What We Need From You

Must have/be able to:

• Level 2 English & Maths or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the barriers faced by offenders and prison leavers with complex needs, with a commitment to rehabilitation and supporting positive outcomes. Skilled in motivating individuals, managing challenging behaviour, maintaining professional boundaries, and building effective relationships with partner agencies and supply chain organisations.
• Experience in designing and delivering training, learning solutions, and interventions within target-driven environments. Able to facilitate and engage groups and individuals, drive performance, achieve agreed targets, and deliver services in line with contractual and organisational requirements.
• Committed to continuous improvement through reflection, evaluation, and proactive risk management. Demonstrates resilience, flexibility, initiative, and a strong commitment to safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and professional standards, including working with vulnerable individuals in secure environments.

Great To Have/be Able To

• IAG Level 3.
• Level 3 Award in Education and Training or PTLLS.
• Experience of designing and developing interventions programmes.
• Understanding of the wider criminal justice sector.

Employee Benefits

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Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year.
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate.
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes.
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group).
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• We are proud to hold the menopause friendly accreditation, hosting a regular Menopause Peer Support Groups providing a safe space for colleagues share experiences or ask questions.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.