Sue Mackintosh

Experience

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  Leicestershire Training and Enterprise Council Ltd

  Sept 1993 - Jun 2002

  Accounts Clerk

  Overall responsibilities as a member of the accounts team within the Finance Division was to ensure that support was provided in all areas of Finance and Administration, ensuring it was accurate and up to date within the accounting period deadlines.Training CoursesEffective Presentation Skills training, Oct 2011PowerPoint/Smartboard Training, Sept 2011Group Work Training, April 2010Data Protection Training, April 2010Motivational Interviewing Training, March 2010Information Resources Training, Jan 2010Interviewing Level 3 Training, Dec 2009Safeguarding Children Level 2a & 2b, Nov 2009 Show less

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  Leicestershire Education Business Company

  Jul 2002 - Mar 2008

  Responsible for designing and delivering a volunteer mentoring programme in 25 local schools, involving 250 mentoring relationships. Proactive in setting up, facilitating and evaluating networking opportunities and events to explore and disseminate good practice between mentoring practitioners.Establish effective working relationships with the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, schools, volunteers, businesses the wider community and funding bodies.Proactive in recruitment, selection, support and retention of volunteers from business and the wider community.Key AchievementsEstablished and achieved deadlines and targets, resulting in full cost project recovery which resulted in being awarded a regional contract with the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation enabling 21 schools across the East Midlands to set up and deliver peer mentoring activity.Set up and facilitated network meetings where school co-ordinators were able to gather information from others of how a successful project is delivered.Organised a Peer Mentoring Conference for all East Midland schools where students met with others and were able to show case their projects. Achieved effective relationships both with volunteers and company's resulting in full recruitment targets met. Show less

  • Mentoring Co-ordinator

    Apr 2003 - Mar 2008

  • Schools Business Co-ordinator

    Jul 2002 - Mar 2003
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  Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC) and Connexions Leicester Shire

  Apr 2008 - Oct 2009

  Work Based Learning Co-ordinator

  Matching and tracking applications, gather feedback, and update Connexions database systems with information.Raise awareness of apprenticeships to young people, parents and school staff within local schools Have good working relationships with organisations that deliver apprenticeships. Organise training provider network meetings on behalf of other partners to disseminate apprenticeship information.Visit employers who wish to offer young people an apprenticeship or employment.Key AchievementsProcessed 850 apprenticeship applications received from young people.Work closely with Connexions Personnel Advisors at schools/colleges level to keep them updated with information to identify those that may become NEET (Not in Education, Employment and Training). Delivered presentations to teachers, young people and their parents or guardians to influence the apprenticeship programme to be a Post 16 choice in their progression. Promoted apprenticeships by attending career events in schools with a stand and marketing material. Worked closely with the National Apprenticeship Service and training providers and built good professional relationships.Organised, presented and facilitated a training provider network meeting where over 50 training providers attended, end evaluation showed positive delivery. Explained the Connexions recruitment service for young people to employers, supported them throughout the recruitment process, offering advice on apprenticeships and the legislation regards to employing young people. Show less

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  Connexions Leicester Shire

  Nov 2009 - Jun 2011

  Young Persons Support Adviser

  Engage with young people to improve their employability through coaching, CVSupport young people and employers on work experience placements. Source and liaise with employers regarding placements.Ensure employers have relevant Health and Safety checks and the correct paperwork is in place. Interview and assess young people to ensure they are appropriate for placements/job interviews.Continue to support the young person in their progression in to a successful outcome.Key AchievementsSuccessfully moving a caseload of job ready young people to find work.Built successful relationships with both young people and employers.Supported young people on work experience through their time on placement, having regular contact with them.Accompanied young people on their first visit to an employer Show less

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  Connexions Leicester City (Leicester City Council)

  Jul 2011 - Feb 2014

  Employer Liaison Officer

  Visiting existing employers to gain knowledge of company background and discussing possible investment into training and work based learning to benefit both young people and the employer.Visiting potential new employers for young people informing them of current government legislations and incentives.Building relationships and advocating on behalf of clients.Proficient users of company database, producing monthly statistics to ensure targets are being met.Pro-active in informing young people of new vacancies to place them into work or training.Solving problems, challenging and implementing new ideas.Discussing, monitoring and evaluating own progress.Attending management meetings in absence of team manager.Key AchievementsSuccessfully achieved and exceeded given monthly targets of employer visits.Supported and assisted with the co-ordination of events for those that were seeking apprenticeship or employment opportunities.Built relationships with training providers and sourced employers for them to deliver apprenticeships.Built relationships with employers who wished to recruit for staff either in apprenticeships or employment. Show less

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  Leicester City Council, Connexions Leicester City

  Mar 2014 - now

  Education, Employment and Training Adviser,

  Key Responsibilities• Engage with young people to improve their employability through coaching, CV help and interview skills.• Refer young people to suitable apprenticeships, training course’s or employment opportunities.• Interview and assess young people to ensure they are appropriate for placements/job interviews.• Continue to support the young person in their progression in to a successful outcome.Key Achievements• Successfully moving a caseload of young people to find apprenticeships, training courses or employment.• Built successful relationships with both young people and training providers.• Accompanied young people on their first visit to training providers.• Reduced my NEET, Not in Education Training or Employment, caseload by successfully placing in to a suitable provision. Show less