National Employment Ready Officer - London, United Kingdom - Dallaglio RugbyWorks

Dallaglio RugbyWorks

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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WHO WE ARE:

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The problem_: _On average, 160 young people are excluded from school each week. Once excluded, prospects for these young people are bleak, with only 4% achieving good GCSE grades, and 67% entering sustained education, employment or training compared to 96% of their non-excluded peers. This can be a pipeline to prison, with concerning statistics showing 63% of prisoners having been excluded from school. _
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Our mission:_ _To ensure that young people who have been excluded from school are not excluded from society. _
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Who we serve _: We support the hardest to reach young people in the most disadvantaged communities, each of whom are most at risk of experiencing school exclusion or are at risk of being excluded. Young people who are eligible for free school meals are 4x more likely to get excluded, along with black Caribbean boys. Young people with special educational needs are also six times as likely to be excluded as their peers. _
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Our work:_We work in a number of different settings both during term time and after school. Our coaches lead small groups of 8-10 young people, using sport as a hook and mentorship as an anchor to develop their soft skills, as well as improve their physical & mental wellbeing. This, coupled with exposure to the work place through Career Taster Days, raises their aspirations and puts young people in a better position to enter sustained education, employment or training (EET) when they leave school._

The Basics
Salary - £30,000

Reporting to - National Employment Manager

Team - Enablement

Location -London office based with flexibility to work from home

Hours -Full time 37.5 hours

Contract type - Permanent

Job overview

As the National Employment-Ready Coordinator at Dallaglio RugbyWorks, you will play a crucial role in the development of employment readiness programs, ensuring that our young people are well-equipped for the workforce.

Your efforts will directly contribute to our mission of enabling young people to develop the skills and confidence needed to secure employment opportunities, connecting with employers to help deliver sessions and mentoring progress to provide a pathway for our young people to be work-ready apprentices.

What the job involves

Programme Coordination:_

Develop and manage employment readiness programmes and initiatives at the national level.

Collaborate with regional Employment-Ready Officers to ensure consistent programme delivery and adapt strategies to local needs.

Actively promote our young people as potential employees and raise awareness of the service.

Promote the ethos of our programmes and DallaglioRugbyWorks and encourage employers to look positively on our young people as potential applicants.

Develop a programme alongside employers which assesses young people's skills, qualifications, and readiness for employment through interviews, tests, and evaluations.

Develop a volunteering offer for corporate businesses to facilitate personalised coaching and feedback to individuals to enhance their employability.

Job Preparation:_

Develop internal training sessions, workshops, and one-on-one support to improve young peoples CV, interview skills, and job search strategies which fit into our current Term-Time and evening delivery programmes.

Facilitate work placements, career taster days and work experience with relevant employers.

Identify relevant resources, including job boards, job fairs, and online platforms that can be utilised by the Employment-Ready officers to share with young people.

Partnership Building:_

Establish and maintain partnerships with educational institutions, training centres, and employment agencies to provide comprehensive support to young people.

Managing and supporting our existing employer network

Attracting, recruiting and retaining partnerships with employers to identify a sustained pipeline of job opportunities and to understand local employer needs in order to bring on board new employment opportunities for people on our programmes.

Finding creative ways to engage employers in the design of our programmes and employability offer to position them as thought leaders in this piece of work

Data Management:_

Maintain accurate records of programme participants, their progress, and outcomes, demonstrating our commitment as a charity to support excluded young people into education employment or training

Generate reports to track the impact of employment readiness initiatives and suggest improvements.

Who you are

Previous experience in career counselling, job placement, or workforce development is a plus.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Excellent organisational abilities with the capacity to manage multiple tasks.
Familiarity with employment trends, the job market, and career development resources.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data management softwa