The overall purpose of the role is to effectively engage with and manage relationships with schools, colleges, training/community providers and key delivery partners in order to plan, facilitate and deliver recruitment and promotional activities to maximise NCS programme participation.
General Description
- To promote NCS in schools, college and other settings across the local area as agreed in the organisational recruitment plan
- Develop and maintain relationships with Schools, Colleges, local authorities, and other key stakeholders to promote the NCS opportunity
- Identify and engage with key contacts in schools/colleges who are in a position to arrange NCS recruitment events
- Liaise with school/college key contacts to ensure an academic year-round suite of NCS recruitment and engagement events are agreed in 100% of allocated mainstream schools
- Liaise with school/college key contacts to ensure school support with parent/guardian engagement
- Arrange and deliver events which engage with parents/guardians during the recruitment period of NCS to ensure they have a full understanding of the NCS programme and the benefits of the programme to their child
- Deliver presentations and other agreed recruitment events to all allocated secondary schools, non-mainstream schools, colleges, and other organisations that engage with the 15-17 age group
- Process documentation from recruitment events timely and accurate manner
- Engage, support, and encourage young people who have expressed an interest in the NCS programme to convert from expression of interest to full sign up.
- To achieve weekly and monthly recruitment targets as set out by the NCS Manager
- To report key information to the NCS Manager following each recruitment event, including volume of EOIs generated, audience size, conversion rates and recruitment volumes at individual recruitment sites
- Monitor volume of sign ups generated at each recruitment event and adjust recruitment plans accordingly to maximise participation in the NCS programme
- Attend regular team and organisations meetings reporting key performance achievements/areas for improvement.
- Embed the Programme Quality Framework into all recruitment and engagement activities.
- Any other duties as reasonably requested by the line manager.
Qualifications
- Experience with the NCS programme and a sound understanding of the Programme and its objectives.
- Experience and/or knowledge of secondary and higher education sector or youth engagement / local authority sector
- Experience of data inputting and working with a CRM system.
- Knowledge of adhering to GDPR.
Skills & Experience
- Sales experience within a targeted environment and proven track record as a top performer
- Excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to influence, persuade and listen to others effectively
- Experience of delivering presentations to large audiences.
- Experience and/or knowledge of secondary and higher education sector or youth engagement / local authority sector
- Ability to relate well to young people from a wide range of backgrounds, engage them in activities which support their development and relate sensitively and confidentially to the needs of young people, parents, and their families.
- Experience of working to quantitative and qualitative targets.
- Excellent time management, administration, and problem-solving skills
- A commitment to supporting young people and the principles of equality and diversity
- An understanding of safeguarding and health and safety in a youth work setting.
- Ability to work on independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills including written, telephone and interpersonal skills.
- Proven planning and organisation skills.
- A clean driving license and access to a car (Not Applicable to London)
- Strong administrative and IT skills, Microsoft Office, and Google packages.
Application Closing Date: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Interview Date: This will be a face to face interview and arranged post lockdown directly with shortlisted candidates
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