Project Officer in London

Rinova Ltd is an established and successful employee-owned company, with headquarters in central London and a branch in Malaga, Spain. Rinova is a key deliverer in both UK and EU funded provision. This role is an opportunity to join an innovative, fast-growing company that offers the right applicant the chance to develop their career aspirations. Initially working predominantly on three of our new GLA-funded contracts – UK Shared Prosperity Fund contracts across East & North London and Central London, and the Early Connect London Pilot – for the right candidate and in the longer term, there will be an opportunity to become involved in a range of projects across the company, with the option for occasional international travel.

Rinova Ltd is currently seeking an experienced or aspiring Project Officer who is used to working with young people and adults entering or re-entering the world of work. The successful candidate will be committed to helping people achieve their potential and will have the skills and experience to provide one-to-one information, advice and guidance (IAG), group work, practical training and all aspects of employability support and upskilling. The candidate will also support and match individuals into suitable apprenticeship opportunities across London.

We need a committed, enthusiastic and positive individual to join our fantastic team of professionals. Empathy, great communication skills and a passion for helping people achieve their potential are must-haves. The successful candidate will take on the role of Project Officer, working collaboratively with a dedicated team to deliver the employability and apprenticeship projects, while managing their own caseload and workload independently. As well as being involved in practical delivery, the candidate will work with the compliance and finance teams to ensure quality of delivery and evidence collection, and will engage and build relationships with partners and stakeholders to support recruitment and progression. The successful candidate will also be involved in the design and implementation of recruitment and outreach strategies and the development of appropriate training materials.

Familiarity with the delivery of funded provision is essential, especially the ability to collaboratively design and deliver inspiring, engaging and tailored sessions covering a range of transferable and employability skills. The role will be offered on a full-time basis, mainly working across London boroughs and travelling within London, with the opportunity to work remotely on occasion.

Rinova Ltd is an employee-owned company and a social enterprise operating in the fields of social, economic and cultural development. We specialise in the design and delivery of projects in employment, learning and skills, enterprise, arts and culture and regeneration - in London and internationally. Our work includes project development, project management, research, evaluation, funding development, training and capacity building. The client is at the heart of everything we do; our success depends upon partnership working and forging positive and productive relationships with our partners and stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has experience in the education/training sector and loves supporting individuals to achieve their employment, education and personal goals and wants to be part of an organisation which changes lives for the better.

Please apply with your CV and a supporting statement, which should address all points on the person specification. Applications without the required documents will not be considered for shortlisting.

Start date: We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. Please let us know when you would be available to take up the position if you were to be successful.

Job description

• To be accountable for achieving agreed outcomes, outputs and personal targets – including recruitment, employability training and learner progression targets.
• To deliver high-quality, impartial Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) and to independently manage a caseload of participants requiring IAG, confidence building and employability training.
• Completing appropriate action plans and reviews with participants.
• To act as the single point of contact for a caseload of participants, supporting them from engagement through to progression.
• To complete all paperwork for client in your caseload, ensuring that accurate records are kept.
• To identify and build effective working relationships with suitable referral partners, e.g. Jobcentre Plus and training providers, from which to recruit job seekers and course participants.
• To liaise with learners interested in apprenticeships to support them and assist them into suitable placements.

Training Development and Delivery

• To develop workshop training materials that support delivery of the outcomes.
• To collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver engaging, tailored group sessions and workshops.
• To ensure that accurate records are kept for all training events and workshops, with appropriate attendance sheets signed and stored.

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Building

• To use available networks to recruit course participants from appropriate organisations.
• To use available networks to support participants into appropriate progression destinations.
• To engage and liaise with stakeholders and partners to develop effective referral mechanisms and future collaborations.
• To research and develop suitable referral routes and explore new partnership opportunities for current and future projects.

Collaborative Project Delivery and Funding

• To work collaboratively with the delivery, compliance and finance teams to ensure the quality of delivery and evidence collection.
• Ensuring that all paperwork is completed to the required standard and submitted to compliance team in a timely manner.
• To ensure that the right channels are used for storing confidential client and project paperwork i.e. Sharepoint and Teamwork.
• To assist with the planning of projects and improve project delivery by implementing guidelines, procedures and templates to collect and maintain consistent data.

Person Specification (skills knowledge and experience required)

Please address all points in your supporting statement and give examples.

Essential

• Experience of providing information, advice and guidance (IAG) to adults returning to work or those in employment, needing to upskill.
• Experience of working with NEET young people or those considered hard to reach or retain.
• Experience of working independently and managing your own caseload, while collaborating effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent IT skills and ability to produce professional presentations and training materials.
• Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and targets.
• High standard of organisation, written and oral communications skills.
• The successful candidate must be willing to work outside normal working hours on occasions and travel within London Boroughs to deliver at satellite locations.

Desirable

• Qualification in Advice and Guidance min level 3/4 is advantageous but not essential – willingness to undertake training as required is essential.
• A Learning and Education training qualification min L3 (Previously PTLLS), would be advantageous.
• Experience of assessment, internal verification or marking work in line with standardised quality frameworks.
• A good understanding of Project Management principles would be advantageous.
• Existing networks which can be utilised to enable you to meet your targets in relation to recruitments and progression routes.
• Good understanding of the social and educational issues relating to a multi-cultural cohort and how this relates to job seekers.
• Experience of engaging stakeholders and developing networks in support of organisational goals.
• Able to prioritise a diverse workload working to strict deadlines, pre-empt upcoming issues, and solve problems.
• Able to create engaging and motivating training materials.
• Ability to write detailed and accurate reports and evaluations.