Job description
Role title: Education Officer (Full-Time) Cheshire East.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Accountable to: Operations Manager
Location: Cheshire East, (Covering Crewe/Knutsford/Macclesfield/Alsager)
Salary: £23K-£24K
Purpose of Role
For the role of Education Officer, you will:
- Delivery appropriate training for education providers in Cheshire East
- Create and sustain partnerships with education providers across Cheshire
- Conduct assessments with young carers
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver training and guidance to provide teachers/support staff with the relevant knowledge to identify and support young carers
- To work with colleagues to integrate the education programme into the current service, ensuring it supports and progresses the development of young carers
- To prepare the relevant data and service reports for funders, users and stakeholders
- Take responsibility for ensuring all new programmes are in accordance with Cheshire Young Carers policies
- Raise the profile of Cheshire Young Carers work through networking and distribution of information, service updates, reports and presentations across the county
- Have a knowledge of support services to ensure the education programmes reflects the support they can provide the young carers
- To attend meetings with elected members and other internal and external meetings that are deemed appropriate
- Any other tasks reasonably expected by Cheshire Young Carers commensurate with the position
This post is subject to a three-month probationary period. DBS disclosure applies.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
- Knowledge of the education sector (E)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (E)
- Strong organisational skills (E)
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise own workload (E)
- Ability to remain calm when under pressure and work to strict deadlines (E)
- Ability to maintain, develop and implement systems (E)
- Effective project management skills (D)
- Knowledge of Young Carers (D)
Education/Qualification
- A qualification in education/social work/community sector (E)
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths at grade ‘C’ or above (E)
IT Skills
- Competent MS Office User, confident using.
- MS Excel (E) (spreadsheet creation, formatting & maintenance)
- MS Word (E) (letter & table creating and formatting)
- MS Outlook (E) (emails, calendar, task list)
- MS PowerPoint (D)
Experience
- Experience in working within the voluntary sector (D)
- Experience of working within the education sector (E)
- Experience working with volunteers (D)
- An understanding of the current issues relating to supporting young carers (D)
Attributes
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work (E)
- A ‘can do’ attitude towards work (E)
- Team player with collaborative and supportive style (E)
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends (E)
- Ability to travel to occasional meetings away from the office (E)
- Clean driving license to be held (E)
- Access to a car (E)
Key: (D) = Desirable requirement
(E) = Essential
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person
