Freelance Education Events Coordinator - Various locations, including – Edinburgh, North East and West Midlands

If you have experience of planning and / or delivery of events or major projects and can demonstrate the ability to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines then read on.

We have a number of roles that we’re recruiting for which fall into the following categories –

1. Event planning only roles – these are home based roles. You will need good stable broadband the ability to flex your diary and ideally , experience of project managing teams of people remotely as well as experience of event planning and management.
2. Event delivery only roles – these roles will require you to have experience of facilitating events, ideally with young people (from primary to secondary age students), be able and willing to travel (mainly locally), have a flexible diary, and have access to a car. NB you will be paid travel expenses and travel time (where journeys take over an hour)
3. Planning and delivery roles – the requirements for this role are a combination of the above two roles.

Responsibilities:

Planning of activities (Planning only and Planning and Delivery Only Roles):

• Work as part of a wider project team on the preparation and planning of activities
• Carry out planning calls with stakeholders, to ensure all delivery and logistical considerations are accounted for
• Recruitment of diverse volunteers to support activities
• Undertake administrative duties to deliver projects you support

Delivery of activities (Delivery only and Planning and Delivery Roles):

• Represent Ahead Partnership in line with our values and culture
• Liaise with an Ahead Partnership member of staff prior to the event
• Meet and greet, brief and continually engage business volunteers
• Ensure the event spaces are set up correctly as specified
• Lead/Facilitate the session from start to finish, including time-management and gathering feedback
• Ability to adapt to different scenarios whilst running the event
• Report back to the relevant Ahead Partnership contact after each event
• Undertake other duties as requested and commensurate with the post

Required Skills:

• Proven facilitation skills (Delivery only and Planning and Delivery Roles)
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to think on your feet and problem solve
• Demonstrable planning, organisational and time-management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good level of spelling and grammar
• Excellent communicator

Experience:

• Experience of working with Young People – ideally those aged 11-16 years old
• Comprehensive experience of delivering presentations, training or workshops to a large audience and facilitating groups (Delivery only and Planning and Delivery Roles)
• Experience of developing and sustaining relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

Whilst not essential, we are also interested in hearing from people with experience of managing complex programmes of activity or teams of people to deliver activities / events.

Work is adhoc. We are flexible and happy to work around your other commitments, if you are happy to be flexible too! As the programmes grow more work will become available, if you’re interested in doing more with us.

For more information visit – www.aheadpartnership.org.uk

To apply please email your CV with a covering email to recruitment@aheadpartnership.org.uk

When applying, please specify in your covering letter/email –

1. Why you are interested in freelance work specifically
2. What other freelancing work you currently do and whether it is flexible
3. Where you’re based
4. Whether you are willing to travel and
5. Whether you have access to a car and can drive

Ahead Partnership works with employers and educators to provide services that help to engage, inspire and motivate young people around skills, career options and future employment. Can you bring passion and individuality to our growing programmes?

We organise and deliver a range of employability and skills activities that enable young people to meet volunteers from the working world. The activities are aimed at raising aspirations, improving careers awareness, developing essential skills, building confidence, and expanding networks.

Recent years have allowed us to broaden our reach through hybrid delivery, with activities taking place both virtually and in-person, from interview practice to workplace visits. All our activity is created to engage with the target cohort and involves lots of hands on, interactivity. We also plan and deliver large-scale flagship events themed around a specific sector such as digital, green or professional and financial services. These inspire young people to explore roles in these areas, through an interactive and informative event schedule.

Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and as our representative, you’ll need to share our commitment to delivering a first-class service to all those involved in our activities and events.

You’ll be working alongside and supported by a dedicated team who are passionate about making a difference and ambitious for what we can achieve.

We work with a hugely diverse range of young people and believe that it is key to provide them with positive role models who they can relate to. We therefore are incredibly passionate about diversity and inclusion in all forms and would love to hear from people who reflect this. If you share our passion and vision but are worried that you may not have the ‘correct’ skills or experience, please do get in touch – we are always interested in hearing from people who want to work with us.