This is an exciting community based role focused on promoting the We Work for Families service across North Ayrshire. This is a 16 hour per week position, paid at the Real Living Wage, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within local communities. The successful candidate will be responsible for building strong partnerships, generating high quality referrals, increasing engagement and supporting parents to access employability, training and wider support services.
The successful candidate will be confident engaging with people from a range of backgrounds and able to build positive relationships with community organisations, schools, health services, employers and local stakeholders.
We welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills gained through recruitment, sales, retail, customer service, business development, community engagement and partnership focused roles.
We are seeking a motivated and outgoing individual with experience in recruitment, sales, business development or customer engagement. You will have a track record of building relationships, identifying opportunities, promoting services and generating referrals through effective networking and partnership development.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working towards engagement, referral and performance targets, using initiative and creativity to maximise opportunities and increase participation in the service. Experience of achieving targets, generating leads or delivering measurable outcomes within previous roles would be highly advantageous.
The role involves attending community events, developing referral pathways, promoting the service both online and in person, maintaining accurate records and supporting the wider team to achieve project outcomes.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, connecting people with opportunities and making a meaningful impact within local communities.
- Experience in recruitment, sales, customer service, business development, community engagement, partnership working or a related field.
- Experience of working towards and achieving performance, engagement, referral or business development targets.
- Proven ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload whilst maintaining a focus on achieving agreed outcomes and objectives.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience using Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Positive, proactive and solution focused approach.
- Experience working within employability, community development, third sector or support services.
- Knowledge of local communities and services across North Ayrshire.
- Experience of social media engagement and promotion.
- Experience using Canva or creating digital content.
- Experience of generating referrals, promoting services or developing partnerships.
- Understanding of the barriers that can affect parents progressing into employment, education or training.
Location
The role will be based in the Ardrossan office, with regular travel across communities in North Ayrshire required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Lennox Partnership is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people with disabilities or long term health conditions and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
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