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Enterprise Coordinator – 0
Our Benefits
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About the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Enterprise Coordinator for the South Midlands Careers Hub to improve the careers outcomes for young people in the region (Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes), particularly in relation to work experience opportunities.
Our role is to connect local employers with schools and colleges to coordinate careers education and enhance each student’s early experiences of the work place. The Careers Hub brings education and industry together with the shared mission ‘Building career ready young people to create a brighter future for industry’.
This role will focus on the planning and implementation of the Government’s Work Experience Guarantee, ensuring that all young people have access to meaningful and high-quality work experience.
This role is part time for 25.9 hours per week.
Interviews are expected to be on 23rd or 24th September 2025 and will be held in Northampton.
About you
You will be customer focused, a self-starter and team player, with experience of building partnerships, creating networks and maintaining strong relationships.
You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of a subject relevant to the role, such as an understanding of local and national policy relating to skills and economic development, issues and barriers to employment faced by young people, and understanding the of post-16 landscape and pathways into employment.
You’ll use your knowledge and experience to support the delivery of the Careers Hub programme and caseload management.
You will need to have a solutions driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment, and have a positive approach to challenges.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
