Schools & Colleges Engagement Officer (Widening Access)
Chelmsford, Essex, UK (Unknown)
Posted 4 days ago
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Job Summary
Lead the design and delivery of face-to-face activities that engage primary, secondary and Further Education students, focusing on raising attainment and progression off and on campus.
- Engage diverse groups including Gypsy/Roma/Traveller Communities, care leavers, SEND students, and military families.
- Develop progressive activity programmes aimed at raising attainment.
- Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to run engaging activities and support students’ next steps.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Your primary responsibility will be to work alongside the team to develop a range of face-to-face activities that engage core target groups of primary, secondary and Further Education students both on and off campus.
- This includes but is not limited to, students from Gypsy / Roma / Traveller Communities, care leaver/experienced students, students with SEND and students from Military Families.
- Most activity programmes will be progressive, and all will focus on raising attainment.
Requirements
- educated to degree level
- experience of, and be passionate about, working with diverse groups of people from primary age students to mature students, as well as their parents/carers and teachers/advisors
- well-informed about progression routes to higher education
- interested in supporting young people and mature learners take their next steps from school or college with confidence
- innovative, creative thinker who is enthusiastic, proactive, patient and highly organised
- excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- ability to engage and enthuse those around you
- ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of colleagues, partners, and external stakeholders
- confidence with organising and presenting group activities
Benefits
- generous holiday entitlement
- occupational pension schemes
- training and development opportunities
- travel to work scheme
- competitive relocation package
Anglia Ruskin University
LUV Infinity Group is an exciting UK based umbrella company for a multitude of brands, ranging from nightclubs, bars to restaurants all over the United KingdomLUV Infinity Group has a firm Impression on the UK Nightlife and hospitality industry with our venues bringing thousands of smiles to customers faces every day since 2009; and we only continue to expand and grow today.We pride ourselves on thinking outside of the box, being innovative within our ideas & providing the best quality product across each and every diverse brand that we have created.Focusing at the heart of our business, our people; we believe a successful business begins with the people who operate it & we continually reinvent the wheel when it comes to what makes us good employers – this is what drives us.
