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South Wigston, Leicestershire (On-site)
£30,890 per year
Full-time
Contract (6 months)

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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!

Job description

Employability Coach

Leicester, LE18

Salary: £30890 per annum, Fixed Term contract until February 2026

Location: Leicester, LE18

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: 25 days holiday,5.5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Employability Manager

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, tackling inequality, transforming lives and ensuring no good food goes to waste. We rescue surplus food and redistribute it to 650 local charities and community organisations, feeding 60,000 people every week. We also invest in communities, providing education, training and volunteering opportunities, helping over 700 individuals to date to build a better future. Together, we’re fighting hunger, reducing food waste and creating opportunities across the Midlands. Learn more or read our latest Annual Report Snapshot by going to our website. 

We will be actively interviewing applicants as they apply.

The Role

FareShare Midlands is thrilled to partner with FareShare UK and PepsiCo to deliver community workshops across Leicestershire. These workshops will focus on physical and mental wellbeing, financial resilience, tackling digital exclusion, and employability. Additionally, they will offer tailored one-to-one support to help clients progress toward employment, education, or training opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced Employability Coach who is confident in delivering both group training sessions and personalised one-to-one support. A valid driving license and access to reliable transport are essential for this role.

Please note that the position is available for an immediate start, and we will be actively interviewing prospective candidates as they reply. The post is also subject to a DBS check.

Key duties and responsibilities:

  • Identifying and engaging with our existing membership and the wider voluntary and community sector to ensure the successful delivery of the programme.
  • Planning and delivering high quality personal development workshops across a number of themes including health and wellbeing, financial awareness, digital exclusion and employability.
  • Managing a caseload by identifying and recruiting learners for tailored one-to-one support, with the goal of helping them transition into employment, education, or training
  • Working to a weekly timetable of travelling and delivering workshops and 1:1 employability support across Leicestershire.
  • Work towards targets to increase engagement tracking and reporting progress of learners and delivering regular feedback.
  • Signposting learners to additional support when appropriate and if needed.

Person Specification - Skills, Qualities & Experience

Essential

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to provide comprehensive information, advice and guidance. 
  • Ability to deliver 1-1 and group training sessions.
  • Ability to assess understanding and adapt resources and delivery to the needs of the audience. 
  • Ability to coach and inspire others to reach their goals.
  • Committed to working as a team and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience of working with vulnerable people
  • Full UK driving licence

Desirable

  • L3 or above IAG
  • PTLLS or equivalent
  • Relevant experience of the Welfare to Work sector.
  • Bid writing experience.

Values and behaviours 

  • A commitment to Equal Opportunities
  • An appreciation of FareShare Midlands’ mission and vision
  • Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences
  • The postholder will be required to work flexibly.

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV.

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands. 

We will be actively interviewing applicants as they apply.

 

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Fareshare Midlands View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 51 - 100

We redistribute good quality surplus food which would otherwise go to waste and also support people to find work through our employability programme.

Posted on: Friday, 11 July 2025
Closing date: 10 August 2025 at 14:05
Tags: Training / Learning, Mentoring / Coaching

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