Associate Facilitator in Preston

Location: South West England (travel to Bristol and Bournemouth), London, Scotland (travel to Edinburgh and Glasgow)

Contract: Casual, flexible shift-based model (academic term time only)

Level: Entry-level (1.1)

Salary: National £13.50/hour, equivalent £23,400 FTE (real living wage); London £14.80/hour, equivalent £28,860 FTE (real living wage)

Restrictions: Due to the nature of this work, we can only accept applicants with British Citizenship.

Start date: 1st September

Deadline to apply: 3rd August. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage early applications.

The role:

• You will work across Uptree’s Outreach and Delivery and Commercial teams to support the successful delivery of school bookings and employer-led work experience days for young people.
• You will be presenting to young people aged 14-21, sharing information about Uptree’s work and our employer partners in school assemblies and workshops.
• At the work experience days, you’ll be the Uptree representative, ensuring the employer and young people in attendance have positive experiences.
• When not attending bookings and events, you’ll work remotely, supporting the Outreach and Delivery and Commercial teams.
• You will be onboarded as part of a small cohort, receiving full training on all internal processes.
• There is potential opportunity for long term employment in the future but this is not guaranteed.
• We’ll plan your hours collaboratively a minimum of one month in advance.

What will you do?

• Regular independent travel to schools and employer venues (travel expenses covered).
• Deliver educational assemblies and workshops to students, promoting Uptree’s upcoming events.
• Host work experience events at employer venues for students aged 14-21.
• You will be the ‘face of Uptree’ at our events - interact with professionalism and warmth with young people, teachers, careers leads, and employers, to provide a positive experience with Uptree and encourage ongoing engagement.
• Complete impact reports after employer events using collected data and feedback.
• Carry out relevant administrative tasks promptly, including communication with schools and employers.
• Capture photos and videos at employer events to support the Marketing team.
• Share information, ideas, and feedback from school bookings and employer events to enhance future practices and efficiency.
• Follow safeguarding best practices at all times during Uptree events.

Who you are:

• Don’t worry if you’ve not had any paid work before, your experience could be part of your education, voluntary work or extracurricular activities.

Dealbreakers:

• Communication skills – confident communicating with a range of stakeholders, including young people, education contacts, and employers at all levels.
• Presentation skills – confident presenting to different types of audiences with clarity and energy, including young people, education contacts, and employers.
• Strong administrative skills – attentive to detail and understands the importance of recording up-to-date, accurate information in a timely manner.
• Excellent organisation – proactive and able to independently manage time, meet varied tasks and deadlines, and ensure travel, arrival times, admin tasks, and event preparation are handled efficiently.
• Professional and reliable – consistently represents Uptree in a positive, responsible manner and takes ownership of being the face of the organisation at events.
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to build rapport quickly with a wide range of stakeholders and motivate and engage young people, education contacts, and employers.
• Uses initiative – demonstrates flexibility and problem-solving skills when working on projects; stays calm and solutions-focused when plans change or unexpected challenges arise.
• Open to learning – welcomes feedback and actively seeks ways to improve event delivery and personal development.

Desirable:

• Experience of working with young people.
• Works well as part of a team.
• Passionate about helping young people access education and career opportunities.
• Experience recording videos and creating content for use on social media.
• Experience of attending an Uptree event.
• Full driving licence and ability to drive to remote locations (particularly for roles in NE, NW or Scotland).
• Enhanced DBS certificate.

The company:

Uptree provides young people with free experiences of work to drive equality of opportunity for all.

Company size: 1-20 employees

Female founder | Social impact | B2C | B2B | Marketplace | Education | Recruitment | Training | Diversity and Inclusion | Flexibility and wellbeing | Recognition and reward | Meaningful work | Working with great people across the UK and EEA representing 7 nationalities.

Check out our website to find out more about us and our values. Understand why we are working towards equality in early careers here.

Uptree benefits:

• MacBook provided and support with home-office equipment.
• 28 days annual leave (including Bank and Public holidays), pro rata.
• Flexible working hours; you take ownership over how you get your work done around your events schedule.
• Access to hundreds of co-working spaces in London, Edinburgh and Europe through our partner Hubble.
• If your role leads to full-time employment with Uptree in the future, you’ll open access to our full range of benefits.

Our hiring process:

• Step 1: Initial phone call with the hiring manager. This tends to last around 30 minutes.
• Step 2: Panel interview and presentation. You’ll have a video interview with a cross-section of our team, lasting around 45 mins to 1 hour, inclusive of a presentation based task. More information will be provided when you reach this stage.

All of our team members are required to have an enhanced DBS check due to the nature of our business. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and this is a prerequisite for joining the team. Suitable applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role to which they are applying. We are an equal-opportunity employer and believe in the power of a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome all applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. Please let us know if you require anything which would enable your success throughout our interview process.