Enterprise Coordinator South London Careers Hub

Enterprise Coordinator

Fixed Term Contract until August 2025

The South London Partnership are looking for a dynamic Enterprise Coordinator, to become the engine of the South London Careers Hub. Part of a national network of Careers Hubs, in this exciting role, you will be key to supporting schools and colleges improve careers activities in south London and responding to the needs of the local economy.

You will be customer focused, a self-starter and team player, with experience of building partnerships, creating networks and maintaining strong relationships. You will be responsible for building strong and sustained partnerships with educational establishments, employers and local businesses to develop a careers programme that responds to the economic and strategic aims of south London helping young people make informed decisions about their next steps towards a good job. This is a fixed term post until August 2025.

The South London Partnership is a cross-political party sub-regional collaboration of five London boroughs: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton hosted by Richmond and Wandsworth Better Partnership Services. SLP champions and seeks to build on the many strengths of South London as a place for people to live, work and thrive.

Keys skills Enterprise Coordinator will require:

• Engaging local employers and business across the South London region to connect and support schools and college with their career provision, enabling the creation of a homegrown talent pipeline of young people skilled and ready for work in South London.
• Strengthening and building networks and partnerships across a range of stakeholders including schools and colleges, Careers Leaders, SENCOs, local and national businesses, local authorities, careers support providers.
• Strengthening and supporting careers education by helping businesses and careers leader to work together to develop high quality and innovative careers programmes and activities.

About the role

As an Enterprise Coordinator you will have the opportunity to make a material impact on the lives of young people in south London by increasing the interactions and activities that they have with employers and promoting the breadth of job opportunities in a post covid economy.

You will work with stakeholders to facilitate the development of innovative careers and meaningful experiences of the world of work activities, aimed at helping young people carve out a pathway towards an exciting career and to create a talent pool of people who will be at the heart of the future south London economy.

You will be passionate about connecting and building strong relationships between key stakeholders and enabling young people to imagine themselves in the world of work.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Experience working within the careers landscape
• Experience of developing, implementing and delivering projects that support young people
• Experience of developing sustainable and effective partnerships with key stakeholders including education and employers
• Effective project management skills
• Effective organizational skills
• Excellent time management skills

Closing Date: 10 th November 2024.

Shortlisting Date: w/c 11 th November.

Interview Date: w/c 18 th November.

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Partnership Services are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.