EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS CHARITY

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EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS CHARITY
Jan 21, 2026
Full time
Job Title: Regional Coordinator North West (Inspiring the Future) Reports to: Senior Project Manager - Primary Futures Location: Home based with regular travel across the North West region with a primary focus on Chester, Cheshire West and a secondary focus on Northwest Lancashire. Very occasional travel to London where the charity itself is based. Travel costs will be remunerated via expenses. Purpose: This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a newly created post in the role of Regional Coordinator North West for Education and Employers Charity; supporting the delivery of our internationally recognised flagship career-related learning programme in schools. The programme is called Inspiring the Future and is known as Primary Futures in primary schools. Through our programmes, we bring inspiring volunteers from the world of work into schools, helping children learn in a fun way about a wide range of future jobs and career pathways, broadening their horizons and raising their aspirations and attainment. School activity sits at the heart of our charity s mission which is to: ensure that every young person in our country, wherever they live, whatever their parents or carers circumstances, has the opportunity to meet a diverse range of volunteers to hear first-hand about jobs and the world of work . This important role will be part of a friendly and supportive Schools Team , and the post has responsibility for supporting the local northwest delivery of a key primary school focussed project for the charity, funded by the Westminster Foundation. Responsibilities include initiating, developing, and managing relationships with primary schools in Chester, Cheshire West and Northwest Lancashire. The role will include working closely day to day with local teachers/ schools to organise and deliver an exciting range of virtual and face-to-face events and activities in their schools. The role will also require the postholder to initiate and build positive partnerships with local employers and organisations to recruit and engage more inspiring volunteers to support these activities in schools. Remuneration: £26-28k per annum depending on experience Additional Terms: We offer an excellent overall package with 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Bank Holidays, plus a competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days per annum pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits, including enhancements to Statutory Payments. Appointment Terms: Permanent and full time Job Purpose: The postholder will report to the experienced Senior Project Manager - Primary Futures and work closely with a friendly, supportive and experienced set of colleagues across the wider Inspiring the Future team. The successful appointee will be responsible for working closely with volunteers from the world of work and primary school staff supporting the effective delivery of interactive career related learning activities aimed at primary school children. It is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to children and young people, particularly in less advantaged areas, by helping to broaden their horizons and raise their aspirations. This is a newly created role to support delivery of an exciting multi-year project, kindly funded by the Westminster Foundation as part of our Primary Futures programme. The postholder will draw upon our revolutionary online platform that helps connect schools with a huge range of diverse, inspirational volunteers that have registered with our charity and who come from a wide range of exciting sectors of the economy. You will have the chance to engage directly with primary school children by facilitating interactive virtual and in-person activities with volunteers. While experience of working in or with schools may be an advantage, it is not essential. The role will be home based with regular travel to nominated primary schools within the allocated region and very occasional meetings at the charity s office in central London. Working with schools, the successful candidate will be responsible for targets within their region, managing the relationship with schools and volunteers/ employers. The role, will by its nature, involve extensive travel across the region with a primary focus on Chester and Cheshire West and a secondary focus on North West Lancashire. Therefore, access to a car/public transport is essential. Regular virtual meetings with the wider team and occasional face-to-face team meetings either in London or another convenient location will be a requirement. The Regional Coordinator will make effective daily use of our Customer Relationship Management system (based on Salesforce technology) to manage data and delivery. What we are looking for in a candidate: We are seeking a driven, highly capable, and enthusiastic Regional Coordinator who can deliver engaging presentations to employers, children, and teachers; confidently manage relationships at varying levels; and work efficiently to support the achievement of key targets. You will bring excellent communication, organisational, and administrative skills, along with experience in relationship management. If you are motivated, enjoy connecting with people, and want to make a real difference in schools, this role could be the perfect fit for you! Education and Employers is a small charity of supportive and fun colleagues, working at a rapid pace to bring about change. This is a dynamic role for someone passionate about motivating and inspiring children and who relishes working with a range of stakeholders to create impactful activities. The exact brief to be finalised with the successful candidate and the funder but the role will be expected to undertake the following key accountabilities: Key Accountabilities: We will look to finalise these with the successful candidate but the postholder will have a range of responsibilities, including