Job Description

Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.\xe2\x80\x9d

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

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Shaw Trust Children\xe2\x80\x99s Services are funded by a local authorities, schools and colleges to provide the information, advice and guidance required to enable young people to progress into and remain in education, training and employment.

We are required to maintain contact to check that they have made a successful transition into education, employment or training. A significant proportion of this information is requested from schools and colleges by our National Management Information Team. Where enrolment information is processed for hundreds of thousands of client records on the client database, CCIS.

A number of young people do not appear on the enrolment lists and therefore require direct contact to find out if young people have progressed into learning and work or become unemployed.

Working as a member of the Midlands Management Information Team you will support the achievement of the teams\xe2\x80\x99 objectives. Provide follow-up activities (inc. Phone Calls, Emails and Home Visits), processing of lists onto the central database.

Hours
Due to the nature of Follow-up activities the hours of this post will require some evening and weekend time throughout the year. Main hours/days will be Monday to Friday, with hours negotiated between the times of 8am and 7:30pm, which would allow for childcare needs to be taken into account.

Weekend hours, which would be between 10am and 4pm, when needed, will be agreed in advance during peak periods of work, and will form part of the 37.5 hour week

Essential:

You will have:

• GCSE C or above (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of data handling using Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge in the use of client database data entry
• Demonstration of good organisational skills

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Location:

Home Based

Employee Benefits

As well as helping to make a positive difference to the lives of young people, as an employee of Shaw Trust you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years\xe2\x80\x99 service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters\xe2\x80\x99 levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women\xe2\x80\x99s Network)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here:

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In our most recent colleague survey \xe2\x80\x9c86% of our colleagues say we demonstrate a true commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion\xe2\x80\x9d.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government\xe2\x80\x99s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact:

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

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