Schools and Community Engagement Officer

•  Travel to and from events is required for this role.
•  Develop and manage key partnerships with schools, community groups, and organizations that work directly with young people and potential candidates.
• Recruit and Coordinate Scotland’s Apprenticeship Ambassador Volunteers and serve as the primary point of contact for Apprenticeship Ambassadors in Scotland.
• Manage the Ambassador volunteer system including adding events, managing attendance and admisitering rewards and expenses.
• Travel to and from events is required for this role.
• Develop and manage key partnerships with schools, community groups, and organizations that work directly with young people and potential candidates.
• Recruit and Coordinate Scotland’s Apprenticeship Ambassador Volunteers and serve as the primary point of contact for Apprenticeship Ambassadors in Scotland.
• Manage the Ambassador volunteer system including adding events, managing attendance and admisitering rewards and expenses.
• Managing event request from partner organisations and allocating these to apprenticeship ambassadors in Scotland and, at times, for England teams.
• Attend schools and community events to promote QA apprenticeships and generate applications.
• Work closely with the Scotland Marketing and Recruitment Managers to identify areas hard to recruit and creating workshops to recruit diverse ‘ready now’ candidates.
• With operational support manage all QA Scotland events.
• Implement and deliver the new Tech for Futures and EduQate engagement Programmes which tailors QA, s programmes to specifics schools across Scotland to support building a diverse talent pipeline.
• Work closely with the Ambassador Programme Manager and Ambassadors, producing relevant and engaging content for social media and marketing campaigns to attract candidates.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to produce and update an introductory toolkit that includes emails, presentations, and marketing materials necessary to engage with educational institutions and events.
• Coordinate the preparation of exhibition stands, marketing materials, and IT requirements for each event.
• Provide reports on the success and outcomes of each event to the marketing team, including the number of potential candidates, leads, potential employers, and future events
• Maintain a positive and professional representation of QA as the leader in IT and business in all interactions.
• Obtain appropriate permissions from relevant parties to gather and share pictures and comments of events and activities for marketing purposes.
• Compile and process data on all marketing leads, education/youth contacts, and candidate referrals and potentials, in compliance with all data protection and ISO27001 policies.
• Adhere to all Company policies, including, but not limited to Health and Safety policy, IT User policy and Anti–Bribery policy.
• Fulfill any additional tasks assigned by your line manager or senior staff.

Wellbeing & benefits

Your wellbeing matters to us. That’s why we offer benefits designed to help you recharge and thrive, including:

• 27 days Annual Leave (4 days used for the festive closure) plus Bank Holidays
• Holiday Buying scheme
• Medicash plan, Wellhub, Cycle to Work scheme
• Private Medical Insurance at corporate rates
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts Benefit Hub
• 3 Development days
• 2 Charity days per year
• Pension Scheme
• Early Friday Finish at 4pm

Personal growth  

Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!  
You’ll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you’ll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you’d like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.

Our people  

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual orientation, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the different perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We’re proud of the progress we’ve achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity.  

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee that all applicants with a disability who meet the role criteria will progress to the next stage of the process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

A little about QA  

At QA, we believe the future belongs to organisations that are able to learn, master and apply new skills at pace and scale. As the largest tech training company in the UK and the fastest growing in the US, we partner with 96% of the FTSE and most of the Fortune 500. We have served over 4,000 customers and 1+ million learners in the last 3 years.

Our Mission

We teach the critical AI, technology, digital and Human skills needed to transform and succeed in a changing world. We do this through tailored learning programmes that connect learning across an organisation, create continuity for learners, and feature collaborative, cohort-based modalities to apply skills at pace and at scale.  Our unique end-to-end learning solutions draw from deep expertise across Apprenticeships, Instructor-led training, Self-paced Learning and Blended Learning.

You can find out more about us at https://www.qa.com/about/careers/