Reports to: Project Manager, Equibalance
Salary: £25,000 pro rata + plus generous benefits
Hours: 17 1/2 hours per week, some evening work maybe required
Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata plus public holidays pro rata, 2 days volunteering leave pro rata
Length of Contract: 12 months (depending on start date) fixed term
Location: ELBA, 5 Greenwich View Place, London E14 9NN / Working from home
About ELBA
ELBA builds the connection between businesses and the community in east London and beyond,
creating a positive impact and strong communities and tackling the issues that determine social
mobility. A registered charity and membership organisation, ELBA has over 30 years of experience in
enabling successful partnerships between business and the community. In the past year, ELBA helped
place over 300 people into work in London through its award-winning Employment Works
programme, delivered over 12,000 business volunteers into the community, and worked with over
300 local organisations in east London. Our mission is to create possibilities to bring about positive
change in London by channelling the wide-reaching resources and influence of the private sector to
address key areas of need.

About our Employment work
When ELBA’s employment and skills programme was established in 2005, its mandate was simple; to
engage our member companies in the local unemployment agenda and help disadvantaged people
from East London into work. Since then, we have supported over 6, 000 people into work, thousands more have benefitted from work experience placements, internships, mentors and training.
Equibalance
The EquiBalance project, supported by Barings since 2022, targets and engages young black male and
female students who are studying at London based sixth form schools and colleges to improve their
long-term earnings prospects by helping them to develop key employability skills and gain access to
valuable work experience. The model is designed to target and engage Global Majority students
aged 15-18 and support them through a series of bespoke skill development, career awareness and
confidence boosting workshops in preparation for applying for a summer or half-term internship
The role
After 2 successful years of delivery, we are recruiting a part time coordinator to elevate the project
through a highly effective project plan. The postholder will work within the Employment and Skills
team, supporting our work with Global majority students aged 15-18. The position is part time until
the end of the project year in November 2025.

Job description
? Working with the project manager to attract , retain and progress students on the
Equibalance programme executing all activities in order to achieve this.
? Helping to manage all social media platforms and web pages , creating content and measuring
impact.
? Organise and promote project of events
? On a weekly basis , create a catalogue of case studies that raise the profile of the project and
global majority students more broadly
? Manage Equibalance information inbox efficiently and in real time , in a timely manner
? With the project managers guidance draft written internal and external comms pieces for
newsletters, articles and on-line platforms
? Join social media groups and professional platforms to discuss industry-related topics
? Collate and circulate details of vacancies and training opportunities
? Attend and minute partnership and steering group meetings
? On a daily basis keeping accurate records of all students and partners on our Salesforce
CRM platform.
General
? Attend ELBA team meetings, collaborate with other ELBA colleagues on projects where
appropriate and contribute to the development of ELBA as an organisation
? Adhere to relevant policies including equal opportunities and health and safety
? Actively promote and support safety and wellbeing of students and volunteers and comply at
all times with ELBA’s safeguarding policies.
? Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager

Person Specification
ELBA’s core competencies define the principles and ethos that are central to the way we seek to
operate as an organisation and the way we treat those with whom we come into contact. The inform what we do and how we do it; we expect every member of staff to commit to creating value for our members and community partners. ELBA’s core competencies are:
? Accountability
? Leadership
? Commercial awareness
? Relationship management
? Adaptability
? Delivery
? Communication
? Creativity
In addition, the ideal candidate will have the following skills:
Essential skills and experience
? A minimum of 1 years work experience in a similar role (paid or unpaid)
? Thoroughness, accuracy and attention to detail
? Competent with various IT applications
? Excellent oral communication and writing skills with the ability to articulate messages clearly
and concisely in an engaging style consistent with ELBA’s brand
? The ability to work confidently with different types of people at different levels of hierarchy
? A positive approach to problem solving with a passion for creating solutions
? The ability to take ownership of a task from beginning through to a successful conclusion
? An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities
? A flexible and communicative team player
Desirable skills and experience
? Experience of working in a similar role potentially working with students
? Knowledge / experience of Canva
? Knowledge/experience of Google Suite
? Knowledge of SEO and Google Analytics
? Knowledge/experience of Salesforce
ELBA wants to represent the diverse community we support and aims to be an inclusive employer in
terms of ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation & background. We are an equal
opportunities employer and we welcome all applications.

Please note this role is required to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The successful candidate will be required to comply with ELBA’s safeguarding policies and any
appointment will be subject to satisfactory references as well as DBS.