Enterprise Coordinator at Gfirst Lep - Gloucester, United Kingdom - GFirst LEP

Description

GFirst LEP is the Local Enterprise Partnership for Gloucestershire with the aim to promote economic growth across the county and is also a delivery partner of The Careers and Enterprise Company.

We support county economic growth projects, champion the local business voice and ensure that our young people are given the opportunities to develop their skills using the local business network and labour market information.

The Careers & Enterprise Company has been set up to inspire and prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work.

It has established an Enterprise Adviser Network across England in partnership with Local Enterprise Partnerships, with over 200 full time Enterprise Coordinators now working with clusters of schools and colleges in Careers Hubs.

Enterprise Coordinators sit at the heart of the local Enterprise Adviser Network in order to help schools and colleges improve their careers and enterprise programmes and to engage with the world of work.

Working closely with the Hub Lead, our Enterprise Coordinators will ensure the Enterprise Adviser Network is embedded into the county's skills strategy and make it easier for employers to engage with schools and colleges.

Through establishing the local and national contexts, Enterprise Coordinators will focus everyone's efforts on programmes and activities that are most effective in motivating young people, supporting independent choice, and supporting positive outcomes for young people.

• Building Networks
• Supporting Careers Leaders
• Backing the Gatsby Benchmarks

• Modern office setting
• Workfromhome days
• Flexible working hours

• Establishing and growing Gloucestershire's Careers Hub locally by engaging and supporting schools, colleges and Enterprise Advisers
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with senior leaders in local schools and colleges.
• Leading and coordinating relationships between the EA, the school/college and the wider network with a focus on impact and destination outcomes for young people.
• Ensuring all schools and colleges are completing compass evaluations, driving Gatsby Benchmark performance and therefore all young people are benefiting from high quality careers education.
• Acting as an ambassador for The Careers & Enterprise Company including raising the profile of the Careers Hub through communication and marketing channels to engage with key local stakeholders.
• Track the progress of your schools/colleges (using a variety of tools and resources), identifying trends, gaps and solutions.

• Demonstrable experience of engaging and building relationships with leaders from schools, colleges and businesses.
• Demonstrable experience of leading the delivery of programmes or projects with multiple stakeholders.
• A strong track record of stakeholder engagement and management and of communicating with a variety of audiences, preferably in the education and careers sector.
• A demonstrable understanding of school culture and the challenges faced by schools in delivering careers and enterprise, and the current careers education and corporate social responsibility landscapes.
• An understanding of relevant local and national policy relating to skills and economic development and the issues and barriers to employment faced by young people.
• A demonstrable understanding of post16 landscape including National Apprenticeship Service, Uni-Connect, National Careers Service and T Levels.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to persuade and influence a variety of audiences and encourage others to use new ways of working.
• Collaborative and good at building relationships at all levels, both internally and with a range of external stakeholders.
• Proactive, with the ability to work independently, prioritising a busy workload, managing relationships with a large number of stakeholders and adapting conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Able to think and plan strategically to measure and drive performance.
• Adaptable, tenacious, determined, positive and resilient with the ability to deal with ambiguity in a changing environment.
• Competent use of a range of digital and IT and social media platforms in order to improve and raise awareness of the direct impact of the network.

• Flexitime

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday