Location
Hybrid – with travel across five boroughs in South London, including the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Hours
1 part time role – 18 hours per week & 3 full time roles available

Salary
£38,976 - £47,229 per annum

About the Role
As a Careers & Skills Facilitator, you will play a key role in improving careers education and opportunities for young people across South London. Working across schools, colleges, employers and local partners, you will use your ability to build relationships, influence decision-makers and identify innovative solutions to drive meaningful improvements in careers provision, employer engagement and young people's progression outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working across complex systems, bringing people together around shared goals and turning insight into action. You will act as a trusted adviser to education leaders, helping them strengthen careers education, connect with employers and create better opportunities for young people, particularly those most at risk of disadvantage or becoming NEET.
In this varied and rewarding role, you will:
- Manage a portfolio of schools and colleges across South London, building trusted relationships with senior leaders, supporting continuous improvement in careers education.
- Use data and performance insight to identify gaps, target support and drive measurable improvements in outcomes for young people.
- Work with employers to create high-quality experiences of the workplace, helping young people develop skills, confidence and progression opportunities.
- Influence and support education leaders to embed careers education within whole-school improvement strategies.
- Design and facilitate CPD sessions, networks and improvement activities that build capacity across the education system.
- Identify new opportunities, partnerships and approaches that improve participation, employer engagement and progression outcomes.
- Collaborate with local authorities, employers and strategic partners to strengthen the careers and skills ecosystem across South London.
- Support the delivery of key Careers Hub priorities, helping to shape a more connected and employer-informed system.

Experience
- A strong track record of building productive relationships and influencing a wide range of stakeholders, including education leaders, employers, partners and community organisations.
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating programmes or projects, achieving measurable outcomes and using performance information to improve delivery.
- Experience of using data, evidence and insight to identify priorities, target interventions and improve performance and outcomes.
- Experience of delivering activity that improves outcomes for young people, with an understanding of the barriers they face and the role of education, employers and careers provision in supporting progression.

About You
- A curious and innovative mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities, test new approaches and continuously improve services and delivery.
- Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage, persuade and influence different audiences and encourage positive change.
- Commitment to improving outcomes for young people.
- Naturally curious, highly collaborative and confident engaging senior stakeholders, able to spot opportunities, build partnerships and turn ideas into action.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated; however, relevant experience and skills in careers education, stakeholder engagement and programme delivery are essential.