All LocationsAll Locations:
Dorset
Advertising SalarySalary Details:
£30,599 to £33,366
What is the vacancy type for this advertVacancy Type:
Permanent
Function:
Schools
Job Working PatternJob Working Pattern:
Full time

About the role

Role purpose

You will be working within the Skills & Learning - Adult Community Education service, to engage with the community, employers and other stakeholders to understand and respond to local skills and employment needs. Skills and Learning deliver adult education courses across both BCP and Dorset Council area and this role will be predominantly working in the West and North Dorset areas.

Main responsibilities
 
  • work with Area Programme Managers to increase enrolments on our courses 
  • establish links with potential partners
  • identify local skills needs of communities and employers
  • identify funding opportunities that will facilitate innovative partnerships and support the financial aims of the service
  • organise and attend promotional and recruitment events to raise the profile of adult education
  • attend networking events and meetings to build relationships with local stakeholders
  • collaborate on projects across both council areas, such as Connect to Work
You will be based at either our Dorchester or Weymouth centre, with the opportunity for some remote/home working. There is also a requirement to be able to travel to all of our centres around Dorset, as well as partner events and network meetings in venues across the County. This is an outreach post, so the majority of your work will be outside of the office. 

As well as the travel aspect of the role, you will need to have a flexible approach to working hours as there will be occasional evening and weekend working to attend meetings or events. 

Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities.

Further Information

The ideal candidate

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can confidently communicate with stakeholders at all levels. You will have knowledge and understanding of local priorities and of adult education. This is important because you will be engaging with employers and communities to identify what opportunities there are for collaboration. 

Specific Qualifications and Experience

Essential:
 
  • educated to Diploma level/ NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience.
  • experience of working in the post 16 sector, community engagement or community-based work
  • substantial experience of co-ordinating projects and events
  • comprehensive knowledge of employers, community and third sector local organisations
  • ability to plan and manage own workload
  • ability to influence, persuade, and engage with people using empathy
Desirable:
 
  • IAG qualification at Level 3
  • detailed knowledge of grant and funding opportunities
  • knowledge of community group governance and best practice
  • substantial experience in communications and marketing activity
As Skills & Learning - Adult Community Education cover the whole of Dorset, we have Learning Centres in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Dorchester, Weymouth and Blandford as well as community venues across the county that we use to deliver courses. We also regularly have partner meetings and events in other locations in Dorset. You will need to be able to travel to all of these sites in a timely manner, often with promotional equipment and merchandise. 

About Us

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils. 

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the job description or role profile for more details.

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