Job summary
Working Part time - 30 Hours per week
You will undertake the coordination of widening participation programmes and apprenticeships to support the Vocational Development Manager to fulfil service requirements. You will efficiently coordinate learners enrolled on apprenticeship programmes and widening participation activities, such as work experience and pre-employment programmes ensuring high quality delivery and lead on staple events such as work experience week and careers nights.
You will also ensure that support is offered to the education and training function in developing and accurately maintaining processes and procedures to ensure robust service delivery.
Main duties of the job
The list below is to outline the main duties involved however, this is subject to change and will vary within the given role.
1. Manage the pathway for work experience programmes, traineeships, and pre-employment programmes.2. Organise, coordinate, and manage all operational and administrative activities associated with learners on all Widening Participation activities. This will include timely completion of the correct records, booking rooms, organising resources, and scheduling classes around service demands. 3. Coordinating all work experience placements throughout the year including bespoke programme such as 'work experience week' liaising with staff trust-wide and influencing to support the increase in placement numbers. 4. Support with the coordination and delivery of Trust-wide initiatives and events such as Learning at Work Week, Apprenticeship Week and Trust-wide celebratory events. 5. Identify and inform potential departments/areas in the Trust where Apprenticeships and Widening Participation activities could be of benefit.6. Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external partners such as staff, managers, schools and colleges.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience (foundation degree)
Desirable
- Degree in events management
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Demonstrate strong capability and knowledge of IT packages (Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook)
- Experience of coordinating programmes
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of the Widening Participation and Apprenticeship agendas
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of education development
Skill and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presenting skills (verbal and written) along with the ability to communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels in a wide range of situations
- Ability to use judgmental skills and problem-solving skills to fulfil job requirements
- Ability to analyse data and interpret to support business decisions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience (foundation degree)
Desirable
- Degree in events management
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Demonstrate strong capability and knowledge of IT packages (Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook)
- Experience of coordinating programmes
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of the Widening Participation and Apprenticeship agendas
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of education development
Skill and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presenting skills (verbal and written) along with the ability to communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels in a wide range of situations
- Ability to use judgmental skills and problem-solving skills to fulfil job requirements
- Ability to analyse data and interpret to support business decisions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
