Programme Facilitator (Entrepreneurship, Careers & Employability)

Are you passionate about working with young people and have excellent project management skills? 

Join an exciting, fast-paced and growing social enterprise as a Programme Facilitator focussed on delivering entrepreneurship, and wider careers and employability programmes for young people.

We believe every young person can be a changemaker. By developing young people’s skills and confidence, we empower them to shape their lives and the world around them.

Our programme facilitators are our front line team, delivering innovative and exciting programmes with young people across our network of schools, colleges, businesses and community organisations. We pride ourselves on being innovative, embracing new technology and ensuring that we have young people at the heart of everything we do.

What we offer

• A fun, driven and passionate team.
• A fixed term post with a view to extending the contract.
• Technology including a MacBook, iPhone and relevant accessories to make your working life easier.
• Growth: we invest in individuals and are an ambitious organisation.
• The opportunity to work with amazing young people.
• A flexible approach to working life and 28 days holiday plus a week at Christmas, your birthday (if it falls on a working day) and all bank holidays (not already falling within the Christmas break); a total of 39 days holiday.
• Access to PerkBox, an external employee benefits & rewards scheme.
• A generous workplace pension scheme whereby the employer contributes 3% of total employee earnings, rather than the legal-minimum of 3% of employee earnings above the threshold.
• A comprehensive mental health support scheme for you and your immediate family through Health Assured including the Wisdom app.
• A full year of team-building and CPD opportunities.

All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks returning satisfactory results including an Enhanced DBS Check, social media checks and Right to Work checks. We carry out these checks as an organisation that undertakes ‘regulated activity’ as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (SVG) Act 2006. Please note that such checks will include both spent and unspent convictions. Any candidate with convictions relating to offences against children or other vulnerable people will be deemed as unsuitable to work at Unloc and any job offer will be made on this basis.

The recruitment process is outlined in Unloc’s Safer Recruitment Policy available at https://www.unloc.org.uk/policies-and-procedures/.

Key Responsibilities:

Organise, plan and facilitate enterprise days and events

• To organise, plan and facilitate one-off enterprise days and events for schools, colleges and businesses in large groups of up to 150 young people at a time. These are designed to allow young people to explore entrepreneurship and creative problem solving. Young people hear from an entrepreneur, take part in skills workshops and undertake a creative entrepreneurial challenge.

Organise, plan and facilitate enterprise courses and ‘bootcamp’ sessions

• To organise, plan and facilitate weekly enterprise courses and ‘bootcamp’ sessions. These are practical, creative and structured courses that cover the key skills and knowledge associated with starting a business. Learning is geared towards creating their own businesses, projects and ideas with students pitching their concepts and business plans to a panel of judges at the end of the programme.

Organise, plan and facilitate inspiring speakers sessions

• To organise, plan and facilitate inspiring speakers sessions and events for schools and colleges. These sessions are inspirational talks followed by short workshop sessions to help inspire young people to consider self-employment as a career pathway.

Organise, plan and facilitate entrepreneurial skills and career pathway projects

• Organise, plan and facilitate bespoke enterprise and career pathways events (with support from the Operations Manager) for individual businesses, grant giving bodies, schools & colleges. 

Working with key partners

• Liaise and work in partnership with key programme sponsors and key points of contact, including involving them in event planning, inviting them to attend relevant events/sessions and providing them with programme updates. This will include businesses, Local Authorities, schools, colleges and community interest groups. 

To support other Unloc projects and programmes

• To aid other Unloc projects and programmes as and when required by the team (in consultation with your line manager). This may include being an additional member of staff on events or collaborating with other team members on a more ongoing basis.

Providing additional support and opportunities for students

• Providing support and additional opportunities for young people you work with where possible.

Person Specification:

Qualifications

Essential:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade A*-C / 9-4 (or equivalent).
• Two A-Levels at grade A*-C (or equivalent).

Desirable:

• Level 2 ICT qualification.
• A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent industry experience).

Experience and Knowledge

Essential:

• Previous work with young people.
• Previous experience of working in the business world and/or self employment (in some way) and/or business leadership.

Desirable:

• Previous knowledge of the education sector.
• Previous experience of stakeholder management.

Abilities and Skills

Essential: 

• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload. 
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• High-level communication skills including written and verbal communication.

Desirable:

• High level of skill when using G Suite.
• Ability to maintain a professional online image including social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. This includes promoting Unloc’s work and opportunities for young people.

Other

Essential:

• Willingness to undertake staff training and development as required. This could include the opportunity to undertake a degree level apprenticeship.
• Willingness to travel across the Solent region on a frequent basis and sometimes further afield. 

Desirable:

• A full UK driving licence.