but not limited to the following: Relationship building The job holder will need to build positive relationships Re-engage with primary schools who have previously worked with us under a forerunner project that was undertaken last year Identify and initiate relationships with new target schools across the identified regions of Chester, Cheshire West and Northwest Lancashire in relation to the Westminster Foundation project Develop and manage these school relationships over the lifetime of the project, coordinating their day-to-day engagement in our career related learning (CRL) sessions and deepening their connection to the charity s work Organise virtual and face-to-face activities including school liaison, securing volunteers via the Inspiring the Future system and host on tech platforms (Zoom, MS Teams etc) Work with the Primary Futures Manager to build relationships and to capture and exchange good practice between schools and teaching professionals, from all areas involved in the project Build relationships with the charity s partnerships team to ensure that contacts and volunteers from the wider work of the charity are harnessed to support the Westminster Foundation funded project where possible Delivery the job holder will need to present/facilitate sessions to local schools and stakeholders Plan and arrange all logistics for the events that the postholder will deliver directly with schools. These will be both virtual and in person delivered in school settings Facilitate interactive virtual and face-to-face activities to connect pupils with volunteers through themed sessions, Q&A or job guessing-game format. Support and host teacher training sessions, staff meetings and info webinars to promote Inspiring the Future and encourage engagement and independent usage of the platform. Identify and connect with local employers, engaging the support of their organisation and staff, to secure and encourage local volunteers to help deliver CRL activities within funded projects. Resource development, technology, data and reporting the jobholder will need to use our technology, gather impact data on our behalf, develop resources, and make improvement suggestions Track and report back to the Primary Futures Manager, delivery against agreed targets and impact. This could include gathering baseline and impact data like pupil/ teacher surveys, feedback quotes, and photos of our activities (permissions to be obtained from the schools). Use Salesforce CRM to support with data management, assisting with maintaining up to date records and supporting data cleansing as needed Support the development of educational resources for teachers and pupils that provide insight into the world of work and different sectors Other ad hoc administrative tasks to support successful delivery of the project whilst always having a positive focus on improvements and how can we do things better . Promote Education and Employers wider offer and programmes as appropriate across the wider North West region. This would include our pilot project with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to inspire young people to consider future careers in local media Person specification: We are looking for someone with the following Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise Essential Minimum two years experience in a relationship management . click apply for full job details
EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS CHARITY
Jan 21, 2026
Full time
Job Title: Schools Engagement Coordinator (Inspiring the Future) Reports to: Head of School Programmes Location: Quantum House, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, EC4A 3AB. The role is open to hybrid working but the candidate would be expected to be in the office one day per week Purpose: This is a fantastic opportunity to take on the role of Schools Engagement Coordinator for Education and Employers on the internationally recognised Inspiring the Future programme. As a charity, our mission is to: ensure that every young person in our country, wherever they live, whatever their parents or carers circumstances, has the opportunity to meet a diverse range of volunteers to hear first-hand about jobs and the world of work . This key post is part of the Schools Engagement Team with responsibility for working closely with primary school and secondary school teachers and leaders to support them with running activities involving a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work. The role is rewarding and varied and will include supporting delivery of funded projects aimed at these audiences and general administrative support. Remuneration: £27k per annum Additional Terms: We offer an excellent overall package with 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Bank Holidays, plus a competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days per annum pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits, including enhancements to Statutory Payments. Appointment Terms: Permanent and full time Job Purpose: Reporting to the Head of Schools Programmes, the Schools Engagement Coordinator is responsible for working closely with school staff in promoting and empowering schools to utilise Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures, alongside delivering virtual activities for schools. These programmes are an online system connecting schools to an enormous range of fascinating volunteers from the world of work for virtual or in person activities to raise aspirations, provide insight into jobs, tackle stereotypes and demonstrate how learning at school in the present links to opportunities in the future. This role will be split between supporting the general self-service programme for schools nationally in an administrative capacity and delivering on funded projects including delivering activities to a case load of schools across parts of the country. There is opportunity to interface directly with children and young people from both secondary and primary schools. through facilitating virtual and in person interactive activities with volunteers. What we are