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Community Development Officer
Community Development Officer
Location: Margate, Kent
Hours: Monday - Friday (37hrs p/w)
Pay: £15.00 p/h
This role will support the activities of an exciting Community Renewal Project, working within the local community and across partners and agencies to engage and recruit beneficiaries to the programme.
The Community Development Officer will support groups of beneficiaries, focusing on those furthest away from the job market to engage with the Community Renewal Programme.
The role will focus on initial engagement and recruitment to the learning for Life and Work programme and will work closely with Community Mentors and Job Brokers to support progression to further learning or into employment. You will work in partnership with a network of community learning providers, community partners, voluntary organisations, Jobcentre Plus, and employers to enable adults to engage in learning and mentoring support that will help them overcome their barriers to learning and work.
Previous experience in a similar role (such as a job coach or Employment / apprenticeship officer) required.
Specific Duties
- Develop relationships through providing excellent stewardship to engage and recruit beneficiaries, within the local community, to our Community Renewal programme.
- To work with local community partners to identify beneficiaries that are furthest away from the job market and engage them in learning.
- To work with a range of inactive beneficiaries who may be part of a family where being economically inactive is the societal norm, or unemployed beneficiaries that have faced unemployment and other challenges as a result of the pandemic.
- Ensure beneficiaries are aware of course information and programmes available to them as part of the Community Renewal Programme.
- To offer guidance and planning to encourage beneficiaries to attend provider network courses and programmes.
- Work with the Community Renewal providers to identify beneficiaries who would benefit from a digital device and connectivity.
- To work with the Community Mentors to support progression to further learning and a formal qualification. Removing barriers by resolving a range of issues liaising with support agencies if required.
- To work with Job Brokers to support beneficiaries into employment where appropriate.
- To meet monthly performance targets and confirm placement of beneficiaries into the Learning for Life and Work programmes
- To track and monitor beneficiaries attendance, engagement, and completion of appropriate training, and progression onto next steps.
- To secure documentary evidence of starts and provide information to track destinations.
- To attend events, forums and meetings where networking opportunities are available to secure relationships with new opportunities.
- To invite regular feedback from beneficiaries through questionnaires, group discussions and course reviews to facilitate continuous improvement.
- To participate in the recruitment of beneficiaries through the marketing of courses, attendance at day centres and community events and interviewing of beneficiaries, including pre-entry guidance.
- To contribute to the creation and updating of risk assessments of working areas and practices and ensure these are implemented appropriately.
General Duties and Responsibilities:
1. To participate in the staff support & development scheme and to undertake training based on individual and service needs.
2. To take a lead in creating and to promote a positive, inclusive ethos that challenges discrimination and promotes equality and diversity.
3. To comply with legislative requirements and policies and guidelines in respect to health & safety and data protection.
4. To demonstrate positive personal and professional behaviour as specified in the Staff Code of Conduct.
5. To undertake continuing professional development to support our culture of continuous improvement.
6. To partake in quality assurance systems.
7. To meet minimum relevant occupational standards.
8. To keep up to date with the skills required to fulfil the role.
9. To undertake any other duties commensurate with grade as may be reasonably requested.
10. You will be responsible for protecting staff and learners from all preventable harm as per Safeguarding procedures.