Early Careers and Professional Development Coordinator in Liverpool

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services. We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

The role: We are proud of our early careers offer and our commitment to creating more opportunities for young people across the city. To support this ambition and ensure our programmes are well delivered, high quality, and impactful, we are establishing a dedicated Early Careers Team. This is an exciting time to join us. We have two roles available — one focused on supporting the Council and one working closely with maintained schools — both playing a key role in shaping and delivering our early careers provision.

The post holders will:

• Coordinate and support the delivery of the Council's early careers and professional development programmes, including apprenticeships, graduate schemes, supported internships, and work experience opportunities.
• Work closely with managers, learners, and training providers to ensure a high-quality experience across recruitment, onboarding, development, and progression.
• Support maintained schools to access and maximise apprenticeship opportunities, helping them to utilise funding effectively to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Proactively drive apprenticeship uptake across schools by providing expert advice and coordinated support from initial recruitment through to successful completion.

Requirements:

• A relevant qualification, or equivalent experience, in learning and development, apprenticeships, early careers, workforce development or a related area.
• Experience of coordinating or supporting early careers programmes, such as apprenticeships, graduate schemes, or other funded learning pathways.
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, providing advice, guidance, and coordinated support to meet differing needs.
• Experience of monitoring learner progress and supporting positive completion and progression outcomes.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and engage confidently with managers, learners, providers and colleagues.

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to at least 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) – option to purchase further days.
• Agile working (role dependent) – a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme.
• Progression – opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning.
• Health and Wellbeing – offer inclusive of Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes.
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme.
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave.
• Discounted Gym Memberships.
• Employee Volunteering Scheme.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.