Developing the Young Workforce School Coordinator (Secondary)

Job Description

Perthshire Chamber of Commerce
Developing the Young Workforce Tay Cities

Job Description

Developing the Young Workforce School Coordinator (Secondary) Angus –  Full Time
Salary £27,000
35 hours
Contract until March 31st 2027

The Role:

The main role of a DYW School Coordinator will be to support senior leaders in the school based within Tay Cities to embed the Developing the Young Workforce Strategy and other employer offers within the curriculum. They will create and implement a structure for employer engagement which reflects the school’s demographic, regional and local DYW plans and maintain a robust network of partners within the local business community. In doing so, they support school leadership teams in fulfilling national priorities around employability and enterprise and Career Education Standard.

By paying close attention to local and national employment data and fostering good relationships, DYW School Coordinators identify opportunities for collaborative working focussed on better outcomes for young people.

Responsible to:
The DYW School Coordinator is responsible to the DYW Board. Direct Line Management is with the Operations Manager.

Responsible for:
No line management responsibility.

Overall Purpose of the Post:

The focus of the role is to develop and implement a programme of employer engagement aimed at enhancing the curriculum and increasing pupils’ career awareness and skills development in order to support a positive and sustained destination beyond school.

Employer Engagement

• Work alongside the regional DYW group to ensure that support is targeted at groups aligned to DYW KPIs.
• Work alongside Teachers, SDS Careers Advisor, MCR Pathways Coordinators (where applicable) and wider relevant partners to ensure that employer offers are targeted at the pupils who would benefit most.
• Work with key local partners and stakeholders to provide industry-led activity which will support pupils post school transition and raise awareness of Yong Person Guarantee services.
• Ensure that DYW is appropriately highlighted and embedded across each stage of the curriculum in the senior phase and broad general education, supporting key transitions.
• Utilise available data to ensure employer engagement interactions are aligned and informed by pupils’ preferred occupation, route and anticipated leave date whilst working to support an enhanced awareness of the current and emerging labour market growth and demand sectors across the region and nationally.
• Foster and establish partnerships with businesses, other learning providers e.g. colleges and third sector organisations that can enhance and impact on curriculum delivery and design.
• Increase the number of businesses working directly with the school to improve opportunities for young people.

Partnerships and networks

• Liaise with the Senior Leadership Team, Curriculum Leads and other relevant staff to ensure strategic direction of the DYW agenda is reflected within the curriculum.
• Support teaching staff by identifying meaningful industry relevant experiences and qualifications by facilitating appropriate and relevant partnerships.
• Liaise with relevant staff who deliver work-based learning, for example Foundation Apprenticeships (Level 4/5/6) Work Experience and Career Ready Programmes, to enhance employer involvement
• Support the delivery of all DYW and wider programmes to promote opportunities within the wider school community i.e. pupils, teachers, parents/carers.
• Work with partners to support the embedding of the Career Education Standard and enterprise activities.

Monitoring and review

• Reporting of school & employer activity and data associated with DYW, while providing evidence of activity at key stages throughout the year.
• Work in partnership to increase participation across the whole school in work inspiration with particular reference to those furthest away from the labour market.
• Undertake regular review and evaluation of programmes and activities associated with DYW.

Leadership

• Lead on delivering the KPIs set out by the funding aligned to the DYW School Coordinator role
• Develop a school DYW working group that supports the DYW objectives within the school and those included within the school improvement plan.
• Be the lead in engaging with Marketplace, Founders4Schools, E-DYW and wider platforms to optimise the opportunities available to young people and educators and manage arrangements to enable these opportunities.
• Work as a part of a DYW Coordinators network, Influence Partnership Groups and the DYW Regional Team to support the development of projects & resources.

The role also includes any other duties as appropriate to the post and changes to grant funding requirements.

The role is multi-school based in Tay Cities with travel throughout the Region required.  Flexibility to respond to the needs of our stakeholders may require work on evenings and some weekends for events.

The role is classed as ‘Regulated Work’ A Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) membership is required (application to the scheme made by the Chamber of Commerce upon conditional offer of the post)

All of the responsibilities and duties are to be carried out according to the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce’s standards, policies and procedures.

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This job description is open to review at any time and was last revised in June 2025.

Perthshire Chamber of Commerce

Person Specification: DYW School Coordinator