Senior Programmes Officer: Employability

Senior Programmes Officer: Employability

Deadline: 23rd November, 9:00AM

The Sutton Trust champions social mobility from birth to the workplace. Our programmes are a long-standing and well-established part of that work, helping young people from less advantaged backgrounds into competitive professions that have traditionally been the reserve of those from more privileged backgrounds. We believe every student deserves access to the skills, networks and opportunities needed to pursue their dream career, and time spent with leading employers is central to that. The Senior Programmes Officer plays a key part in making sure each student has a valuable professional experience in their chosen industry.

We are hiring a Senior Programmes Officer: Employability to support the delivery of work experience and employer engagement across the Trust’s Pathways to Banking & Finance and Access Apprenticeships in Banking & Finance programmes. Working with our employer partners, you’ll help match students to placements, insight days and events that give them a real understanding of the sector and the confidence to pursue a career in it.

The Senior Programmes Officer will sit within the Employability team, which is a subdivision of the Programmes team, led by the Head of Employability Programmes. This role will be line managed by the Senior Employer Engagement Manager.

Main duties

• For the role:

• Coordinating the effective delivery of high-quality in-person and virtual work experience and employer engagement as part of the Trust’s Pathways to Banking & Finance and Access Apprenticeships in Banking & Finance programmes.

• Liaising with a range of stakeholders such as employers, universities, and Sutton Trust colleagues to match students with relevant employer engagement activities.

• Following up with students in the case of any unexpected absence or non-attendance at work experience placements.

• Working with employer partners to promote volunteering opportunities at Pathways and Access Apprenticeships events in person and online.

• Working closely with the Senior Employer Engagement Manager and the Development team to manage and steward a range of placement providers and funders, including being a key programme point of contact for employers.

• Supporting with developing new partnerships with prospective employer supporters.

• Reviewing student and employer engagement data and feedback following work experience placements, and creating and sharing feedback reports with employers and funders.

• Managing the delivery of in-person events, such as programme launches and insight days.

• Ensuring Data Sharing Agreements are in place for any employers being sent student information

• Representing the Trust at external events to build and steward employer partnerships.

• Assisting in the management of the Trust’s CRM system (Salesforce) and online platform (Sutton Trust Online).

• Managing student queries and the relevant email inboxes, and answering calls when needed.

• Other duties as necessary from time to time.

Organisational responsibilities:

GDPR

• Being conscious of how the GDPR relates to your area of work

• Monitoring and raising issues or potential issues as they arise

Safeguarding

• Being aware of and actively working to include safeguarding within all aspects of work

• Raising issues or potential issues as they arise

Fundraising

• Acting as a representative and ambassador of the Sutton Trust when interacting with external contacts, including prospective donors.

• Engage with fundraising and/or donor-related activities if required (e.g., contributing to funding proposals, reports or donor meetings).

• Other duties as necessary from time to time

Person Specification

Skills and experience:

• Experience in programme organisation and delivery, including planning, administration and logistics;

• Has excellent interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings;

• Engaging with young people;

• Can build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholder groups;

• Has some experience of working with CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce);

• Partnering with corporate organisations and/or universities;

• Monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and administration;

• Working within or an understanding of the not-for-profit sector and/or the education sector;

Competencies:

• Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage;

• Has excellent attention to detail;

• Has initiative and the ability to problem solve in a fast-paced environment;

• Excellent verbal and written communication and strong analytical skills

We are also looking for an individual who:

• Has first-class interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings

• Is eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work)

Terms of Appointment

• Contract: Full-time, Permanent…