looking for in a candidate: Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change. This is a dynamic role for someone looking to gain a breadth of experience in the charity sector and keen to learn about the education sector and career-related learning, social mobility and volunteer engagement. We are looking for someone passionate about motivating and inspiring children who relishes working with a range of stakeholders to create impactful activities. The Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the Head of School Programmes and wider Inspiring the Future team to undertake the following key accountabilities: Key Accountabilities: The following areas are broken down to reflect the proportion of the role dedicated to each area, over the course of the academic year, with priorities differing at different times of year Enquiries management and administrative support across the programme team: Managing the enquiries inbox and switchboard phone number, responding to enquiries from schools and volunteers about the charity s work and programmes and how to sign up Providing targeted support to schools such as phone calls to primary, secondary schools and colleges independently utilising the programmes using a RAG (red, amber, green) system to convert them to successful activities Providing administrative support across the volunteer and school engagement teams, including record-keeping, data entry, meeting minute-taking, scheduling, event coordination, etc Monitoring new registrations from schools and sending welcome emails, keeping this up-to-date with the latest opportunities and messaging for schools Use Salesforce CRM to support with data management, assisting with maintaining up to date records and supporting data cleansing as needed Other ad-hoc administrative tasks as needed School Engagement: Supporting new teacher registrants with onboarding processes such as welcome emails, platform demonstrations, info webinars Writing and coordinating persuasive communications campaigns to different groups of schools that have an interest in engaging with volunteers from the world of work In collaboration with rest of team, identifying need for and developing new resources and guidance to meet teacher needs and support them to make the most of our offers In collaboration with rest of team, developing and implementing new processes and technical improvements, to support increased school engagement. Project Delivery: Recruiting and engagingschools according to the geographic or sector focus of a funded project Managing relationships with a case load of schools in different areas of the country to host planning calls, deliver sessions, gather evaluation data and ensure a legacy of independent usage Setting up virtual and face-to-face activities including school liaison, securing volunteers, test calls, setting up on the Inspiring the Future system and hosting on tech platforms e.g. Zoom Facilitating virtual and face to face activities to pupils to link with volunteers, hosting and designing themed sessions online to ensure an interactive and engaging experience for children and volunteers, following a Q&A or job guessing-game format. Supporting and co-hosting sessions to teachers including teacher training, staff meetings and info webinars to promote Inspiring the Future, deepen engagement and demonstrate independent usage Supporting the development of educational resources that provide insight into the world of work and different sectors Person specification: We are looking for someone with the following Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise Essential Minimum one year s experience in a customer service, school engagement or school-based role Experience in successful relationship management ability to engage confidently and sensitively with schools/colleges and at a range of levels of seniority up to and including headteacher level Outstanding customer service and telephone manner, including handling large volumes of email enquiries and dealing with difficult situations politely and assertively Strong organisational and administrative skills including close attention to detail and effective time management Persuasive and confident communicator who is influential, and effective in presenting a concept both in person and on the phone. Good level of education, demonstrating capability in producing written content to a high standard. Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload; being able to prioritise work and working under pressure. Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft Office tools Desirable Passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through harnessing skilled volunteers to engage in education Experience in virtual facilitation with children and young people Experience of project management and delivery Experience of client relationships management (CRM) databases, in particular Salesforce Experience of marketing to schools Experience of working in a small team Experience of working with volunteers Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and data protection Comfort and confidence in working with data to inform actions Personal Attributes Commitment to uphold our charity s five values - Inspiring, Inclusive, Innovative, Impactful, Integrity Flexible responsive to changing operational context and new opportunities Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation s culture and ethos Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends Able to travel in the UK if required Application process The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds. The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 4th February and interviews will take place in the week of the 9th February. The organisation reserves the right to conduct interviews and appoint prior to the closing date dependent on the calibre of applications received. Please send a covering letter of no more than 2-3 sides of A4 setting out your interest in and suitability for the role against the job description and person specification, together with an up to date CV click apply for full job details