Student Engagement Officer

At Capital City College Group (CCCG) we are dedicated to transforming lives through exceptional education and training. Our focus is providing our learners with the skills to be successful in their futures, whether that is continuing in education through higher education, or an apprenticeship, or supporting them into a higher-level job.

In this role you will deliver a full programme of enrichment activities at our Angel campus and lead on cross campus planning of sports enrichment and Duke of Edinburgh award

About the role:
You will work with the other Student Engagement Officers, the Enrichment Manager, and the Head of Hubs to plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate an exciting and wide-ranging Student Enrichment & Engagement Programme that includes:  

• Sports & physical activity enrichment
• Enrichment clubs, societies & workshops
• Student leadership and student voice  
• Student events 
• Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Award
• Student ambassadors & social action  
• Awareness raising and skills development workshops
• Student Awards and celebrations 

Each of our Student Engagement Officers will be primarily based at one of our 3 campuses either at Holloway, Finsbury Park or Angel.  This role is primarily based at Angel campus although you will travel to other centres and other venues that we use.

You will be responsible for overseeing and facilitating the whole student enrichment and engagement programme, including a large variety of clubs and societies, student events, awareness raising workshops and student voice activities, at the campus where you are based.  In addition, each enrichment officer leads on coordinating the cross-campus planning of an area.  For this role we are looking for someone to lead on the cross-campus planning of:  

• Sports Enrichment, Sports Teams, Sports Ambassadors and the Duke of Edinburgh (D of E) Award

About you: 

You will be an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is open to a challenge and enjoys working within a creative, supportive, and fast paced team. You will have a range of L1 and /or L2 coaching qualifications across a variety of sports and preferably a fitness instructor qualification.  You will have at least two years’ experience working with young people (aged 16-19). You will have experience of youth engagement, group facilitation, event/project planning and coaching.  If you have experience of delivering the D of E award this is a bonus. 

You will have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and be passionate about young people's engagement, participation, and skills development; you will be innovative and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude and enjoy working as part of a team as well as having an ability to work independently. You will have excellent organisational, problem solving, planning and group facilitation skills and an ability to network and build partnerships. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the CCCG team who are passionate and dedicated to providing our students with the best possible teaching and training to fulfil the futures best suited to them. We recognise how hard our people work towards ensuring our students are supported throughout all areas of their college experience, and thus we provide an excellent set of employee benefits.

Our employees benefit from:

• A generous annual leave package, in addition to bank holidays, and time off between Christmas and New Year.
• We are part of the defined benefit Local Government Pension Scheme, which means the pension you get is based on how long you have been a member of the scheme and how much you earn
• We offer our employees access to LifeWorks, a discount portal providing our people with support and resources for their lives and wellbeing.
• We are part of Cyclescheme, the UK’s most popular cycle-to-work benefit,
• We offer interest-free season ticket loans to staff, enabling them to benefit from the savings of holding an annual Travelcard
• All staff members are eligible for a free annual eye health checkup, and a contribution towards spectacles. We also offer staff members an optional annual flu vaccination, and provide access to occupational health.

At CCCG we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all our activities for everyone who learns and works here. We respect and value differences and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We create a safe and trusting professional environment where people are treated well and equally.

We are committed to safeguarding and protection of young people and adults and follow Safer Recruitment processes. All successful candidates will need to complete a DBS check, with some roles requiring an Enhanced check.

Our values Respect, Aspiration, Collaboration and Opportunity are the key ideas and principles that people within our organisation and our partners believe are important. They sum Our Purpose: why we do what we do, and Our Approach: how we go about our work.

About CANDI

City Islington College is an award-winning further education college in London with centres in Holloway, Angel and Finsbury Park. The College offers a huge array of academic and vocational courses from entry levels right through to HE for young and adult learners. These include foundation learning, A-Levels, BTECs, Apprenticeships, Access to Higher Education. The College also works closely with all stakeholders and offers bespoke training and development programmes.

Our Sixth Form centre located on our Angel Campus offers over 30 A Level subjects to our students, one of the largest choices in the UK, providing high level academic study for around 1,800 students wishing to progress to university.

Find out more about City and Islington College here: http://www.candi.ac.uk/about-us

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive sufficient application for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.