CITY YEAR UK: School Partnership / Programme Officer

School Partnership / Programme Officer

City Year UK is a youth social action charity which challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, they support pupils growing up in some of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK.

The City Year experience empowers these exceptional and diverse young people to realise their aspirations and grow as leaders, both through their impact on children’s lives and through training, coaching and career development opportunities.

From Monday to Thursday, City Year UK’s volunteers are integral to the school day. They encourage pupils both in and out of the classroom to engage with and enjoy learning, while developing their own skills. On Fridays they meet to share experiences and benefit from additional training, delivered by experts from across the education, business and voluntary sectors.

City Year was first established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1988 and operates in 27 cities across America, as well as Johannesburg in South Africa. City Year UK launched in London in 2010 and has since expanded to Birmingham and Greater Manchester.

Position: School Programme Officer

Location: at a partner school in Birmingham

Job type: full-time, permanent

Salary: £19k – £22k per annum, dependant on experience, with up to 5% employer pension contributions when probation completed

Holiday leave: a minimum of 43 days holiday leave per year

Closing date: 11am – Monday 30th May 2016

Applicants must be available for interview on: Tuesday 7th June 2016

About the Role:

As School Programme Officer you will be predominantly based in a school on behalf of City Year UK as a link between both organisations. In that context you will be the custodian of City Year’s culture; responsible for managing the team; coordinating, monitoring and evaluating all the activities that the organisation provides on or off site. You will be the main link to all parties involved and report to an office-based line manager. The successful post holder will be responsible for the line management of up to 13 full-time school-based volunteers.

You will play a key role in the management, training and retention of the volunteers along with pastoral oversight for the team and their relationships with those they come into contact with i.e. children, parents, education professionals, funders and other stakeholders.

Within the role you will be working closely with designated school staff to meet clearly defined objectives as set out in the partnership agreement with City Year and ensure service excellence. This will involve being the link between the school and City Year UK by maintaining regular contact with both, ensuring communication flows effectively and records are kept.

Additionally you will use City Year UK’s portfolio of initiatives and collaborate with colleagues to identify solutions that meet the school’s brief and effectively communicate the value of such to school leaders and the volunteers.

About You:

To succeed in this role you will have a passion for education, children and young people and have good experience of working in a school or education setting. With a sound understanding of school leadership priorities and an ability to represent City Year UK in this context, you will be a strong leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

In addition you will have the ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, whilst paying attention to detail. You will also have experience of effective team working, influencing, persuading and negotiation skills.

You may have experience of the following: School Programme Officer, Education, Charity, Partnerships Officer, Young People, Project Coordinator, School Liaison Officer, Not For Profit, Programme Officer, Partnership Coordinator, Teacher, Academic Coaching etc.

This vacancy is being advertised by Easy Web Recruitment, the UK’s leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by Easy Web Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.