Learner Engagement Officer
About Shaw Trust
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
Having grown from humble beginnings in 1982 in the village of Shaw in Wiltshire, finding jobs for disabled people, today we are a complex and diverse charity committed to employment as the core pathway to a better life. For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centered on opportunity for all.
Role Purpose
Our Learning Engagement Officers are focused on recruitment of learners for a range of employability and skills programmes. They attend meetings and develop relationships with other organisations to promote our programmes. They drive referrals and maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders ensuring that there are the required numbers of courses per region per contract in line with internal business requirements. They also make sure the learners stay engaged and keep regular contact to ensure that the learners are receiving all the support required.
You should have high ethical standards and take personal accountability for everything you do and always look to be the best.
You should have a proven track record of achieving or exceeding targets in a demanding fast paced role and be able to work with a diverse group of learners, showing empathy whilst helping them to overcome complex and multiple barriers.
This is a target driven role to support learners into postive destinations in line with the contract requirements. Working in partnership with others is key to the success and the ability to communicate witha range of people and stakeholders.
Download the Job Description for full details and Person Specification.
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, email: HRSS@shaw-trust.org.uk to make alternative arrangements.
Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.