An outstanding Catholic school based in North West London is looking for an Administrator with SIMS experience for a maternity cover starting in September 2010.

Areas of responsibility:
- Meeting and greeting visitors, parents and students
- Enter and update student attendance (SIMS)
- Answering phones
- Ordering of stationery
- General Administrative duties

All applicants must have excellent knowledge in Microsoft programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and have a typing speed of 40 WPM.

Interested candidates must proactive, enthusiastic and hardworking.

Please note the following requirements prior to applying for this position:
- You must have good spoken English;
- You must have a minimum of 6 months child related experience;
- Your CV must cover the last 5 years employment history and any employment breaks must be explained;
- You need to supply two recent professional references, relating to your work with children;
- This position is subject to an Enhanced CRB Disclosure.

PA to the Vice Principal (Enfield) £20,182 to £22,060 plus £1,701 LW.

Our client, a Further Education College specialising in land-based training, is looking to recruit a
PA to the Vice Principal.

Description of duties

Reporting to the PA to the Chief Executive, main duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinating and maintaining papers, files and records of all curriculum and management meetings and events organised and attended by the Vice Principal.
• Undertaking and prioritising word and data processing as requested by the Vice Principal, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Providing an administrative service for the College’s Academic Board, Quality Meeting and Governing Body Curriculum and Quality Committee, to include taking minutes, preparation of agendas, and collation of background reports.
• Liaison with Governors, funding and awarding bodies, outside organisations/agencies, academic and administrative staff and Student Registry as required.
• Responding to telephone enquiries and taking messages on behalf of the Vice Principal.
• Managing the Vice Principal’s diary to include making appointments and arranging meetings.
• Ensuring that work generated by the Vice Principal to include photocopying, filing and distribution of information/post/documents to other members of staff is processed. Opening the post of the Vice Principal and processing post as appropriate.
• Assisting the PA to the Chief Executive with projects involving the Chief Executive and Vice Principal as required and, in the absence of the PA to the Chief Executive, assisting with the provision of cover where possible.
• Keeping records, collating and providing information as required for reports to include annual leave for staff line managed by the Vice Principal, budgets, and statistics associated with the academic delivery of the college including funding returns.
• Ensuring that staff are informed of meetings they are required to attend and the dates.
Ensuring that papers/files, accommodation, resources and refreshments are available for relevant meetings.
• Leading on administrative arrangements for College monitoring and assessment including, Ofsted and QAA review, Training Quality Standard accreditation, Matrix and Investors in People recognition.
• Contributing to arrangement of College functions as requested to include the annual Awards Ceremony at the Enfield centre and other centres in liaison with other appropriate members of staff. • Supporting administration of Learner Satisfaction Surveys and Staff Satisfaction surveys in liaison with QDP Data Services.

Experience/special knowledge/job requirements

Successful candidates will need the following qualifications, experience and personal skills:

• Experience of working in an administrative environment
• Substantial experience of using Microsoft suite of software. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.)
• Successful experience of taking minutes
• NVQ 2 or equivalent in Business Administration
• Good level of general education to level 3
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Good level of computer literacy
• Outstanding organisational skills & ability to work to deadlines

It is desirable for candidates to possess:

• Experience of working in an educational environment
• Successful experience of project administration
• NVQ 3 equivalent in Business Administration

Start Date: 1st September 2010

Working for a successful training organisation, you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with jobseekers, understanding and meeting their needs and really believing that the organisation can help everyone towards the world of work.
Person Profile

We are seeking someone who has a real passion for people. Someone who can empower, motivate, support and advise customers, helping them into sustainable employment with the ultimate goal of improving their lives.

Accountabilities:

• Cross-reference, screen and refer job ready job seekers to employment opportunities.
• Using all the relationships and resources to help more clients into sustainable employment.
• Working imaginatively and flexibly with people on their caseload to help them into sustainable employment.
• Providing the bridge between engagement and employer consultants so that the client receives the best possible service and opportunities.
• Operating in a solutions ‘can-do’, proactive environment acting as a champion for the client, really believing that we can help them back to work.

