Job Description and Person Specification
Are you passionate about helping people overcome barriers and achieve their potential? Love working with people and making a difference? Join our team and support adults to build confidence, develop new skills and take positive steps towards employment, education or training.
What you’ll be doing
- supporting unemployed adults across North Devon, with a particular focus on communities where employment opportunities can be more difficult to access, such as Ilfracombe, Holsworthy and other areas.
- you’ll be part of a team of 4 employability coaches across Devon working for Exeter & North Devon Colleges group.
- working with adults who may face challenges such as low confidence, anxiety, caring responsibilities or long-term unemployment.
- you’ll help individuals build confidence, develop employability skills and progress into education, employment or training.
- delivering engaging group activities and one-to-one coaching, covering areas such as motivation, job searching, CV writing, interview skills and workplace readiness.
- work closely with community organisations, Jobcentre Plus, referral partners and employers to create opportunities and positive progression routes for local residents.
What you’ll need
- a passion for supporting people
- experience of coaching, mentoring, employability, community engagement or adult learning.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives while supporting economic growth and social mobility across North Devon’s communities.
Closing Date: 18th August
Interview Date: w/c 31st August
North Devon College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks , including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
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