Employment & Training

Employment & Training

Salary: £31,837 - £34,426  Location: London

Type: Ful Time  Postal/Zip Code: 9011

Description

East Thames is a leading registered housing provider and social regeneration charity with more than 13,500 homes in the east London and Essex area. Our mission is to make a lasting and positive contribution to the communities in which we work.

Position: Project Co-ordinator

Salary: £31,837 - £34,426

18 months fixed term contract

Based in West Ham Lane and Outreach Locations

Our Employment and Inclusion Team provides a broad range of support to our unemployed residents and other people living in our communities who need help to get back to work. This small but high performing team has helped more that 230 people get jobs each year and are keen to provide the highest quality service to all of our customers.

The team have recently secured additional funding for two projects to provide a range of engagement and support services to young people living in East London with the aim of supporting them into apprenticeships and employment. We are now recruiting a new small team to work as part of the Employment and Inclusion Team to establish and deliver these projects

The Project Co-ordinator will be responsible for implementing and delivering youth projects, managing a small team, providing an excellent service to our young customers and meeting our funders’ targets for apprenticeships and employment. The successful applicant will need:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Excellent organisational skills

• Experience of developing and implementing projects and programmes

• An ability to lead and motivate staff

• An ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with Local Authorities, stakeholders and employers

• A proven ability to work on own initiative from outreach locations and develop processes to manage and deliver objectives

• Experience of delivering employment projects for young people

• Experience of delivering grant funded programmes and liaising with funders

• Knowledge and experience of securing apprenticeships for customers

Closing Date: 18 July 2013

Interviews: 1 Aug 2013

Safeguarding Recruitment Statement

East Thames is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo appropriate safeguarding checks as well as providing proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Equality & Diversity Statement

East Thames is a diverse organisation that represents differences in race, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith, background or personal circumstances - we welcome all applicants. We want everyone to feel valued and included at East Thames and to be able to achieve their full potential. East Thames is opposed to any form of unlawful discrimination and commits itself to the redress of any inequalities by taking positive action where appropriate.

Employer: EAST THAMES