Employability Coach (UK Based FTC)

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., 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
  
  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.
  
  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 >100,000 people into roles, working with over 4,000 employer partners to date across 16 countries and 26 professions. Since launching in the UK in 2019 have now trained more than 3000 people. Our work focuses on supporting those from diverse groups facing barriers to desirable employment. For these learners, we have achieved an industry leading c. 70% job placement rate with learners now placed at >800 employers. We have secured transformative corporate funding from Microsoft, the JP Morgan Charitable Foundation, the Macquarie Group Foundation, Barclays, Blackrock, and many more. We are also the leading charity delivering under contracts from the Department for Education's Skills Bootcamp strand. This has driven our scale to new programmes, regions and beneficiary groups. By joining Generation UK&I, you will become part of an organisation committed to social impact and determined to play its part in changing the system in this context. The work is fast-paced, exciting, and innovative.

Salary: £30,000 to £32,500 p.a. Contract: Fixed Term Full-time ; 40 hours a week- (9:00 AM to 6:00 PM), 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.