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| Graduate
Vacancy |
Details for Project
No: 1895
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| Status: |
CLOSED | Application Close Date: 04/07/2010 |
| Vacancy
ID: |
1895 | |
Project
Type: |
Community Development | |
| Position: |
Employer Engagement Manager | |
| Location: |
Peterborough | |
| Project
County: |
Cambridgeshire | |
| Employer: |
Peterborough City Council | |
| Host
Organisation: |
Peterborough City Council | |
Telephone
Interview Week Commencing: |
05/07/2010 | |
Interview
Date: |
15/07/2010 | |
| Project
Start Date: |
02/08/2010 | |
| Duration: |
48 weeks | |
Project
End Date: |
01/07/2011 | |
| Salary: |
£18,453pa | |
Hours
Per week: |
37.5 | |
Work
Out of Normal Hrs?: |
Some evening and occasional weekend work | |
SFS
Contact: |
Emma Trahearn | |
| Background: |
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| The Future Jobs Fund is a fund of around £1 billion to support the creation of jobs for long term unemployed young people and others who face significant disadvantage in the labour market. The Fund was announced in Budget 2009. As the Future Jobs Fund is a challenge fund, not all organisations that submit bids will be successful. The fund is run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and with input from Jobcentre Plus and Regional Government Offices in England. The Fund aims to create 150,000 jobs. 100,000 will be aimed at 18-24 year olds who have been out of work for nearly a year. Future Jobs Fund forms part of the Young Persons Guarantee. From early 2010, everyone between the ages of 18 and 24 who has been looking for work for a year will get an offer of a job, work experience, or training lasting at least 6 months. | ||
Objective: |
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| To assist the project team in delivering all aspects of the future jobs fund programme for Peterborough City Council, the Greater Peterborough Partnership and partner organisations. To increase employment opportunities and work experience for those who are long term unemployed and particularly young people aged 18-24 years old. To harness opportunities for employment from the programme To assist the project team in supporting employees who are part of the programme. | ||
Benefits To Graduate |
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| This role offers graduates an opportunity to combine a challenging internship-style position with a large degree of responsibility and autonomy. It offers exceptional scope for professional and personal development through ongoing training and the chance to develop areas of personal interest within sustainability. Experience of coordinating projects with a broad range of topics in the sustainability sector providing experience of sustainability issues in the bigger picture Opportunity to gain specialist knowledge of a sustainability topic. Development of effective communication skills Fantastic networking opportunities Experience for the next job interviews, as an interviewer and through training. Work with other graduates with similar interests and career goals. Experience of working in a busy office environment and allowing development of a wide range of office and administration skills essential for the workplace environment. Acess to a wide range of wokshops that focus on developing transferable skills Additional qualifications e.g. City and Guilds Professional Development Award. 50% off the cost of membership of a professional body. | ||
Employment Potential and Options Post Project Work |
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| The majority of our Sustainable Projects Coordinators leave after their contract ends to take up full time positions in local government, community organisations, consultancies and businesses. For example, previous coordinators have become Rural Transport Officers, Business and Environment Coordinators, Communtiy Engagement Officers, Recycling Coordinators and Environmental Consultants. The job enables you to gain many transferable skills and knowledge of a broad range of sustainability sectors. | ||
Outputs: |
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| 1. To assist the project team in delivering all aspects of the future jobs fund programme for Peterborough City Council, the Greater Peterborough Partnership and partner organisations. | ||
| 2. To increase employment opportunities and work experience for those who are long term unemployed and particularly young people aged 18-24 years old. | ||
| 3. To harness opportunities for employment from the programme | ||
| 4. To assist the project team in supporting employees who are part of the programme. | ||
| 5. | ||
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| 1. Understanding of the issues affecting those who are long term unemployed and the barriers in moving into employment. | ||
| 2. Ability to work on own intiative within an agreed set of objectives to achieve results | ||
| 3. Good written and verbal communication skills | ||
| 4. Experience of marketing and recruitment. | ||
| 5. Ability to confidently approach and liaise with several partners and employers at any one time, harnessing opportunities for employees | ||
| 6. Familiarity with marketing and database software. | ||
| 7. Ability to report performance information and to create and maintain accurate records. | ||
| 8. Ability to organise events and maximise networking opportunities. | ||
| 9. Knowledge and understanding of effective customer care | ||
| 10.Candidates must demonstrate understanding of, acceptance and commitment to the principals underlying equal opportunities | ||
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Key Tasks: |
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| 1. Gaining an awareness of the current Future Jobs Fund workforce to successfully market their knowledge, experience and skills to employers. | ||
| 2. Liaising and building good working relationships with a range of existing local employers and those moving to the city to ensure Future Jobs Fund employees are effectively marketed and considered favourably for posts. | ||
| 3. Creating a workable database of employees skills and job goals to effectively match and alert employees to suitable vacancies. | ||
| 4. Researching vacancies from Job Centre Plus (JCP), online sources and elsewhere and communicating them to suitable Future Jobs Fund employees. | ||
| 5. Working collaboratively with the Employee Managers and trainers to ensure applications from employees are to the highest possible standard and maximise their chances of gaining sustainable employment. | ||
| 6. Organising networking events with employers to sell the benefits of the Future Jobs Fund workforce. | ||
| 7. Working alongside the Events and Volunteer Co-ordinator to arrange mentoring and advice sessions with people working in popular and desirable fields to create networking opportunities and offer personalised guidance to employees wishing to enter a similar role | ||
| 8. Working in conjunction with the Project Assistant and Athene Communications to market the Future Jobs Fund to host partners, local businesses and local press through newsletters, press releases and other media. | ||
| 9. Carrying out all responsibilities with regard to the Council’s Equalities Policy and Procedures and Customer Care Policy. | ||
| 10.Complying with all Health & Safety at work requirements as laid down by the employer. | ||
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