Volunteer: Interview Coach (Birmingham)

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ABOUT SMART WORKS

Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses, coaches and empowers unemployed women for success at their job interview. After visiting Smart Works, 63% of clients secure a job within a month.

The Smart Works service is delivered in 11 centres across the UK. Over the past ten years, Smart Works has helped over 35,000 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre. More information about who we are can be found on our website.

The Smart Works service is delivered in London - North, South & West, Greater Manchester, (Manchester City & Stockport), Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading and Leeds.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our coaching volunteers equip our clients with advice, tips and skills to help them with their next steps towards employment. They mentor our clients and empower them to reach their full potential. Our coaching volunteers have senior level management experience (HR or recruitment backgrounds are not mandatory).

They work directly with our clients to help them prepare for a job interview or support our clients with tangible next steps towards securing an interview if they are currently job searching. Volunteers can attend to a wide range of events, volunteer socials and access to our monthly volunteer forums and training.

You will become part of the supportive and buzzing Smart Works community, consisting of over 780 volunteers across the UK. This opportunity would be perfect for anyone who wants to use their skills in interviewing and mentoring to support unemployed women into the workplace.

COACHING ACTIVITIES

• Leading 1:1 appointments with unemployed women in your community, that focus on their search for employment.
• Supporting our clients by providing excellent advice on their next steps towards employment including (but not limited to) interview skills, job applications and editing a CV or cover letter.
• Mentoring our clients during their coaching appointments, helping them see their potential.
• Being empathetic towards our clients and empowering them to direct the session by asking them what they would like to focus on.

DO YOU HAVE

• Senior management experience and experience of interviewing at different levels.
• Coaching qualifications and/or training are desirable but not essential.
• An excellent listener, with an empathetic nature towards our clients and their backgrounds.
• Comfortable working with volunteers and clients from different backgrounds and respectful of other people's experiences and approaches.
• Work well in a team to ensure our clients have the best experience.
• Someone who is able to work flexibly and go with the flow- the nature of our work means our client schedule often changes at the last minute.
• Passionate about our mission and fashion as a force for good.

BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING

• Using your knowledge and skills to help women feel more confident before they enter the workplace and make a positive difference to the lives of our clients.
• Meeting people from a range of backgrounds and making new friends who have a shared passion for helping others.
• Joining our monthly UK wide virtual volunteer forums to meet individuals across the charity and receive training opportunities to help you learn new skills.

LEARN MORE

To apply, please submit an application via our recruitment portal here and we will be in touch when we next recruit and if your application is of interest.