Employability Coach - Stratford and New Town, United Kingdom - West Ham United

West Ham United

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Stratford and New Town, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

At the heart and soul of London since 1895 West Ham United is a dynamic, fan-focused football Club constantly moving forward but always with an eye on the past.

Our home at the London Stadium has a capacity of 62,500 making it one of the biggest club Stadia in the country however our tickets are the lowest priced for London based clubs in the Premier League, echoing objectives to create Affordable Family Football.

In 2018, our Women's team gained a professional status for the very first time, jumping 2 divisions and competed in the Women's Super League (WSL), the premier division of women's football in England.

After finishing a respectable 7th, the team enjoyed particular success in the FA Cup reaching the final of the competition, eventually being beaten by 2017 winners Manchester City.

In April 2019, we opened our brand-new Academy facility based at Chadwell Heath which will help to bring through some of the very best talents in the area, the recent emergence of First Team Players Declan Rice and Ben Johnson are a testament to the work already being done at the Academy.

On the business side, we are continuing to create a Stadium our supporters can call home, with the renaming of the Billy Bonds Stand and Claret and Blue pitch surrounding amongst the latest developments.

Additionally, the Club has achieved the Disability Confident Leader status.

The Club employees a constantly growing workforce of approximately 300 core staff and 500 Foundation and events staff, and is a truly unique place to work.

We welcome talented individuals who will thrive in our ambitious organisation.

In October 2023, West Ham United was awarded the Advanced level of the Premier League Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard, recognising the Club's ongoing dedication and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

It is the second time West Ham United has received the award, which is the top accolade that can be achieved by Premier League clubs, having first been presented with the Advanced level in 2020.

Position:

Employment Coach

Contract:
Full-time, fixed until 31st March 2025 (with opportunity for further funding)

Location:
WHU Foundation and outreach across East London (Newham, Barking & Dagenham, Havering)

Job Purpose

West Ham United Foundation (WHUF) is seeking an Employment Coach to support on the delivery of the Training Ground (TG) and The Training Ground + (TTG+) projects, helping to create meaningful opportunities and outcomes for young people aged years.

Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Employability Coordinator, the Employment Coach will**:

Deliver group interventions, one to one support, and support regular events.
Create personal development plans for all participants on programme.
Carry out monitoring and evaluation processes and contribute to progress and evaluation reports.
Recruit participants to the Training Ground programme, working against contractual KPIs, and proactively engaging with referral partners.
Develop and build employer and other stakeholder relationships that support opportunities for young people, creating meaningful opportunities.
Support signposting and case load management across Employability pathway, ensuring a joined up and effective offer for all our participants.
Contribute to the wider development of the WHU Foundation.

**Other Responsibilities: - Work with young people to understand their strengths and develop person centred, targeted plans to help them achieve positive outcomes.

Work closely with community groups and agencies to identify and recruit young people that would benefit most from the Training Ground programme.
To develop relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that a suitably diverse life skills and employability offer that meets young people's needs and abilities.
As required contribute to multiagency planning and assessments of young people.
To identify meaningful work placement opportunities for young people internally and externally through partnerships with local businesses, and to manage and support work placements through work placement visits.
Monitor and record young people's engagement using the designated CRM system/s.
Maintain a record of distance travelled which demonstrates how far the participant has travelled since joining the project, for example, in terms of personal development, increased confidence, and greater levels of motivation.
Engage positively with vulnerable and atrisk young people within our local community.
Attend training events, supervision meetings and other team, formal and informal meetings as required to contribute to professional, service and selfdevelopment.
To cocreate an individual into work plans, informed by the individual diagnostic, to include range of employability, training, and specialist support and activities/programmes.
To deliver a range of employability/training modules or int