Schools Coordinator

Part time, permanent, 28.5 hours per week.

• Home based, ideally in the central East Midlands areas of Leicestershire/Warwickshire, travel required.
• Flexible working options available.
• Access to and daily use of your own car and home broadband is essential.

The NSPCC's purpose is to prevent child abuse and neglect of children across the UK and Channel Islands. We achieve this through three core strategic goals:

• Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
• Every child is safe online.
• Children feel safe, listened to and supported.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering programmes and services within an educational, safeguarding or equivalent setting.
• Experience working to set KPI's and objectives to achieve and exceed targets.
• Experience of all aspects of volunteer recruitment and management.
• A child centred approach and understanding of children's rights and best interests.
• Experience of negotiating with and influencing stakeholders to achieve collective goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of situations.
• Ability to use a range of IT systems and programmes (e.g. client database, email, Excel, and Word) to enable the post holder to fulfil duties effectively.
• Highly developed planning skills and the ability to adapt and prioritise appropriately to achieve goals.
• Ability to manage both self and professional development using supervision, consultation and support where necessary.
• Knowledge, understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of practice and behaviour.

Job Purpose and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator will be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. Core responsibilities include:

• Act as the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non mainstream settings.
• Work to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by the line manager.
• Book a minimum number of schools to deliver the Speak Out, Stay Safe programme.
• Oversee the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6 7 and 9 11 year olds).
• Engage secondary education settings in Talk Relationships and other programmes.
• Manage and supervise a team of high calibre volunteers.
• Carry out quality assurance visits through direct observation of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback.
• Ensure a training plan is in place for new volunteers, and deliver training alongside volunteers when required.
• Provide effective individual and group volunteer supervisions.
• Plan and implement volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies.
• Build and maintain internal and external relationships, attending events or proactively promoting the offer with stakeholders.
• Follow NSPCC Schools Service safeguarding procedures to the required standards.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues across the organisation in the region.
• Work on service wide projects.
• Maintain a focus on continued professional development and practice sharing.