Job Introduction
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an Employment & Skills Coordinator to join the Employment and Skills team. Reporting into the Employment & Skills Programme Manager the coordinator will provide project support for various programmes and projects across the Employment and Skills Team (a team of approximately) where there is priority need for additional coordination and administration activity. Priorities for the first 12 months will project initiation support and development to support our Skills Connect service, as well as delivery of the MPSF/UKSPF and Retrofit/Green Futures Fund skills project, however, the role will be deployed onto projects and priorities across the team as required.
Your key responsibilities in this role would be to ensure a focus on delivering the priorities of the Metro Mayor by supporting:
- the senior team and their Project Managers/teams with all aspects of project development and delivery including planning, delivering, and reporting of all types.
- continuous service improvement by providing research and skills intelligence gathering activity where required
- reporting and evaluation activity across a large variety of projects, collating data and presenting it in different ways. This will ultimately contribute towards the delivery and reporting requirements of Mayoral priorities, the Employment and Skills Plan and the Combined Authority Business Plan.
- the updating of Skills Connect website content and marketing activity. This includes (but is not limited to) content creation and updating, working with marketing colleagues to link to wider promotions, liaising with external delivery partners / organisations to ensure content is on brand and meeting different funding requirements and ensuring reciprocal links are added to external sites etc. This work will also entail responding to Skills Connect enquiries both through the dedicated mailbox and answering phone calls.
- with both project and administrative support for funding rounds and project delivery across the team when there is priority need for support. This will include communicating internally and externally
- event support where required across the team which will also involve supporting live event delivery
- other duties within the general scope of either the level or nature of the post.
Are you someone who is highly organised with the ability to prioritise work independently, work across a wide range of projects and ultimately always focuses on delivery?
If this sounds like your next role, please click on the apply button below and tell us why you would be a great fit for this role. Please see the job description below for more information.
About the Company
Our offer
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
- 26/31 days annual Leave
- Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme
- Reduced bus travel across the West of England
- Flexible and hybrid working options from day one to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with 2 or 3 days in the office a week.
The West of England is an amazing part of the world to live and work. We have recently moved to a new bright and airy office, with all the latest technology, just 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads Train Station.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status. We are also proud to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter.
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