Do you have Employment & Skills experience and want to make a real difference to people's lives?
We're pleased to have a unique opportunity for a forward-thinking individual to make a positive impact within our Employment & Training Team in?Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
This is a full time, fixed term role for 2 years, with a mix of working from home, office and out in the community.
The Role
You will be working on a new Green Skills Project that is funded by the HACT Green Skills Partnership. The aim of the project is to support customers into green employment opportunities in the BCP area. ?
This is an incredibly rewarding role in which you'll coach customers to achieve their work aspiration, either gaining qualifications or returning to, or finding better work in green sector's, in turn supporting customers to maintain their tenancies, maximise their opportunities and improve their quality of life
You'll be:
- Providing green skills focused information, advice, and guidance services to a caseload of identified or referred customers
- Developing a strong network of support agencies and providers
- Utilising a combination of digital, phone and direct delivery
- Developing personalised needs-led action plans in partnership with customers that outlines personal needs and goals, enabling them to develop the skills they need to seek, secure and sustain employment?
What we're looking for:?
- You should have a passion for green skills and be excited to support customers to improve their knowledge and?understanding about the vast employment?opportunities and progression that?the green skills sector can offer?
- You should have demonstrable experience from a similar role with good knowledge of the local labour market and green skills.
- The skills and passion to work with customers in a solution focused way, creating and supporting the delivery of action plans that create positive and sustainable change??
- Effective collaboration, the ability to quickly build positive relationships with customers as well as the job centre and other local employment support networks?
- An enjoyment of understanding customer needs and hopes for the future, helping to extend their thinking about what they can do to sustain their tenancy through employment while achieving their work goals?
- A flexible and positive attitude with the ability to self-manage, prioritising and managing multiple caseloads?
- Experience in mentoring and coaching people to realise and achieve their potential?
A full UK driving licence and access to your own transport is essential as some travel throughout the region may be required.
A basic DBS check will also be undertaken for the successful candidate.?
What you can expect from us:?
You will be part of a friendly, motivated and supportive working environment.? We invest in our people, and you will be able to develop your skills and be part of something that makes a real difference to people's lives. This role can give you the opportunity for a career within a successful and diverse organisation.
We have some great benefits on offer at SNG, including:
- £450 yearly flexible benefit pot
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)?
- Chance to buy or sell holiday ?
- Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and life cover at 4x salary
- Access to 24/7 virtual GP service
- Wellbeing discounts including gym memberships
- Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover?
About us:
It's an exciting time to be a?part?of the team?as Sovereign have joined?forces?with?Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group).?Together?we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in?communities?across London and the South of England.?Our?purpose is to provide good?affordable?homes in thriving?communities?that people love for?generations.
We invest for the long term, in?individual?homes,?our?customers?and work?with?partners to make a lasting difference to?our?neighbourhoods. Sovereign Network Group's financial strength?will?enable us to meet?housing?needs,?regenerate?places and build on the existing strengths in?our?communities.
We are?committed?to?our?Equality?Diversity?and?Inclusion?strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at?our?careers site to learn more about us and?our?values.