Responsibilities include:

• Using your drive, initiative and sales experience to generate those all important job opportunities.
• Building long term relationships with local employers
• Working really closely with your customers and their Job Centre Advisor to identify and match the right customer to the right job opportunity.
• Having 1-2-1 job matching sessions to understand your customers’ preferences with regards to job type, salary and location.
• Providing advice, support and interview sessions, to ensure your customers have the right training and coaching and feel confident about attending interviews.
• Ensuring that all your documentation is accurate, up to date and returned within the deadlines that are set to you.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Proven experience gained from within a sales environment, preferably recruitment.
• An understanding and interest of the local labour market in order to provide knowledgeable advice.
• Negotiation skills and the ability to flex your style of communication when dealing with a wide variety of different people and situations.
• Self motivation, a friendly competitive drive and the flexibility to travel when required.
• I.T literacy, specifically experience of using all MS Office packages.
• An NVQ in Information Advice and Guidance would be beneficial.

Salary £16k – £18k basic, plus commission

To apply please click on the following link:

JobMAETs Consultant / Job Coach

KEYWORDS: Sales, Recruitment, JOBMAET, Employer Engagement,Recruitment Consultant, Back to work, employability, Job Coach

Description
JOB TITLE: JobMAETs Manager, Chesterfield
SALARY: £28k – £30k (Negotiable)

Job purpose:
Working for a successful Training Organisation, you will be managing a dynamic team to target individual employers to secure opportunities for jobseekers who have undergone training to be placed into sustainable employment and to establish and maintain excellent relationships with jobseekers, understanding and meeting their needs in seeking employment.

Person profile:
Someone who has gravitas and can build excellent relations with major employers as well as SMEs, Genuinely cares about the jobseeker and can provide the trust and respect to all individuals. Is work focused and is able to use a variety of skills to challenge and persuade people. Is confident, tenacious, committed and dedicated, is able to motivate and has a genuine interest in people. Is constantly searching for new solutions, and striving for the best solution for each person. Is able to work well as part of a team and recognises the interdependencies with the rest of the location.

Accountable for:
• Placing people who are out of work into sustainable employment within the contract rules.
• Developing new relationships with companies and organisations.
• Using all the relationships and resources of the company, training departments and wider partnerships to help more clients into sustainable employment.
• Working imaginatively and flexibly with people on their caseload to help them into sustainable employment.
• Providing a solid link between the jobseeker and the company, to ensure that both clients receive the best possible service and opportunities.
• Operating in a solutions ‘can-do’, proactive environment acting as a champion for the jobseeker, really believing that we can help them back to work.
• Managing the targets and audit compliancy of the contract.
• Team and team development

Responsibilites include:

• Plan/carry out/support local marketing activities to agreed budgets and timescales, and integrate personal sales efforts with other organized marketing activities, eg., product launches, promotions, advertising, exhibitions and telemarketing.
• Communicate, liaise, and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to facilitate the development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.
• Attend and present at external customer meetings and internal meetings with other company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business development.
• To develop strong relationships with partners, networks, clients and staff
• To play a key role in giving ‘Direction’ to the company and leading change through a strong belief system and commitment to creating a learning organisation
• To employ, manage and motivate all staff under your direct control to achieve best practice and the required standards of service, in line with current employment legislation.
• Following regular appraisal to prepare training needs analysis for your team and coordinate appropriate training as required .

To view the job and to apply online, please click on the following link:

JobMAETs Manager Vacancy

kEYWORDS: Training Sector, Recruitment, Recruiter, Employability, JobMAETs, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Near Sheffield South Yorkshire, “Recruitment consultant”, employability services, training sector management, employer engagement, employer engagement manager

Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 (Negotiable)