This role is a great opportunity to make your mark in the youth/charity sector.
Job details
Salary: £27,007.50 – £28,450, depending on experience (37.5 hours per week)
Duration: Intern – 6-month full-time contract (with potential for progression to permanent role). Coordinator – permanent full-time contract
Location: London Scottish House, 95 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2DX
Start Date: early 2025
About Construction Youth Trust
Make a big impact with a dynamic small charity transforming young people’s lives in London.
Construction Youth Trust is an ambitious and innovative charity whose mission to inspire and enable young people to overcome barriers and achieve their full career potential. Social mobility is at the heart of our work, and we prioritise working with young people from low-income backgrounds and those who are facing significant barriers to employment.
We help young people recognise their potential, develop their confidence and skills and discover career opportunities never previously presented to them. Through our long-standing partnerships with employers in the construction and built environment sector (over 200+ across London), we connect young people to relatable role models, world of work experiences and ultimately rewarding jobs and apprenticeships. The built environment is at the forefront of the drive towards achieving net zero and future economic growth, offering young people substantial opportunity for career progression.
The role
This role would be well suited to someone at the beginning of their career journey and looking for an opportunity to gain experience in the charity sector.
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Central Resources & IT Intern/Coordinator who will join our Central Resources & IT Team to ensure that efficiency is at the forefront of our processes, reducing needless admin and promoting streamlined work practices that enable the wider team to concentrate their efforts on supporting young people to access life enhancing career opportunities.
We can offer a 6 month internship (with potential for progression to permanent role) for new entrants who are keen to start their charity career or a permanent role for candidates with experience.
What will I gain?
Every member of the CYT team gets involved in the charity’s strategic development and impact and contributes to our work supporting young people to fulfil their potential.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a warm and collaborative team, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well. We pride ourselves on giving opportunities to people at the start of their charity career, supporting them to develop their skills and experience in a much-needed sector of our society.
As one of our interns/coordinators, you’ll gain valuable skills to further your career, with the prospect of progressing internally. Plus, you’ll have an internal buddy to support you and help you settle in.
Key responsibilities
What will I be doing?
You will have a varied role that allows you to experience many different facets of what it takes to run a successful charity. You will be supporting on tasks relating to day-to-day administration of essential internal process such as HR, Finance, Data & IT and more. You will be part of the core team that establishes and maintains employer relationships, acting as an advocate for the Trust across a number of high-worth partnerships aligned to our business need. You will also provide crucial support to our dynamic Data & IT function that underpins our ambition for growth and increased impact. There is scope to tailor the emphasis of the job role dependent on candidate’s strengths.
What abilities/skills/ experience are we looking for?
• Ideally educated to Level 3 (BTEC, A- Level, etc) or equivalent experience
• A can-do attitude with a love for a diverse workload
• Excellent relationship management skills with ability to communicate professionally with a range of people including young people, schools, funders, universities, industry representatives, training providers and community organisations
• Excellent working knowledge of a range of IT programmes including Word, Outlook, Trello, Titan and other common office based programmes
• Highly analytical mind with an ability to identify problems and offer actionable solutions
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate and implement new processes across the wider team
• Ability to drive continuous improvement to improve the inner processes of the Trust
• Ability and willingness to follow and champion rigorous systems, standards and processes
Equality
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young peopleand vulnerable adults. We will only consider candidates for employment that share this commitment.All roles are subject to safer recruitment practices, and this position will require an Enhanced Disclosure with Barred list check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Benefits and entitlements
You’ll be eligible for many of our benefits including:
• 25 days annual leave per year, plus an additional “Day for You”, (pro rata for part-time or any period less than 1 year) which increases by a day each year after 2 years’ service up to a maximum annual leave entitlement of 30 days per year
• Opportunity to take a 6-week sabbatical after 3 years of service
• The Trust’s contributory pension scheme after three months – The charity will match your employee contribution up to 7%
• All travel expenses covered over and above your regular commute to and from work. Any extra travel for work purposes will be reimbursed.
• Access to Workplace Options EAP (a provider of employee support services)
• Opportunity to Work from Home
• Opportunity to take part in the wider team’s wellbeing and social activities
• A supportive Training and Development policy which encourages colleagues to develop as professionals and achieve relevant qualifications (e.g. CIOF’s Certificate in Fundraising).
Apply
If you are passionate about transforming the life chances of young people, please send your fully completed application form with particular attention to your supporting statement (no more than 500 words) explaining why the role interests you and how you meet the person specification.
We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive team is vital to our work. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds and/or those with a lived experience of the young people we support.
You can access the Job description, Person specification and Application form below.
Closing date: Friday 24th January 2025. However, we may interview candidates as we receive suitable applications and close the application deadline earlier if a successful candidate is found.
A second interview may also be required.
If you have not heard from us 2 weeks after the application closing date your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
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