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Job description

The Schools Engagement Officer will engage with prospective participants, stakeholders, and the wider communities to maximise programme uptake, specifically on the Skills for Life and Work Programme, through developing new referral streams and establishing strong relationships with new and existing referrals partners within the Greater Belfast and Antrim and Newtownabbey and Lisburn and Castlereagh council areas. As well as establishing new partnerships in other council areas.

Responsibilities

• To recruit participants onto the Skills for Life and Work Programme.
• To promote and establish Bryson as the provider of choice for programme participants.
• To work to a set of agreed targets measured through Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
• To develop links with school leavers, young adults, those economically inactive, or long term unemployed to encourage participation on training and employment programmes to ensure targets are met or exceeded.
• To collaborate with existing referral partners, ensuring that the people who need us the most are recruited and supported through the programme registration process.
• To actively identify, engage and collaborate with new referral partners, to ensure a strong and sustainable registration pipeline is maintained.
• Ensure Bryson has a visible presence in the geographical areas through the development of links with local schools community networks and appropriate stakeholders

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths or equivalent
• Knowledge of current training & employment programmes
• Minimum of 1 year’s paid experience working in a similar role
• Experience of Community networking to engage and provide support to young people
• Experience of working to targets and KPIs
• Experience of working accurately and with good attention to detail.
• Experience of building Community networks.
• A full valid driving licence and access to transport

Desirable Skills

• A youth work qualification at Level 3 or above