Employability Coach

Job Description 

Reporting To:          Director of People and Culture  

About The Felix Project 

The Felix Project is a dynamic, ambitious charity working to make London a city where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.    

We rescue high quality, fresh and nutritious food that cannot be sold from nearly 322 suppliers including supermarkets, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and delis. We sort and deliver this food to charities, schools and community projects supporting London’s most vulnerable people. 

This year we expect to rescue 13,394 tonnes of food to redistribute to more than 1,000 London frontline charities and primary schools in every borough of London. That’s enough food to make more than 32 million meals.    

The Felix Project is growing fast in response to huge demand. Set up in 2016, we now have around 187 staff working alongside 8,500 volunteers. We have four main operating depots spread across London - in Deptford, Enfield, Park Royal and Poplar. We’re committed to ensuring our different teams work hand-in-hand, so our main hot-desking spaces are built into these depots.    

Alongside our large-scale, depot-based operations we have green ‘point-to-point' food redistribution projects in central London and Canary Wharf. In Poplar, we operate a commercial Kitchen which uses surplus food to cater for up to 5,000 individual meals per day.    

Role Overview

The Felix Project is currently looking for an Employability Coach to support and equip our participants who are not in employment, education or training with the skills and support they need to take up employment opportunities.   

 As Employability Coach, you will build effective and positive relationships with participants, working collaboratively and challenging them to identify and overcome any potential barriers preventing them from returning to work. 

You will support participants to secure sustainable job opportunities, including understanding goals, creating SMART action plans to identify appropriate career opportunities, carrying out proactive job search and signposting to local partner services.  Undertaking outreach activity within the local community, attending Job Fairs, building relationships with local stakeholders and agencies to generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships. 

Please review our job portal for further details on the role, including job description.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum (+ bank holidays) plus up to 5 days additional leave for length of service.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Birthday day off.
• Access to benefit platform for a wide range of discounts on everyday spends plus gym discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee assistance programme including 24 Hour GP helpline.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

Application procedure

Please apply via our recruitment portal.

To apply, please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (and make sure that they’re both uploaded before submitting your application).

After you have submitted your application, you have 24 hours in which you can access you application and make edits. We suggest that you complete one last proof-read after submission and double check that your CV etc. is uploaded correctly.

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.  We understand that certain groups (for example disabled people, women, and people from ethnic minorities) are less likely to apply to roles where they do not meet all of the criteria. For this reason, we actively encourage people to apply if they think they can do the role, even if they do not meet all of the requirements. We are also keen to encourage applications from those with identities that are currently underrepresented within the charity sector.

The Felix Project can only employ applicants who currently have the right to work in the UK.