What will I be doing?
We're working to improve the lives of young people in Somerset- and you'll be a key part of that. The Work Experience Enterprise Co-ordinator (WEC), also known as Project & Change Manager, is a new and exciting role that sits at the heart of the local network to help schools and colleges improve their careers and enterprise programmes, and to engage with the world of work.
You will specifically focus on supporting the schools and network in readying the system to achieve the governments work experience guarantee proposal. You will be part of the career's hub, the Careers and Pathways team that sits in the curriculum and training team at Somerset Council.
This role involves collaborating with schools, colleges, businesses and community organisations to delivery high quality careers and enterprise education; specifically work experience. You will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring that career programmes and initiatives meet the needs of young people and the local economy. This requires a proactive approach to stake holder engagement, policy development, and continuous improvement of careers services. You will also monitor and evaluate the impact of careers initiatives, using data to inform ongoing improvements.
Your day-to-day work will involve:
* Working with a cohort of 15+ schools focusing on Work Experience, building and maintaining effective relationships with senior leaders within that caseload.
* Ensuring that a variety of cohorts from the target schools engage in multiple experiences during the academic year 25/26 and tracking progress of those schools and colleges, identifying trends, gaps and solutions.
* Acting as an ambassador for The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) including raising the profile of the Network through communication and marketing channels to engage with key local stakeholders, including attending CEC national and local training events and meetings.
* Test methods with Middle and Upper schools to ensure that Equalex and work experience guarantee can be met.
* Test methods with Middle schools around work experience at KS3 that can be replicated at a local and national level.
* Support several SEND, ISEND and PRU schools to test Equalex and Work Experience guarantee with someone of our most disadvantaged cohorts that can be replicated at a local and national level.
What's in it for me?
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.
We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:
* We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
* Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
* Staff discounts in gyms.
* Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
* Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
* A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
* My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more
Anything else I should know?
The salary for the role is Grade 10, ranging from £37,280 to £41,771 per annum.
For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Robert Morrish, Strategic Careers Hub Leader