SfYP Project Officer

Job Title: SfYP Project Officer
Starting Salary: £38,220 progressing to £41,771 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37.0
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Fixed Term - End date: 29.02.2028
Directorate: Childrens Services

Are you interested in supporting the delivery of quality work experience to socio-economically disadvantaged young people to improve their career readiness, employability and foundational work readiness skills.

Do you have good organisational, communication, numerical and analytical skills?

Do you have an eye for detail?

About the role

Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People (HCC SfYP) is recruiting a Project Officer to deliver the Future Ready Programme to 375 students across Hertfordshire

to receive 10 days of immersive, progressive multi-year work experience aimed at improving career readiness and foundational employability skills. This programme is based on the equalex approach to modern work experience

You will deliver bespoke and progressive high-quality modern work experiences to socio-economically disadvantaged young people to improve their career readiness, employability and foundational work readiness skills.

Increase the capability and capacity of employers to deliver high quality work experience to disadvantaged young people.

Improve the evidence base and dissemination of how to deliver best in class work experience opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

About you

Essential:

• Legal rights to work in the UK.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Excellent organisation and administrative skills with good attention to detail.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Able to understand the barriers that young people face
• Ability to build rapport with young people and education settings
• Ability to build relationships between local/national employers and the school caseload
• Good ICT skills

For information regarding the work of (SfYP) please visit www.servicesforyoungpeople.org

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Programme and Project, level PRO8 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles: Project & programme

To hear more about this opportunity please contact steve.trotter@hertfordshirefutures.co.uk;

Interview Date: 20th January 2026

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.