitment, please see our website.