This role is funded by the NEIC Programme Implementation Board and managed by the NCI Careers Team as part of a strategic government initiative for Dublin's North East Inner City to oversee the long-term social and economic regeneration of the area.
This role has reporting lines to National College of Ireland, NEIC Programme Implementation Board and the Department of An Taoiseach and has responsibility for running and developing a large scale, high impact work placement and mentoring scheme for Transition Year and Leaving Certificate Applied students across 6 local secondary schools.
In 2023/2024 NCI delivered 340 placements, 42 flash mentoring events and 7 employer hosted coffee mornings for the 6 schools.
Reporting to:
Head of Career Development & Employability Manager
Key Relationships:
- Career Development & Employability Manager
- Director of Student Services
- NEIC Programme Office
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Principals in 6 local Secondary Schools
- Employers- Public /Private / Civil Service
Key Responsibilities:
As part of the Career Development and Employability team, this full-time role has responsibility for delivering on agreed work placement and mentoring targets across 6 schools (Work placements and mentors for over 200 students) which will involve:
Relationship Management:
- Building relationships with the Principals, TY Co-ordinators and Career Guidance teachers within the 6 schools in the NEIC area.
- Building and developing relationships with a large range of employers from different sectors to ensure there are an appropriate number of employers and mentors involved in the different programmes.
- Building relationships with the TY students to guide the type of insights and experience sought whilst also assisting in promoting the students effectively to employers.
- Building and developing relationships with the relevant NEIC subgroup committees.
Administration:
- Completing all administration surrounding a large-scale placement and mentoring programme and logging all activity for reporting.
- Developing and implementing placement and mentoring programme guidelines for organisations, students and schools.
- Garda vetting all mentoring volunteers (circa 150-200)
- Writing and publishing handbooks with guidance for both students and organisations.
- Working with schools to schedule work placement weeks within their assigned dates.
- Advertising placements within the school, creating interest and working with the school to confirm students for each placement. Dealing with all administration around individual placements, offer letters, confirmations, placement check ins and post placement surveys.
- Organising large numbers of individual and group mentoring events online.
- Monitoring the progress of the work placements and mentoring programmes closely to ensure success and resolve issues timely.
- Creating whatever resources or publications needed to facilitate the success of the programme.
Reporting:
- Developing, undertaking and reporting on surveys to measure impact.
- Producing detailed bi-weekly reports on progress to NEIC and meeting regularly to update on progress and resolve any issues.
- Producing a comprehensive end of project report with results, feedback and impact.
Marketing:
- Visioning and implementing an impactful social media campaign to promote the NEIC Placement and Mentoring initiative to employers via LinkedIn, twitter and email.
- Writing and then working with designers to develop promotional material.
Whatever other duties are deemed necessary to fulfil the role requirements.
Key Attributes / Competencies:
- Positive, enthusiastic, solution focused approach to work with the ability to self-manage and contribute positively to a team environment.
- Excellent attention to detail with great follow through.
- Plenty of initiative and comfortable multi-tasking and working to demanding deadlines and targets with the ability to take ownership and responsibility for placement and mentoring objectives.
- Commitment to improving social mobility, democratising access to opportunity and a belief that all students should have the opportunity to realise their potential, regardless of their background.
- Natural networker who is comfortable with business development and experienced in building and sustaining strong relationships.
- Some experience of working with TY students or employers would be an advantage.
- An entrepreneurial mindset, able to see and act on opportunities where they may not be obvious.
- Great written and verbal communicator with the ability to produce high quality impact oriented reports suitable for a senior management audience.
- Strong MS Office suite, MS Teams, Zoom and social media skills.
- 3-5 years’ relevant experience with a third level qualification.
Contract:
8 months fixed term contract
Salary:
Specialist/ Senior Administrator €37,271-€53,839
Annual Leave:
24 Days per annum pro rata
Hours:
Full Time
To Apply:
Please apply with a CV and cover letter both in PDF format ONLY, quoting reference number: NCI 1042 to: recruitment-cdolan@ncirl.ie by 5:00 pm, 31st July 2024.
Note: The functions and responsibilities assigned to the North East Inner City – TY Work Placement and Mentoring
Officer are based on the current stated role and objectives of the College. These functions and responsibilities may alter in line with any change in the role and objectives of the College.
The successful applicant will be subject to Garda Vetting and must not have any convictions under the Sex Offenders Act 2001.
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- Their irrevocable consent to NCI making such enquiries as deemed necessary in respect of their suitability for the post in respect of which their application is made.
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