Employability Coordinator

Purpose of role:

To provide opportunities to build employability skills and gain work experience for women who have experienced gender based violence and multiple disadvantages and help them move towards employment. This role is based within Luminary’s charity (Luminary Limited) and will play a key role in coordinating work experience within our social enterprise (Luminary Bakery Limited) and external partners for women graduating from our employability skills training programme. The role will also involve facilitating sessions as part of Luminary’s training programme, and organising complimentary employability skill sessions with external facilitators to enhance women’s opportunities to move into work.

Due to the role responsibilities, it is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the post holder is female, permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Reports to: Partnerships and Evaluation Manager

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Based in Luminary Bakery, 47 Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8AJ working at least 3 days per week on site. Must also be willing to travel to other Luminary sites and to corporate partners as needed.

Application Deadline: Midnight Sunday 12th January 2025

Interview Date: Monday 20th January 2025

Main duties:

Work experience

• Responsible for ensuring that all women on the programme have access to and are taking up work experience opportunities with the support of support workers.
• Coordinate with internal colleagues at Luminary Limited and Luminary Bakery Limited to schedule regular work experience days for graduates of our programme within Luminary Bakery Limited.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders to schedule ad hoc and regular work experience placements that are suitable for graduates of our programme at partner companies
• Support the Partnerships and Evaluation Manager to identify and build relationships with new corporate partners who could host work experience placements.
• Take the lead on sharing information with women and their Luminary progression support workers about the logistics of work experience placements, ensuring they are well prepared and ready to start - as well as offering any additional support as needed.
• Keep accurate records and liaise with colleagues as necessary to ensure all women have access to and complete work experience.
• Following up with work experience participants and hosts following the placement to identify any relevant feedback for the participant; learning for future placements; and track any outcomes/impact of the experience for the LL's impact report.

Apprenticeships

• Promote apprenticeships to those on the programme and support the Partnerships and Evaluation Manager with any training for relevant staff
• Provide administrative support to monthly peer learning meetings hosted by LL Partnerships and Evaluation Manager for those across the business who are line managing graduates of our programmes
• Support the Partnerships and Evaluation Manager to record and analyse data on work experience placements and apprenticeships, and package this appropriately for different audiences including Luminary’s social impact report, social media, internal newsletters.
• Identify ways to promote and inspire Luminary trainees and graduates to take up work experience and apprenticeship opportunities, for example, inviting previous apprentices to speak on the training, creating short films or case studies etc.

Employability skills

• Support the Partnerships and Evaluation Manager to ensure all women have access to and take up opportunities to enhance their employability skills
• Work closely with the PE Manager, Training Programme Manager and Training Coordinator to agree on appropriate opportunities aligned with the broader training aims and existing programme.
• Deliver training sessions as part of our Phase 2 employability and independence programme (approx. 6-8 per year), focussed on key work skills and professional conduct.
• Organise regular CV/application drop in sessions for our alumni community where they can get support in their job search. This will include scheduling dates, communicating the opportunities to the alumni community, coordinating with staff and volunteers to run the drop in, preparing materials and organising the event on the day.
• Organise complimentary opportunities to help our alumni community to strengthen their employability skills, for example panel discussions with representatives from different industries, site visits to potential employers, talks from alumni about their employment journeys etc.
• Identify external referral pathways and opportunities for partnership around further employability skills training, for example computer skills training, interview practice, public speaking training etc.
• Research job opportunities that would be of interest to our graduates and alumni and circulate these to Progression Support Workers on a regular basis.

Key skills and experience

Experience

• Experience in coordinating events such as work experience, workshops, job fairs or other employability related activities preferably for those living with disadvantage
• Experience in building relationships with corporate partners
• Experience in providing excellent administrative support
• Good understanding of the employability skills sector, especially supporting people taking their first step into work.
• Good understanding of issues facing women who have experienced gender based violence and multiple disadvantage and how this creates additional barriers to employment.
• Experience in delivering training or facilitating workshops (preferably using adult/participatory learning approaches)
• An understanding of trauma informed approaches

Key skills

• Highly organised with strong administrative skills
• Friendly and approachable, and excellent at building positive working relationships with colleagues and external partners
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to vary communication appropriately for different audiences
• Creative and entrepreneurial with the ability to problem solve to deliver on targets
• Good IT skills, including basic office packages, using spreadsheets and databases and ideally using Canva, MailChimp.
• Strong numerical skills and the ability to accurately record and analyse data using spreadsheets
• Excellent facilitation and training skills, ideally focussed on adult education

We recognise that applicants will have a range of experience and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel you meet all experience and skill criteria.

We particularly encourage those from ethnic minority backgrounds to apply as 54% of the women who are supported by Luminary are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Location: Chalk Farm, GB

Posted Date: 12/25/2024