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Enterprise Co-ordinator

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Enterprise Co-ordinator for the South Midlands Careers Hub to improve the careers outcomes for young people in the region.

Our role is to connect together local employers with careers leaders in schools, colleges and training providers to coordinate careers education and enhance each student's early experiences of the work place. The South Midlands Careers Hub supports around 150 schools, colleges and providers across Bedfordshire and Luton, Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire.

Hub supported programmes bring partners together, to act with the shared aims of inspiring young people, and giving students the knowledge and practical skills to make decisions about their next steps.

Five priorities areas for the South Midlands Careers Hub are:

Improve careers provision in schools and colleges against the Gatsby Benchmarks through support, training for the education workforce and quality assurance.
Facilitating more, high quality experiences with employers for students and teachers
Amplify apprenticeships, technical and vocational routes – including supporting the implementation of the Provider Access Legislation (PAL)
Targeting interventions for economically disadvantaged young people and those who face additional barriers
Connecting careers provision in schools and colleges to the needs of the local economy.

This role will include a focus of support for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) schools.

Interviews for this role are expected to be on 15 January 2025.

What will you be doing?

The Enterprise Coordinator (EC) acts as a careers consultant who sits at the heart of the Careers Hub. You will be supporting schools and colleges to develop their careers policy, programme and planning aligned to institution improvement priorities, as well as brokering introductions to providers and employers as appropriate.

You will be working closely with schools and businesses: in a fast paced and varied role by:

Providing strategic support to a caseload of schools
Engaging effectively and tenaciously with businesses within the region
Recruiting and supporting a volunteer network including matching schools with volunteers
Acting as an ambassador for the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) as the funder and promote the programme externally.

About you

You will be customer focused, a self-starter and team player, with experience of building partnerships, creating networks and maintaining strong relationships.

You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of a subject relevant to the role, such as an understanding of local and national policy relating to skills and economic development, issues and barriers to employment faced by young people, and understanding of post-16 landscape and pathways into employment.

You’ll use your knowledge and experience to support the delivery of the Careers Hub programme and caseload management.

You will need to have a solutions driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment and have a positive approach to challenges.

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
Cycle to Work scheme.
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Car Lease scheme
Payment of professional subscription / membership - If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

West Northants Council, where careers thrive.

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