Job Description

The Role:

The Employer Liaison Officer will report to the DYW Programme Operations Manager and is responsible for supporting the delivery of a programme of work to effect real change around youth opportunities and greater employer engagement in this process. The main focus will be to support the delivery of an employer-led programme of work, through a small team hosted by The Perthshire Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Regional Board and Working Groups to achieve the KPIs and outputs agreed with Scottish Government. This is an externally facing and potentially high profile role within the business and education community, working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.

As an Employer Liaison Officer, you will be responsible for managing a team of school based DYW Coordinators. You will manage performance and delivery of KPIs aligned to these roles which involves implementing a programme of employer engagement aimed at enhancing the curriculum and increasing pupils’ career awareness and skills development through pupil-focused delivery, partnerships and networks and monitoring and review.

The role also involves engagement with a range of stakeholders, mainly:

Employers, in collaboration with local engagement structures to create, capture and promote opportunities for education and industry to connect, support inclusive recruitment practice, promote development of good employer vocational routes into employment and build trusted and productive relationships.

Education, mainly the senior leadership teams in schools and local authorities, to support the delivery of DYW Partnership Agreements and Industry and Education Partnerships.

Skills Development Scotland, to ensure complementary delivery of services

Possessing excellent communication skills and demonstrating competence in leading people to deliver impact and dealing with businesses and people at all levels up to the highest senior management, the Delivery Officer will support all aspects of the programme.

Responsible to:

The DYW Employer Liaison Officer is responsible to the DYW Programme Operations Manager.

Responsible for:

A team of school based DYW Coordinators.

Overall Purpose of the Post:

Manage school based DYW Coordinators across several groups of schools: you will be responsible for leading their work towards established KPIs. You will lead, monitor and ensure:

DYW Coordinators pupil-focused engagement is delivered to a high standard, collaborative, reflective of the labour market and relevant frameworks for delivery.

Partnerships and networks are proactive, delivering impact and added value for all involved.

KPIs are tracked using relevant tools, using analysis to identify opportunities and challenges and creating and supporting delivery of plans to highlight and overcome these.

Management of a portfolio of subcontract-managed school-based DYW Coordinators, ensuring where relevant, this is done to contract standards.

Manage engagement with larger employers and partners to ensure a pipeline of opportunities are available:

Capture and promote insight, skills, events and recruitment opportunities
Support and shape inclusive recruitment practice
Promote development of good employer vocational routes into employment
Build trusted and productive relationships
Support the management of events, marketing and communications.
Support partnership work with colleges, third sector providers and wider partners operating in the
DYW space.

Duties include:

Leadership and Management of a team of school-based DYW Coordinators
Liaison with key stakeholders to deliver the DYW message, support services, projects and brand
activities for DYW Tay Cities. This includes meeting with businesses and working with partners to
ensure no duplication of activity. Presentations to a variety of audiences is involved.
Supporting delivery of The Young Persons Guarantee.
Project Managing delivery of activities
Recording interactions to ensure validity in reporting for KPIs and impact. Gathering case studies that
contribute to qualitative impact evaluation, communication and marketing for DYW.
To cover duties of other team members, where required, during periods of holidays and sickness.
Any other duties as appropriate to the post and changes to grant funding requirements.

This is a hybrid role is based in Dundee with travel throughout the Tay Cities Region (Dundee, Angus, Perth & Kinross). A full driving license and use of a car for business purposes is desirable. Flexibility to respond to the needs of our stakeholders will require work on evenings and some weekends for events.

All of the responsibilities and duties are to be carried out according to the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce’s standards, policies and procedures.

Apply here: Employer Liaison Officer – Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Jobs Hub (pcjh.co.uk)