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An exciting opportunity to be a part of a dynamic organisation and play your part in making Scotland a more tolerant and welcoming country.
Amina MWRC is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from women from all diversity strands.
All women, with the relevant skills and experience and the right to work in the UK, are encouraged to apply
This Post is exempt for women only under Schedule 9, Part 1 of Equality Act 2010
Job Overview:
The role aims to increase the employability prospects of Muslim, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women. The Employability Project Officer will engage with, empower, and support Muslim and BME women of all backgrounds, skills, and abilities via provision of our holistic, tailored employability support service.
Muslim and BME women face additional barriers to work and so a flexible and creative approach will be required. As well as individual action planning, the Officer will support individuals with job search, CV building, job applications and interview techniques.
Effectively managing a client caseload of individuals at different stages of work readiness, the Officer will respond to the needs and aspirations of local women both on a one to one, personalised basis and through the facilitation of small groups.
The Officer will play a pivotal role in undertaking outreach activities with local employers and organisations, marketing learning opportunities and in the coordination, design and delivery of employability initiatives, workshops, and events.
The Officer will also work with colleagues across the Glasgow Ethnic Minority Service (GEMS) consortium. Funded by Glasgow City Council, GEMS is led by Bridges Programmes and includes 5 other community-based organisations; Glasgow Clyde College, Cranhill Community Trust, Govanhill Community Development Trust and us.
The Officer will be responsible for maintaining accurate, timely client records and for mapping personal development journeys. Tackling barriers to progression the Officer will make paid employment, voluntary work, training and further learning opportunities more acceptable, accessible and sustainable for our clients.
Occasional out of hours working may be required – including evening and weekend work.
Key Tasks & Activities:
•To contribute to the design and development of project workplans devised in conjunction with the organisation’s vision, values and wider project aims.
•To identify and engage with Muslim and BME women who may benefit from faith and culturally sensitive employability support.
•To complete all client registration paperwork and maintain accurate, detailed client records on relevant databases.
•To closely record all engagements, take responsibility for tracking client job and training progressions and report regularly on progress.
•To undertake assessment of individual client needs and design tailored action plans to develop their employability skills, job search and knowledge of wider application processes (e.g. CV creation, application form completion, interview techniques).
•To support individuals to sustain their employment when in work.
•To deliver holistic, client focused, culturally sensitive one to one support sessions, helping women to recognise and develop their abilities, potential and skills, signposting to specialist referral agencies where appropriate.
•To design, organise, market, facilitate, deliver and evaluate group activities and employability training programmes/sessions in line with project outcomes and course requirements.
•To liaise with partner agencies to schedule, market, support and evaluate the delivery of additional classes or learning opportunities.
•To respond to client needs and ambitions via the sourcing of and supporting of specialist facilitators/ local employers to deliver topical, informative workshops.
•To identify, develop and make use of monitoring and evaluation frameworks to measure the effectiveness of the service.
•To establish, maintain, strengthen and develop reciprocal relationships with local service providers, support agencies, employers and formal networks.
•To attend seminars/conferences and events on behalf of the project and organisation, representing the needs, barriers and issues of the client group.
•To proactively market, publicise and promote the project and range of support services available via referral agencies.
•To contribute to the design, organisation, delivery and evaluation of awareness raising sessions to external bodies, organisations, agencies and businesses of the employability need of Muslim and BME women.
•To research specific careers, current labour market conditions, courses, learning opportunities, and information on behalf of individual clients.
•To contribute to Amina’s performance indicators and to attend and participate in organisational strategy days and team meetings.
•To submit regular, detailed reports to the line manager, measuring against project outcomes, outputs and indicators.
•Be aware of client and organisational confidentiality and adhere to practice outlined in the Data Protection Act.
•To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post and the needs of the organisation, or as directed by management.