Work experience (WEX) Facilitator

£38,976 - £47,229

Fixed Term until 31st August 2028

Full Time

Hybrid – with travel across five boroughs

Objective of role

You will play a leading role in expanding access to meaningful work experience opportunities for young people across South London by building strong employer partnerships and creating a sustainable pipeline of opportunities.

Working across education, employers and local partners, you will identify opportunities, broker relationships and influence stakeholders to ensure more young people can access high-quality experiences of the workplace that support their future progression.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and relationship-driven professional who enjoys engaging employers, building partnerships and turning ideas into action. You will help shape a more connected careers and skills system by ensuring employer engagement translates into meaningful opportunities that improve outcomes for young people.

About the role

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

Build and maintain a strong network of employers across South London, developing long-term relationships that create meaningful opportunities for young people. Identify, engage and recruit employers across priority sectors, securing high-quality work experience opportunities and employer encounters. Act as a key broker between employers and education providers, ensuring opportunities are aligned to need and utilised effectively. Work collaboratively with schools, colleges and Careers Hub colleagues to match opportunities with learners and maximise participation. Drive implementation of the Work Experience Guarantee by developing sustainable models that increase access to high-quality placements. Support employers to design and deliver meaningful experiences that align with recognised quality standards and frameworks. Use data, insight and feedback to identify gaps, target activity and continuously improve delivery and impact. Contribute to the development of a more connected employer engagement system across South London, helping create lasting change for young people.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

Employer Engagement and Relationship Management - proven experience of engaging, influencing and building strong relationships with employers and stakeholders, creating long-term partnerships that deliver measurable outcomes. Business Development and Opportunity Creation - experience of identifying, developing and converting opportunities, building and managing pipelines and delivering against targets and outcomes. Influencing and Negotiation - strong influencing and negotiation skills, with confidence engaging employers, senior stakeholders and partners to secure commitment and action. Strategic Thinking and System Working - the ability to think strategically, understand supply and demand across the system and connect employers, schools and partners to create scalable solutions. Data and Performance Focus - experience of using data, insight and feedback to prioritise activity, improve performance and demonstrate impact. Partnership and Programme Delivery - experience of coordinating initiatives or programmes involving multiple partners, ensuring opportunities are delivered effectively and achieve intended outcomes.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to help transform how young people access work experience and employer opportunities across South London.

You'll work directly with employers, schools, colleges and strategic partners to create opportunities for young people . We are looking for someone who is naturally curious, highly proactive and confident engaging stakeholders, who can identify opportunities, build lasting relationships and translate employer interest into meaningful experiences for young people.

If you enjoy networking, influencing, building partnerships and creating solutions that deliver real social impact, we'd love to hear from you

Closing Date : Wednesday 5th August

Shortlisting Date: 6th and 7th August

Interview Date : w/c 10th August

Secondment

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustment throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. This campaign is anonymised.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.