Corporate Relations Coordinator (Mentoring Pilot)

Corporate Relations Coordinator (Mentoring Pilot)

Salary: £27 - £30,000 pro rata

Hours: 21 per week (flexible patterns available)

Duration: 6 month contract, possibility for extension depending on funding.

Reporting to: Director of Programmes

Location: London Bridge

The Timewise Foundation

The Timewise Foundation believes that everyone should be able to find the flexibility they need in their careers, without reducing their value in the workplace. We are a multi award winning social business, running services to stimulate part time and flexible job opportunities and support women with children to find work that fits with family.

Role Purpose

To coordinate the delivery of a pilot mentoring programme within the Timewise Foundation. This will focus on working with existing corporate partners to connect employee volunteers with workless parents, to share their expertise and advice on finding work to fit with caring responsibilities

Responsibilities

Co-ordination of pilot

To work with the Programme Director to co-ordinate the delivery of a pilot mentoring programme with two corporate partners.
To lead on relationship management with corporate partners to market the pilot, identify potential volunteers, recruit and induct them into the pilot
To liaise with TWF’s team of advisors and coaches who will lead on identifying and recruiting suitable beneficiaries to the pilot
To co-ordinate pilot events held in corporate partners offices to bring together employee volunteers and beneficiaries
To oversee pilot delivery, including co-ordination of training and induction for volunteers from TWF’s associate coaches, maintaining quality assurance processes and overseeing relationship management with corporate partners
To oversee the evaluation of the pilot to include report drafting, production and dissemination
To work with the Programme Director and Director to develop a strategy for roll out

Employer Account Management

To develop CSR relationships with TWF’s existing corporate and public sector partners to engage them in participating in the roll out of a TWF mentoring programme
To support the Director in pursuing potential corporate sponsorship opportunities to maintain the programme.
To work closely with Timewise Recruitment and Timewise Jobs to maximise employer engagement opportunities across the business.

Co-ordination of Existing Services

To co-ordinate the existing online mentoring forum through TWF’s Women Like Us website, with support from WLU’s administrator

Key Performance Indicators

Successful delivery of pilot programme, measured by key milestones and targets specified by to key funder stakeholder

Targets to be discussed in line with project requirements

Key Experience, Skills and Behaviours

Experience

Experience of complex day to day administration, as well as experience of setting up the administrative systems to run a new project or service.
Experience of managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including corporate clients
Intermediate Excel, Word and database knowledge, as evidenced by using them extensively in previous roles
Experience of project management, monitoring and reporting
Ideally, experience of recruiting and managing volunteers
Ideally, knowledge of Salesforce or similar database

Skills

Team working – ability to participate as a full member of team and proactively contribute to team success

Interpersonal – ability to communicate effectively with others and demonstrate awareness of own impact on others

Relationship creation / development – ability to spot business opportunities as well as maintain relationships once created.

Written and Verbal Communication – ability to write concisely and professionally and to communicate ideas and services clearly and succinctly, in a style appropriate to the audience

Influencing/Persuading – Ability to promote new / different concepts such as online mentoring.

Business / Strategic Awareness – ability to understand wider environment in which the organisation operates and to understand impact/implications of longer term decision making

Behaviours

Please note that the following are not intended to be comprehensive descriptors but rather to provide an indicator of effective performance in relation to the values.

Passion

Generates new ideas for the organisation to improve operations or service delivery
Demonstrates drive and enthusiasm in response to new challenges
Demonstrates a high level of energy at work
Acts as positive ambassador for the organisation
Articulates the organisation’s mission and impact, clearly and effectively

Integrity

Maintains a high standard of work when under pressure
Establishes credibility with a wide range of different clients
Demonstrates sensitivity to people while delivering results
Respects the different perspectives of diverse stakeholders/clients/teams
Takes account of ethical issues when making commercial judgements
Demonstrates understanding of the issues and needs of women returners including those of a variety of socially excluded groups
Takes an open and honest approach to dealings with colleagues and clients
Demonstrates willingness to challenge in order to achieve an ethical outcome

Professionalism

Presents a positive attitude to a busy working environment where tasks and systems need to be developed and updated on a regular basis
Adapts style/approach as appropriate to new situations/challenges
Helps the team to cope with and manage new or difficult situations so as to ensure effective resolution
Anticipates problems and identifies potential solutions
Articulate and confident in dealing with diverse people at all levels of the organisation
Takes a solution orientated approach to problems