Future Leaders Progression Coach

Employability Coach

Birmingham, B7 

Salary: £28938 per annum, Fixed Term contract until 31.3.25

Location: Birmingham, B7

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: 25 days holiday, pro-rata, 5.5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Employability Manager

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, fighting food poverty and hunger by tackling waste. We source good quality food that is surplus to requirements from the food industry. An army of volunteers help redistribute this food to around 500 frontline charities and community groups such as school breakfast clubs, community centres and organisations supporting those who are homeless, unemployed, socially isolated and recovering from addiction. These organisations provide meals and food parcels to over 67,000 vulnerable people every week.   We also support people through our Employability programmes, enabling them to learn skills and find rewarding work – some for the first time.  

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.

Note : Post is subject to a DBS check

The Role

As part of our mission, FareShare Midlands is delighted to be able to deliver our I-Can employability programme as part of Birmingham City Council’s PURE project. The PURE Project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The programme will provide a range of wellbeing, training and employment support to economically inactive and vulnerable residents of Birmingham in order to improve their lives and move them closer to the jobs market.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Main duties include.

·       Identifying and recruiting eligible participants on to the programme

·       Co-ordinating registrations and inductions

·       Identifying individual employment barriers and providing appropriate advice and guidance

·       Develop and maintain partnerships with external specialist support providers

·       Arrange opportunities for both in-house and external training courses

·       Develop and deliver a range of 1-1 and group coaching sessions

·       Develop and deliver employability related workshops

·       Identifying and developing relationships with local employers

·       Tracking progress of clients and delivering regular feedback

Person Specification - Skills, Qualities & Experience

Essential

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills   

·       Ability to provide comprehensive information, advice and guidance. 

·       Ability to deliver 1-1 and group training sessions.

·       Ability to assess understanding and adapt resources and delivery to the needs of the audience. 

·       Ability to coach and inspire others to reach their goals.

·       Committed to working as a team and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

·       Experience of working with vulnerable people

Desirable

·       L3 or above IAG

·       PTLLS or equivalent

·       Relevant experience of the Welfare to Work sector.

·       Full UK driving licence.

 Values and behaviours 

·       A commitment to Equal Opportunities

·       An appreciation of FareShare Midlands’ mission and vision

·       Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team

·       Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences

·       The roleholder will be required to work flexibly. The role provides a mixture of home-working, outreach work and working in our regional centre offices

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV.

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands. 

Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on Wednesday 13th March 2024.

Interviews will take place week commencing 25th March 2024.