project officer - training and development application pack

Training and Development Officer Application Pack

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Training and Development Officers (x2 posts)

One Year Fixed Contract – Full time at 40hrs/week

£23,000.00

Are you passionate about tackling bullying? Or giving young people the skills they need to stand up to

bullying behaviour? Then this role might just be for you!

Diana Award was founded as a legacy to Diana, Princess of Wales’ belief that young people have the power to

change the world for the better.

Since 1999, the Diana Award has recognised 39,000 young people who have made a positive difference to

their community. By shining the spotlight on these young people with the Diana Award, it establishes them as

role models to other young people. But receiving a Diana Award is only the beginning.

Through the Diana Network, our Anti-bullying and Mentoring Programmes, we engage, encourage and

motivate young people to keep up the good work!

We're looking for two enthusiastic new team members to join our London team, to deliver high quality Anti-

Bullying training to groups of school aged children and their staff (adults) in various settings across the UK. You

will give young people and staff the skills, motivation and knowledge to tackle bullying, empowering them as

Anti-Bullying Ambassadors.

The successful candidates will travel across the UK delivering high quality and engaging training to school

children equipping them and their adults with the skills to tackle bullying. They will manage each event,

working hard on recruiting the right number of delegates for each event and ultimately ensuring each user

enjoys their training experience.

You will need to:

Have proven experience of developing and facilitating training for large groups of young people and adults

Be willing to travel across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and overnight stays when required.

Have experience of the primary and secondary school system

Be passionate about keeping children and young people safe from bullying.

Have an understanding of challenging behaviour and special needs

Be self-motivated, organised and highly IT literate.

You will also need to have first class communication and negotiation skills to help you effectively communicate

and relate to a wide range of people from students to parents, head teachers to youth workers, civil servants

to government officials.

The successful candidates must have the ability to work independently and manage a range of tasks under

pressure. If you are looking for a challenging and fulfilling role in a very dynamic organisation, then we would

love to hear from you.

Application closes at 5pm on Friday 10th

May 2013. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on

20th

/21st

May 2013.


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Job Description

Post Title: Training and Development Officer

Context: The prime purpose of this role is to deliver high quality Anti-Bullying training to

groups of school aged children and their staff (adults) in various settings across the UK. You will give

young people and staff the skills, motivation and knowledge to tackle bullying, empowering them as

Anti-Bullying Ambassadors.

Key Purpose:

• To reduce the incidents of bullying in schools by delivering high quality and engaging Anti-bullying/behaviour management training sessions to school children equipping them and their adults with the skills to tackle bullying.

• Vulnerable children will have the confidence and skills through participating in the programme to stand up to bullying behaviour.

Responsible to: Anti-Bullying Programme Manager

Key Duties:

Training Function:

• To deliver fun, interactive training sessions based on content modules provided • To design personalised training session plans for visits to settings • To liaise with partner organisations to recruit participants to the programme and ensure

each training event reaches agreed target number of guests. • To build partnerships with existing and new schools and organisations • To assist the Line Manager with any other duties as required • Working with volunteers to support training at mass training events • Attending and networking at relevant events. • Managing a busy schedule of training events across the UK

Development Function:

• Expanding training and development programmes based on identified needs; • Developing cost effective and efficient ways of running planned programmes and keeping

within budgets; • Conducting focus groups to monitor impact of training • Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires;

Support Function:

• To complete basic administrative duties such as inputting data • Will be responsible for all day to day administrative tasks associated with each training event • Attend regularly scheduled meetings with other trainers, programme staff and funders.


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Key Skills/Characteristics

Essential

Previous training experience

Marketing skills (telephone/mail) to recruit schools to training events

Proven experience of developing and facilitating training for large groups of young people and adults

Willing to travel across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and overnight stays when required.

Experience of the primary and secondary school system

Share our passion for keeping children and young people safe in schools and eliminating bullying behaviour.

Understanding of challenging behaviour and special needs

Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and strong organisational skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levels

Ability to communicate using technology and develop high quality presentations

Ability and confidence to work independently and part of a team.

An infectious passion, enthusiasm and charisma.

Experience with common office software such as email, word processing, presentations and spreadsheets

Experience of producing information outputs in a range of formats: reports, briefings, power point presentations etc

Ability to develop reports and track data

Represent the charity in a professional manner especially when interacting with staff and students

Resilient and adaptable and able to work well under pressure and thrive on being given challenges and responsibility

Possess strong leadership, negotiation and communication skills.

Be passionate about our aims and objectives and committed to working within a small and growing team that goes the extra mile.

Willingness to undertake relevant personal development and training.

Desirable

First Aid training or willingness to receive training

An understanding of training procedures and protocols (quality assurance) and knowledge of best practice

Knowledge of The Diana Award and services

Extensive knowledge of bullying and behaviour, in particular school and government policy


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Applicants should use additional sheets where there is insufficient space, quoting Job

Reference on each additional page.

