- Empower young people to develop self-esteem, become more resilient and engage with school and their own future.
- Build and sustain constructive relationships with young people, including setting clear boundaries and knowing when to be flexible with young people and school partners.
- Liaise with parents, as necessary, to offer feedback, information, advice and guidance.
- Organise and run planned activities outside of the school setting.
- Plan, facilitate and assess Power2 programmes.
- Understand and work with the systems in each school, engaging with the right people at the right time to deliver results.
- Liaise with and manage schools to set up and ensure smooth running of Power2 activity in schools. This includes obtaining agreements with schools and nurseries.
- Manage internal & external stakeholder relationships including: schools, nurseries, beneficiaries, colleagues and other external professionals.
- Build and proactively manage relationships with a diverse group of key stakeholders to support the retention of existing and engagement of new schools.
- Project management; set up, initial presentations, co-ordination, scheduling and attending meetings, events and ceremonies.
- Supply, manage and understand how to use data for evaluation, feedback and administration purposes.
- Ensure data is up to data, submitted on time, complete and is used to inform best practice.
- Provide feedback to stakeholders on beneficiary outcomes.
- Internal: Work as part of the wider team to ensure delivery of the charity’s strategic goals. Provide cover for colleagues where necessary.
- External: Represent the charity to schools, young people, funders and supporters. Build and maintain excellent relationships with all stakeholders and demonstrate resilience in the face of any challenges.
Required
- A levels, NVQ3 Level 3, or equivalent qualification.
- Experience of working with children and young people.
- Genuine interest and commitment to young people’s development and empowerment.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Willingness to be trained to maintain data collection processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven professional attitude, ability to communicate across a range of stakeholders[1] and provide feedback internally and externally.
- Able to organise, prioritise and plan workload and programmes ahead of time.
- Ability to work flexibly within the team to contribute and deliver shared priorities.
- Ability to work with and without direct supervision.
- Able to remain discrete and maintain confidentiality.
- Ensure that safeguarding practices and procedures are followed and understood
- Ability & willingness to travel, work evenings and weekends and be on call as required.
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring check (DBS) enhanced level.
- Ensure that equality issues are identified, promoted, and managed in all areas of your work.
- Experience working with schools – secondary and/or nursery and/or primary.
- Experience of facilitating a programme with young people and flexing the programme in order to meet the needs of the learners and the school.
- Experience of marketing and selling to retain existing and/or engage new schools.
- Experience of working with data from managing to collecting.
- Familiar with MS Office tools and able to handle data transfer and submission using electronic means e.g. excel.
- Experience using Salesforce.
- Behaviours – active listening skills, can-do attitude, confident, consistent, empathic, flexible and adaptable, influential, inspirational, non-judgmental, proactive, reliable, solution focused, supportive, resilient, tenacious.
- Socially and emotionally intelligent
- Seeks to understand first, before being understood
- Open to new ideas; able to improvise and think on feet
- Assumes positive intent
- Self-aware and seeks to learn/develop self; willing to ask for help
- Gives and receives constructive feedback and can manage conflict and misunderstandings effectively
- Sets clear boundaries and manages expectations
- Follows up on agreed actions
- Supports the learning of others within Power2
- Recognises the importance of balancing sometimes conflicting needs between funders, schools and the young people
- Role models respect, assertiveness and confidence
- Actively works to understand each young person and their needs
- Genuinely interested and cares
- Sets boundaries and manages them effectively
- Promotes independence through empowerment
- Has courageous conversations when required
- Stays focused, calm and committed even when tested.
[1] Stakeholders can include: school staff, children and young people, team members, funders and other external professionals.
Employer pension scheme: Power2 operates a salary-sacrifice auto enrolment pension, with matched contributions of up to 5% of salary.
Season ticket loans: An interest free loan is available to purchase a travel season ticket; repayments are made by salary deduction over a 10-month period.
Cycle to work scheme: An interest free loan is available to purchase a bicycle; repayments are made by salary deduction over a 10-month period.
Give as you earn scheme: If you wish to make regular donations to a charity of your choice, you are able to do so by making tax effective payments through the Give as You Earn scheme operated by the Charities Aid Foundation.
Eye tests: Power2 will pay the cost of an eye test once per year up to the value of £30.
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Candidates are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description for this role. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related and how this has shaped you, including things you’ve learnt along the way.
We are specifically interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of the issues we seek to address (childhood experience of having low family income, being disengaged with school and learning, experiencing poor wellbeing/mental health, being care-experienced, involved in gangs and violence). It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
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