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Opportunity closes: 25 Jun 2024
Type: Full-Time Job
Based: London
Salary: £28,000.00 to £28,000.00
Website: creativementornetwork.org
Instagram: @creativementornetwork
About Creative Mentor Network
At Creative Mentor Network, we believe in a future where there is no class ceiling in the UK's creative industries
We focus on socioeconomic diversity, supporting young people aged 16-25 from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to help them access and thrive in jobs in the creative industry. Our mentoring programmes train professionals in the industry to support young people in our community, and give them the tools that enable them to be inclusive and accessible leaders.
By championing socioeconomic diversity, equity and inclusion we are creating more inclusive workplace cultures and making the industry more accessible for young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. You can find out more about the work we do on our website.
Background
Creative Mentor Network was set up in 2014 and received charitable status in April 2018. Since launch, we have worked with over 2,000 young people and the same number of mentors. We have worked with a breadth of creative organisations including; Sony Music, Google, Amazon Prime Video, Meta Soho House and more.
In 2023 we saw a significant impact, with 81% of mentees feeling more confident to advocate their professional needs and 83% identifying employers and organisations relevant to their career interests. 97% of mentors understand the barriers to access for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and 91% feel as though they can support them. Our impact is at the heart of what we do, and you can read our full 2023 impact report here
About the role
We’re looking for someone who can use their people and project management skills to raise awareness about what we do, making sure young people know about, apply to our programmes and continue to engage with the charity.
Tasked with strengthening our existing relationships with schools, colleges, universities and youth centres, and building new ones. You will come up with engaging ways to ensure that we continue to receive eligible mentee applications to fill our programmes.
In the long term, you’ll be responsible for creating and delivering our outreach strategy to ensure we are reaching a diverse range of applicants in exciting and engaging ways.
You’ll be comfortable building professional relationships as well as understanding what will appeal to young people. We need a great communicator who also has strong organisational skills.
Responsibilities:
Outreach
Build, maintain and strengthen CMN’s school, college, youth centre and other young person-related establishments partnerships through regular email and phone communication, coordinating and delivering school visits, online events and careers fairs.
Ensure regular and diversified communication with leads and partners; through phone, email and in-person meetings
Develop creative and innovative ways to engage with young people and ensure that this is led from a young person's perspective
Lead with the creation of resources and sessions for young people to inform them of upcoming opportunities with CMN
Respond to incoming questions and queries from young people and sector stakeholders about CMN programmes
Use Salesforce and data to reflect and analyse how recruitment practices are impacting the demographics of those we are working with. Highlight gaps and implement strategies to fill these
Work with CMN marketing and programmes team to promote CMN online and to increase the number of mentee applicants
Create an outreach strategy to increase the number of young people we work with nationally
Manage CMN’s application system and programme recruitment, ensuring application forms and programme website pages are up-to-date and accurate
Skills and experience
Experience working with young people or in the youth sector
Experience working with education partners and other youth-related organisations
Friendly, personable and confident in building strong partnerships
Experience communicating both verbally and written to a wide range of people from a young person to a senior stakeholder (school/youth partnership)
Comfortable working with targets (mentee applications)
Highly organised, attention to detail, with a proactive approach to improving processes
Passionate about equality and supporting young people
Experience managing multiple projects to tight timelines
Creative - able to use your creativity to engage with new mentee audiences
Experience in using Asana/Google Docs/Salesforce and Zoom would be a bonus
Safeguarding: Experience and knowledge safeguarding processes would be a bonus
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £28,000
Benefits: 25 days holiday (plus office closure at Christmas), flexible working; compressed hours (9 day fortnight) and both in the office and WFH)
Location: London Victoria and remote
Hours: 35 hours per week
How To Apply
Send a CV and short email (no longer than 500 words) about why you would like to apply for the role to [emailprotected]
Deadline: Tuesday 25th June
We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment and employment process and, in order to find out how well we are doing with this, we need to collect monitoring data. We would appreciate it if you would complete this form so that we can ensure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. This form is anonymous and any information supplied will be treated in the strictest of confidence.
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