1. Education, training and personal development

Please list the educational establishments you have attended, giving details of the start and

finish date of your attendance, the name of the establishment, any qualifications you have

obtained, the grade awarded (if appropriate) and the date of the award. Please start with

the most recent and go back to your secondary school.

Date Started

Date Finished

Name of Establishment Qualification(s) Obtained

Grade Date

2. Other Training/ Education

Please give details of any other training, education or development you have undertaken.

Give details of the date, nature of the training, place and outcome. Please feel free to

include informal training and development, any internal study days by your employer, or

any seminars you have attended that you think may be relevant.

Date Finished

Nature of training / Development

Training Provider (if applicable)

Qualification(s) Obtained

Position Applied For: Training and Development Officer Job Ref: ABA/TDO


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3a. Employment

Please tell us about your current or most recent employment.

Job Title:

Employer:

Month and Year Started: Current Salary:

Please detail your role and responsibilities:

Month and Year Left (if applicable):

Reason for leaving:

3b. Employment Continued

Please list all previous employment (other than described in 3a) with your most recent first.

Please explain any gaps in your employment history.

Date Started

Date Left

Employer’s Name & Location

Your Position or Job Title

Reason for leaving or gaps in employment


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4. Attributes

Please describe your three main attributes (as you see them) and outline how these will

help with the position you are applying for.

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2.

3.

5. Please describe briefly why this position interests you.

6. Please describe an example of when you have exceeded expectations in your

working life.


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7. Please give details of any other information you feel may be useful to support your

application.

8. Referees

Please give the names of the two referees, one of which must be your current or most recent

employer. If selected, we will require references that are satisfactory to us from these referees.

Name:

Name:

Job Title:

Job Title:

Address:

Address:

Tel No: Tel No:

Email: Email:

Please indicate how known: Personal Employer Please do not contact prior to interview

Please indicate how known: Personal Employer Please do not contact prior to interview

9. Professional Registration

If the position you have applied for requires the applicant to be registered with a professional body,

please state the body you are registered with and your registration number or reference.

Professional Body: __________________________ Registration ID: ______________

I declare that i have answered the above questions honestly and fully. I realise that, if appointed, any

false or incomplete statement on my part may result in termination of my contract.

Signature: ________________________________ Date: ______________________

Please return this form to: Miss Frankie Spivey, Diana Award, The Oasis Centre,

75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS.


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Personal Details Form

This sheet is separated by the personnel department prior to the short-listing procedure.

Please ensure that you complete all sections. Data Protection: Applicants completing this form will be giving consent for their personal data to be stored in

computer systems. This data is held solely for the purposes of recruitment and monitoring equal opportunities.

Only the successful candidate’s details will be retained, all other data will be destroyed six months after the

completion of the recruitment process.

1. Personal Details:

Forenames:

Surname:

Address: Post Code:

Contact Details: Home Tel: Mobile Tel: e-mail:

2. Do you have a disability or illness that we might need to take into account during our

selection procedure (for example if you have a difficulty with stairs, or your vision or

hearing is impaired?) Yes No

3. Number of days off sick in the last two years? _________________

4. Have you been convicted of any criminal offences including spent convictions? Yes No

5. If yes please give details including the nature of the offence and sentence

imposed:______________________________________________

6. Are you able to provide proof of your right to work in the UK? Yes No

7. Please indicate how you heard of this post, be as detailed as possible.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Signature _____________________________ Date _______________________

Please enclose this sheet with the main application form.

Position Applied For: Job Ref:


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Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Information for the applicant: The Diana Award seeks to employ people only on the basis of

their competence to undertake the role for which they have applied. We try to ensure out

selection processes are not influenced by a candidate’s age, gender, marital status, religion

or ethnicity. Further, we seek not to discriminate against people with disabilities.

Your completed form will be opened and retained by the Personnel Department and used

for statistical purposes only to enable us to monitor adherence to our equal opportunities

policy.

Please do not enter any personal details on this form.

1. How would you describe your ethnic origin:

Afro-Caribbean White British

African Other European

Indian Middle Eastern

Pakistani Far Eastern

Other or Mixed Descent

2. You are: Male Female

3. Your age is: 16-25 26-40 41-55 56-65 66+

4. Marital Status : (Please state): ____________________________

5. Religion : (Please state): _____________________________

6. Are you registered disabled? Yes No

7. Do you have an unregistered disability? Yes No

If you have answered Yes to questions 6 and/or 7 please state the nature of your

disability:

_________________________________________________________________________

Please enclose this sheet with the main application form.


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STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF YOUR APPLICATION

Please read the person specification and Job description provided before completing this

section. This page must be completed – CVs are not acceptable. It is essential that you

demonstrate in this section how you meet the Person Specification, including any

additional information that you might want to provide that demonstrates how you meet

the skills and abilities required for this role. You may if you wish attach a maximum of

three continuation sheets.

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