The South London Careers Hub are looking for a School engagement & Project Support Officer, with extensive experience of employer engagement, event management, marketing and have experience of developing relationships and working in collaboration with internal and external partners to support delivery of their Health and Care work experience project. This is a fixed term contract until the end of March 2025.

The School Engagement & Project Support Officer will take responsibility for the delivery of the health and care work experience project, identifying innovative ways of engaging with employers and business volunteers, working with external and internal stakeholders, organising events and marketing and promoting the project across the local area. 

You will be:

• Raising the profile of the South London Careers Hub health and care project and identify opportunities to promote the project to internal and external stakeholders across the programme area.
• Engaging local employers and business volunteers from within health and care, to work with schools and college, enabling the creation of a homegrown talent pipeline of young people skilled and ready for work in health and care
• Leading on the South London Career Hub project work experience events to promote opportunities within health and care to local schools and colleges.

You will work across the region to engage with Health and care professionals from a range of businesses to develop and facilitate meaningful experiences of the world of work, to support with generating a talent pipeline.  You will need to have previous experience of employer engagement and stakeholder management. 

You will be working closely with the project lead to promote and market the project across the region and build up strong partnerships with local providers.  You will be a confident networker, with a strong background in relationship management. 

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Employer engagement experience
• Experience of developing, implementing and delivering projects that support young people 
• Experience of developing sustainable and effective partnerships with key stakeholders
• Effective project management skills 

Closing Date:  5^th May

Shortlisting Date: w/c 6^th May

Interview Date: w/c 13^th May

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.   

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised. 

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.