At a Glance
- Tasks: Build relationships with employers and secure work placements for students.
- Company: Join a dynamic team focused on connecting education and industry.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and networking opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting role with opportunities to grow your career in education and business.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives by providing valuable work experience.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and a passion for helping others succeed.
The focus for the Work Experience Officer would be:
- Reporting to the WEX Manager.
- Maintaining the relationships with the existing employers who are supporting us currently for work experience.
- Working with the client base who enlist our WEX services and ensuring they are kept up to date with progress and reporting.
- To achieve and exceed all targets and company standards of performance.
- Be responsible for ensuring the team are identifying, securing and delivering work placement opportunities for students, across multi-curriculum areas, in line with targets.
- Develop and maintain long standing and strategic relationships with Employers, Schools, Colleges and Students.
- Prospect and cold calling to employers and businesses to identify and secure suitable work placement opportunities.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Building and developing on-going relationships with employers to promote links between the education sector, businesses and CER.
- Successfully presenting work placement programmes to young people/students.
- Liaising closely with college/school staff and their students to best match them to suitable work placement opportunities.
- To know the exact status of “live” work placements to source and confirm placements of your accounts at any time.
- Demonstrate the effective, efficient and accurate use of recording data in the execution of your daily tasks.
- Attending relevant client meetings, networking and employer fairs as appropriate.
- Conducting Health and Safety paperwork including ELI confirmation.
- Working cooperatively as part of a team.
- Representing CER in a professional manner at all times.
- Completing weekly KPI reports and providing to the CER SLT.
- Undertaking any other additional duties, as appropriate, required by the Team Delivery Manager.
- Identifying and contacting new potential companies who are able to offer work placements is an essential key result area.
- Once new contact has been identified, developing trust, rapport, and credibility with those contacts.
- On securing work experience placements, encouraging gaining extra referrals for additional work experience placements.
Work Experience Officer in Harrow employer: CER
As a Work Experience Officer at CER in Harrow, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to bridging the gap between education and industry. Our supportive work culture fosters collaboration and innovation, providing ample opportunities for professional growth and development. With a focus on building long-lasting relationships with employers and educational institutions, you will play a vital role in shaping the future of students while enjoying a rewarding career in a vibrant community.
We think you need these skills to ace Work Experience Officer in Harrow
Relationship Management
Communication Skills
Networking
Cold Calling
Data Recording
Health and Safety Compliance
Team Collaboration
