DYW Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our DYW team of coordinators as DYW Education-Business Coordinator. Salary and hours: £25,116.00 - 14 hours pro rata – school term time only. Permanent position. ...

DYW Education-Business Liaison Coordinators work with High School leads, partner organisations and employers to embed the Developing the Young Workforce Strategy, Young Person’s Guarantee commitment. They work to deliver employer engagement activity, stakeholder engagement, researching and influencing opportunities and to provide inspiration and skills for a positive destination for young people on leaving education.

The focus of the role is to develop and implement a programme of employer engagement aimed at enhancing the curriculum and increasing pupils’ career awareness, employability and meta skills development.

● Deliver the DYW agenda across the whole school through pupil focused delivery in conjunction with school management.

● Develop partnerships with the DYW Network, Business Community, Third Sector, Key Stakeholders and Education to support the delivery of the DYW agenda in the school.

● Monitor and review DYW activity against both School and Regional DYW KPIs. 

Core Responsibilities:

● Attend relevant school and partner meetings to drive DYW activity in school.

● Act as a single point-of-contact for schools in terms of employer engagement and partnerships.

● Work with key local partners and stakeholders to provide industry-led activity which will support pupil/employer engagement, pupils positive destination and YPG.

● Identify, manage and expand the number and variety of employers engaged, including Small/Medium businesses (SME).

● Recording of data for the reporting of the DYW KPIs, to log interactions, engagements, activity and events for periodic reporting and management information.

● Support the production of case studies for Qualitative Reports and promotional purposes.

● Identify development opportunities for your schools and apply for central funding.

● Work alongside the Skills Development Scotland school-based Careers Adviser, and other school-based coordinators (where applicable), to ensure that employer offers are targeted at the pupils who would benefit most.

● Raise awareness for work based and vocational training including Apprenticeships.

● Support programmes to ensure continuous improvement and take actions to correct any deficiencies to ensure pupils gain maximum benefit from the DYW supported programmes and activities.

● Liaise with relevant staff to support Work Experience, meaningful industry relevant experiences and other similar programmes or qualifications by sourcing industry.

● Develop your own understanding of the local economic profile, growth businesses and industry sectors.

Requirements

Key skills

 
• Proven track record of working with employers/education/young people or employability experience.

 
• Experience of working with a broad range of stakeholders .


• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

 
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal.

 
• Experience of using IT/computer skills and social media platforms.

 
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels including face-to-face, online, over the phone and in writing.


About you 


• You’ve a track record of project delivery and experience aligned to education and/or employability for young people.

 
• Can demonstrate a ‘can do’ attitude with a willingness to work flexibly.

 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail and accuracy, including presentation delivery to a variety of audiences. 


• A forward thinker and solution minded.

 
• The ability to engage with employers and the business community.

 
• Confident to work with key staff to build and develop relationships with a wide variety of colleagues and stakeholders.

 
• Competent knowledge and use of IT/computer skills and social media platforms.

 
• Capacity to manage and prioritise own workload, working as part of a team to ensure delivery of KPIs.

 
• Knowledge and understanding of Broad General Education/Senior Phase curriculum offer and delivery.


• Can demonstrate knowledge of the apprenticeship landscape, DYW, YPG and employment climate.

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