Job summary
Employer heading
Workforce Development Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
In this role, you will make a real difference to the careers of people across our community, while also having a positive impact on our workforce pipeline.
We are looking for a friendly, outgoing and motivated new member of the team, with a passion for widening participation - work experience placements, apprenticeships, T-Levels, functional skills, and other fantastic schemes.
This is a coordination role, requiring administrative skills, intuition and communication. You will be working closely within a team who will support you to achieve great results.
Main duties of the job
- Support the delivery of the Workforce Development team, particularly the apprenticeship and widening participation programmes.
- Be a point of contact for general queries including but not limited to apprenticeships, T-Levels, functional skills and work experience placements.
- Administrate the work experience programme with senior support and guidance.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Work closely with Widening Participation Manager and Clinical Apprenticeship Lead on Workforce Development project delivery, taking actions while also working on own initiative.
- Develop and maintain relationships with Trust services, schools and colleges to support work experience and T-Level placements in the organisation.
- Develop and maintain relationships with Trust staff wanting to develop their careers via apprenticeships and other courses.
- Involvement in the Widening Participation project Oversight Group to communicate with other participants and take on board actions related to project delivery.
- Enrol staff onto Functional Skills programmes via approved providers.
- Support Clinical Apprentice Lead and Widening Participation Manager with enrolment and recruitment of apprentices.
- Support Widening Participation Manager with the work experience programme and assist in arranging and confirming placements.
- Monitor, file and record apprenticeship, work experience and other widening participation paperwork, sending to relevant parties to obtain signatures if and when required.
- Monitor and record data and information related to areas of responsibility.
- Support the planning and facilitation of courses, workshops and other sessions, both online and face-to-face, related to area of knowledge and experience.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification document for further details on team structure and candidate requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths C/4 or above, or equivalent qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Business Admin, or equivalent level of experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of office working adhering to relevant Standard Operating Procedures
- Experience of face-to-face or telephone communication, to interpret and act on information
- Experience of coordinating activities or people
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using workforce or educational systems
- Experience of using databases or spreadsheets
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Able to competently use IT systems relevant to staff administration functions
- Excellent customer service skills
Desirable criteria
- Problem solving skills
- Knowledge of work experience placements, apprenticeships, or other widening participation schemes
Other requirements
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use initiative and resourcefulness in own area of responsibility
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Daniel Alder
- Job title
- Widening Participation Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919545857
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