Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
25/01/2023
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 12/02/2023 23:59
Salary:
Grade 7 £25,878 - £29,439
Employment Location:
Your base will be a named location – to be confirmed. However, you may be required to work at any Durham County Council workplace. Your role will involve visits to schools and employers across County Durham.
Further Information
Workplaces Project Coach - temporary until 31/03/2025
This programme will provide opportunities for identified school students to gain a valuable insight into the world of work and find out about the skills and aptitudes that employers value through bespoke visits to workplaces. School students will learn about specific employment sectors, different job roles, as well as recruitment processes. School students will also spend time with employees to find out about their pathways into work, in order to show them that employment is an achievable goal.
The role of the Workplaces Project Coach is to engage with schools and employers in order to arrange visits for groups of identified students. The Workplaces Project Coach will deliver a carefully designed programme including preparatory workshops to enable identified students to learn about employment sectors, job roles, entry routes, as well as skills and aptitudes that employers value; bespoke visits to employers, covering specific sectors and consisting of tours of the workplaces and opportunities to meet with employees, in order to learn about their experiences of work, as well as their personal journeys; review and monitoring to enable each student who participates in the project to review their visit in order to embed learning and receive mentoring support to ensure they have a progression plan in place.
Required qualifications:
• A Level 3 qualification in a relevant field e.g. Information, Advice and Guidance, Youth Work, Employment Related Services, Education and Training etc.
The successful applicant for this post will be required to apply for a Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
For further information about the post please contact Stephen Crass on 07500 128432 or via email at stephen.crass@durham.gov.uk
It is anticipated that interviews will take place on 1 March 2023.
Take a look at our comprehensive benefits package https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/26895/Rewards-and-benefits
Durham County Council currently operates a hybrid working policy where a model of 2 days in the workplace and 3 days at home/remote will apply. This model is pro-rated for part time roles and arrangements are at managers discretion, alternatively you can work all of your contracted hours within the workplace if you prefer.
Apply on-line via the jobs portal or for further assistance contact the Payroll and Employee Services Team via Email: PESCYPS@durham.gov.uk
In line with the County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes.
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘DONOTREPLY@NORTHEASTJOBS.ORG.UK’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.