Employability Administrator

Employability Administrator

Leicester, LE18

Salary: £11897.60 pro rata. Fixed Term contract until 31/12/25.

Location: Leicester, LE18

Hours: Part Time, 20 hours per week

Benefits: 25 days holiday pro rata, 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. We take good-to-eat surplus food from the food industry and get it to our Members - frontline charities and community groups all over the Midlands. We turn an environmental problem into a social solution.

Last year we redistributed almost 5,794 tonnes of food from our warehouses in Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham. It is sorted and stored by our dedicated teams of staff and volunteers, and then redistributed to around 800 Members including food pantries and cafes, homeless shelters and drop-in centers. These local organisations turn the food into food parcels, affordable shopping and delicious meals for people of all ages. As well as food, our Members provide vital support to families and the elderly, many of whom are facing challenging circumstances and living in poverty.

Last year our food reached more than 83,000 vulnerable people every week, providing 13 million meals. At the same time, we are growing our Employability Programmes to help people gain work experience, skills and jobs.

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.

The Role

FareShare Midlands is thrilled to partner with FareShare UK and PepsiCo to deliver community workshops and employability support 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. This role will work closely with the Employability Coach to coordinate and administrate the daily running of the programme.

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:

• Point of contact with our existing membership and the wider voluntary and community sector and other stakeholders supporting the successful delivery of the programme,
• Attend network meetings and jobs fairs to support the promotion of the programme with partners and stakeholders
• Support workshop booking & general resource planning.
• Supporting workshop delivery and 1:1 support across Leicestershire.
• Collecting and reporting learner feedback.

Person Specification

Essential Experience, Skills and Qualities

• Able to establish and maintain systems and accurate recording of data
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience of working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with people at all levels
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with good team-working skills
• Good time management with ability to manage workloads to meet deadlines
• IT literacy, in particular of using Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, and Excel)
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities and inclusivity
• To subscribe to the ethos, vision and mission of FareShare Midlands

Desirable

• Experience of the Welfare to Work sector
• Experience of supporting adults with additional support needs
• Experience of using learner management systems
• An understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety legislation
• Full clean driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to travel to external meetings

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 candidates as they apply.