Employability Coach (UK Based FTC)

Location: This will be a hybrid role, based largely remotely. Candidates should be able to travel to a Generation UK Hub (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, or Dublin) and willing to travel for team/organisation meetings and events (1-4 days per month on average).

Salary: £30,000 to £32,500 p.a.( London weighting will be applied for London candidates)

Contract: Fixed Term Full-time ; 40 hours a week- (9:00 AM to 6:00 PM)

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Employability Coach, you’ll sit at the heart of Generation UK&I, and will play an integral role in delivering high-quality mentorship and coaching. You will work closely with Generation graduates and lead on employability skills building and job-seeking support. You will support graduates as they apply and interview for roles in their new career field and into employment. You will lead group coaching and 121 sessions on CV and cover letter writing, interview skills, networking, and staying motivated whilst job-seeking. You’ll work closely with Generation mentors who support learners on their boot-camps. You will also work closely with the regional partnerships teams to prepare graduates for job opportunities.

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation's mission is to train, coach and support people into life-changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible to them.

We are a UK registered charity, founded by McKinsey and Company, delivering tailored programmes to recruit, train and place unemployed people into work. Through our unique approach, we also solve a wide range of employer challenges—skilled talent shortages, poor job performance, lack of diversity, and high turnover.

Generation launched globally in 2015, and has grown quickly to become the world’s largest demand-led employment initiative. We have placed over 60,000 people into roles (all of whom have suffered some form of barrier to work), working with over 5,000 employer partners to date across 16 countries and 30 professions.

Generation UK&I is currently running training to employment programmes in the West Midlands, London, Manchester, Dublin, Leeds and Scotland. We run a range of tech bootcamps with partners including The Prince’s Trust, Amazon Web Services, Multiverse and Infinity Works, as well as programmes supporting people into healthcare, the Green sector and customer service roles. In addition, we provide lighter-touch career support for people looking to find work but who don't have a specific profession in mind.

By joining Generation UK&I now, you will become part of an organisation which is determined to play its part in addressing both of these challenges for people in the UK and Ireland over the coming months and years.

Find out more at www.generation.org

RESPONSIBILITIES

Employability Support

• Deliver employability sessions based on graduate needs, including CV workshops and interview skills
• Facilitate and conduct mock interviews for graduates, providing specific and constructive feedback
• Provide individual interview preparation and motivational support for graduates applying for specific roles
• Provide targeted feedback on CVs, Cover Letters, Personal statements
• Prepare students to attend employer events, e.g. best practices on networking with employers and making a good first impression
• Ensure graduates are engaging with post-programme curricula
• Help graduates settle into their new careers, providing targeted support and wellbeing check-ins during the first months of employment

Team

• Work with Generation on-programme mentors to ensure continuity of pastoral support after graduation
• Work with regional partnerships teams to prepare graduates for specific roles
• Work with the Head of Employability and Mentorship to improve the employability curriculum

Safeguarding

• Respond to all safeguarding concerns as per the Safeguarding policy, involving other professionals as necessary
• Record all concerns in the Safeguarding log as per the Safeguarding policy

Data and reporting:

• Track post-programme engagement using tools such as Salesforce and Power BI
• Develop reporting tools to enhance visible across graduated cohorts

• Review graduate and employer feedback, use this feedback to design activities and support intervention

Requirements

PERSON SPECIFICATION

You are an experienced mentor and/or career coach, driven to provide the best support possible to young people. You are passionate about supporting young adults to reach their full potential and are energized by the thought of supporting a cohort into employment. Your background in mentoring, education or social work means that you know where to turn for specialist support, and how to identify when it is needed.

Specific requirements include, but are not limited to:

• Integrity, positive attitude, and self-directed with demonstrated passion for Generation's mission
• Experience supporting young people and unemployed adults
• Knowledgeable of safeguarding principles and practices
• Experience working across teams and projects
• Flexible and a willingness to try adapt in order to problem-solve and increase efficiency

ABOUT YOU

Here are the core attributes we think you'll need to succeed in the role:

• Resourceful - you know how to find things, solve things, answer questions, reach people.
• Passionate about the cause - you have a demonstrated interest and motivation to support those from a disadvantaged background.
• Organised - you can efficiently and effectively execute many different things at the same time.
• Emotionally intelligent communicator - you engage well with young people, colleagues, partners, employers.
• Sound judgement - you work independently, and when faced with issues react calmly and logically.

Benefits

At Generation, we're changing the lives of many individuals, and that in itself gets us out of bed! Here are a few other benefits you'll experience working with the UK team:

• Purpose and social impact in the heart of your work;
• Opportunity to make your mark - you'll have a lot of autonomy to bring the Generation blueprint to life in a way that makes sense for your region;
• Opportunity to get involved with a range of activities and varied projects - we're a small team, so there are lots of opportunities to get involved in projects across the whole organisation;
• Performance-related bonus to reward output achievement;
• We offer Flexible and remote working to accommodate everyone's preferred working pattern/preferences and unique needs.;
• WFH set up offer of support of £300 to help you make your working-from-home setup comfortable and efficient;
• Professional Development is a priority for Generation and employees and you can access to up to £1,000 towards your learning & development per year. This support is accompanied by up to 5 days of training days/ study leave per year to enable your development activities.

A FAIR CHANCE

Every role at Generation is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well, you.

We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become. More than just encouraging your application, we're committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope) cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We go further together. It’s this philosophy that drives us towards our mission. We open our doors to those who share this mindset.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates from marginalised groups. We will assess applications on a rolling basis and close this posting as soon as we have found the right candidate.

We look forward to hearing from you.