Purpose of the Role: The Engage 2 Employ Coach provides a collaborative programme “READY” that combines the expertise of St Basils’ Youth Voice & Engagement and Employability teams. READY stands for Resilience, Empower, Aspire, Developing You(th), a playful yet powerful expression of our mission to help young people build confidence, unlock potential, and prepare for the world of work. This programme brings together youth empowerment and employability development, ensuring every young person we work with is READY to take their next step with resilience, empowerment, aspiration, and personal growth. The role involves delivering a range of engaging group work programmes and accredited learning activities to support NEET young people aged 16–25 who have experienced homelessness and are resident within St Basils projects. The postholder will use creative and innovative methods to inspire participation, build confidence, and support young people to progress into positive education, employment, or training outcomes. In addition to group facilitation, the role will provide 1-to-1 advice, guidance, and mentoring, helping young people to develop tailored career action plans and overcome barriers to progression. The postholder will champion St Basils’ Youth Voice principles, ensuring that young people are actively involved in shaping the services that support them and that their voices influence organisational decision-making. As Engage 2 Employ Coach you will enjoy working flexibly across multiple projects, acting as a key link between departments, ensuring a joined up, consistent approach to supporting young people in Engagement, Education, Training and Work. The role will include occasional evenings and weekends, and will thrive on achieving targets, building positive relationships, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes for young people. Main Duties: Program Delivery and Learning. Ensure timely and effective communication and promotion of Engage 2 Employ programmes and initiatives across multiple projects, supporting the recruitment of young people and sustaining their engagement, in partnership with Progression Coaches. Support the development of resources and materials for programmes and initiatives. Plan and deliver designated accredited group activities focusing on employability skills, supporting young people to achieve recognised accreditation as part of the programme. Conduct 1-to-1 and group inductions for young people identified by project staff ensuring smooth access to the programme. Carry out Initial assessment to evaluate the learner’s attainment levels and identify individuals learning needs. Use lesson planning and structured learning schedules to meet contractual skill delivery outcomes. Apply creative and engaging teaching methods (e.g. sport arts digital media) to develop skills confidence employability, teamwork and citizenship skills. Assess learners work in line with accreditor standards and provide detailed feedback and support progression. Produce post programme reports on young people’s progress outcome and achievements. Undertake grant applications and purchasing activities, ensuring all expenditure is accurately recorded, fully evidenced, and appropriately annotated as grant-funded, where applicable. Coaching Mentoring and Support Build positive and trusting relationships with young people on both a group and 1-to-1 basis. Use coaching and mentoring approaches to motivate constructively challenge attitudes and behaviours. Facilitate 1-to-1 Sessions through the programme to provide high quality information, advice, guidance and pastoral support in accordance with Matrix Standards. Work with agreed KPI targets to support young people into employment, education or training opportunities. Support progression staff by providing specialist advice and guidance on young people’s engagement, education, qualifications and CV writing, working closely with the Partnership and Employer Liaison team within St Basils. Quality and Compliance Ensure all delivery meets internal quality standards and complies with St Basils toolkits and contractual obligations. Contribute to the ongoing review and development of St Basils Learning Programmes for young people. Maintain accurate and timely recording of all engagement and learning activities on relevant systems. Provide success stories, outcome data, and case studies to support internal and external reporting requirements. Support quality assurance processes for accredited and non- accredited programmes such as E&D/MST/Life Skills and contribute to the development of modules, where required. Youth Engagement Support and Coordinate St Basils Local Engagement Offer ensuring young people’s voices are central to St Basils project Grouping local service delivery and development. Facilitate support and encourage active involvement of House Reps across groupings ensuring their feedback informs service improvements Support the delivery of Time 2 Talk sessions Support and recruit Youth Advisory Board member when needed. Coordinate and contribute to Annual Youth Standards Review within groupings. Promote, encourage and refer young people to engage in research and focus group and staff recruitment. Be an active ambassador for St Basils Missions and Values and promote opportunities for young people to thrive. Work effectively in partnerships with internal colleagues, external agencies and community stakeholders. Work flexibly across locations including evening and weekends including residentials, where required. Please refer to the job description on our website for details of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for the role. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .