Employability Coordinator

Term Time only at 41 weeks per year

Can you demonstrate confident and engaging interpersonal skills? Can you develop pro-active relationships with internal and external stakeholders? If so, this could be the perfect role for you.

Carshalton & Merton Colleges are seeking an Employability Coordinator to build on our existing external employer partnerships, build new ones, and oversee the monitoring and organisation of work placements as well as employability activities for our full time study programme learners.

It will be your job to ensure our study programme learners gain meaningful work experience / industry placements. You’ll do this by attending networking events, building and maintaining relationships with external partners. You’ll ensure work experience placements have been correctly risk assessed and are compliant with a safe work environment, and ensure they are recorded correctly on Grofar, EBS and Pro-monitor as well as any other relevant repository. As an Employability Coordinator, you’ll also be expected to participate in parents’ evenings, open days and social functions and organise and take part in day and residential courses in the UK and abroad, as appropriate.

Experience is not essential – all that we ask is that you are hardworking and flexible and can demonstrate excellent communication skills. You’ll have high personal standards and expectations and be able to work well under pressure and to agreed deadlines.

Closing date for the return of a complete online application form is 3rd July 2022

South Thames Colleges group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 30 days plus up to 7 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.

When you click on ‘Apply’, you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.