Job Description

EPIC is passionate about helping disadvantaged young people to be fearless about their futures. We exist to support them in their growth as entrepreneurs who will contribute to a better, more inclusive society where individuals are valued, and communities grow and thrive cohesively.

The EPIC Young Business and Alumni entrepreneur programmes create pathways to entrepreneurial success for young people facing disadvantage, particularly those from care backgrounds. Our network of young EPIC entrepreneurs and EPIC itself has rapidly grown nationally over the last 12 months and EPIC has ambitious plans to expand our reach across Northamptonshire to enable more young people to discover their entrepreneurial potential and turn their business ideas into reality.

As an EPIC Programme Coordinator, you'll help us do just that with a focus on Northamptonshire and links to our National programming team.

This role is primarily to coordinate the EPIC Young Business Programme in Northamptonshire, onboard new EPIC cohort members and consistently engage and communicate with the wider EPIC community, from Cohort to Alumni, through multiple channels including our EPIC Online Platform. You'll also be responsible for ensuring our management databases are kept up to date, contributing towards the continuous improvement of the support we offer, and signposting young people to internal and external mentors, coaching and connecting and coordinating updates across the programme. This role is a key part of the running, growth and expansion of EPIC.

You should have previous experience of delivering charity or community programmes and ideally have experience of building partnerships and/or business relationships, especially in relation to young people and minoritized communities. You'll have strong verbal and written communication skills, be able to work independently and be able to work at pace. You should be qualified to A-Level standard and ideally have a degree in Sociology, Psychology, Business Administration or other relevant degree or relevant experience.

The key functions are to:

Coordinate the young business programme for EPIC

Support the EPIC team with the management of new intakes and masterclasses for EPIC

Support the EPIC team with connecting, communicating and enabling the EPIC community

Coordinate mentors and mentees, coaches and additional inputs to young people

Nurturing and supporting EPIC entrepreneurs through the business programme

Manage the EPIC Young Business Programme, including grant delivery & performance, safeguarding & risk management and project participant coordination.

Track young person engagement, specifically to analyse case studies with baseline and end of programme evaluations.

Oversee and coordinate the young people's attendances, for example, masterclasses, panels, mentorship and events, and attend events in person on occasion.

Lead on the creation of support plans with young people and their assigned mentors, fully supporting and monitoring their progression through these plans.

Manage the relationship between the young people and external stakeholders.

Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.

Support young people to complete the programme on time, achieving targets and within budget.

Provide pastoral support for the young people, signposting to the relevant agencies when necessary.

Assist in the creation of support plans for any young people on the project who are experiencing mental health issues or hardship in conjunction with the EPIC team.

Liaise with other community groups such as schools & youth centres to develop partnership opportunities for EPIC to generate referrals

Support the EPIC team on the creation of detailed and up to date reports for Senior Management.

Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals.

Encouraged use of social media and marketing tools to promote EPIC and also young people to share their engagements with team

Use and continually develop organisational and co-ordination skills.

Attend training as required to maintain proficiency.

Deliver work in line with the values and missions of EPIC and adhering to our policies and procedures.

Implementing best practice that supports the EPIC culture.

Ensure all information regarding sensitive data is recorded and kept secure.

Ensure that the internal database is kept up to date - to include daily contact sheets, meeting minutes etc.

Workplans to be created and kept up to date with progress made.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 25,000.00-27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension Employee discount Life insurance Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham B17 9NJ