Jon Matthews Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

As a Contract Manager I deliver strong leadership in mobilising the National Citizen Service contract in Greater Manchester. I managed Programme Lead's, a Senior Recruitment Officer, Recruitment Officers and Office Administrator to ensure effective delivery. I also managed workforce recruitment, performance management of KPI's & SLA's, developed and delivered a training strategy for seasonal and full-time staff, procured various partners/transportation/accommodation, lead a keep warm & recruitment strategy to maximise participation.I was promoted to this role due to strong leadership and performance in my previous role and also my ability to manage several staff members and implement high quality strategies. Since being in post I have transformed an underperforming team into a overperforming team.

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Being a Senior Recruitment Officer enabled me to lead the strategy of regional recruitment of young people in engaging in the National Citizen Service, across Liverpool and Manchester. This role involved performance management of 7 Recruitment Officers, maintaining contractual compliance and data quality, building stakeholder relationships, engaging with hard to reach youth provision, completing audit and quality assurance checks, coaching staff in their development and reporting data and performance to comissioners.

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

As a Recruitment Officer I was responsible for the local recruitment of young people to the National Citizen Service in Merseyside. My main responsibilities included; developing high quality presentations and events to engage with target audiences, building relationships with key stakeholders and youth provisions, deliver on weekly KPI targets, managing large scale programmes with high volumes of participants, act as a designated safeguarding lead and manage a wide range of part-time staff.

Cheshire

As a MFH & CE case worker I managed a caseload of young people who were at risk and/or being exploited or missing. My role was to carry out keep safe work, direct 1:1 support, group forums, family support and also working closely with agencies such as; Cheshire Constabulary, Local Authorities, MASH Team's, CAMHS, Families First as well as leading strategy meetings and portraying the childs voice in decisions being made about them.

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

For the duration of this role, I assisted in the delivery of the National Citizen Service by engaging with young people from all walks of life; mainstream, alternative provision, PRU and SEN. I maximised engagement, ensured all young people completed all aspects of the programme, supported with safeguarding/incidents and medical needs, assisted in the training of seasonal staff and also co-managed the programme from an operational perspective., facilitation, design and output in engaging with young people from all walks of life

Liverpool, United Kingdom

As a Youth Engagement Worker I managed a caseload of post-education teenagers who dropped into an unmotivated mentality. I supported, encouraged, trained and empowered young people to find opportunities to develop and become motivated to build futures for themselves. I worked collaboratively with local authorities, agencies, local businesses, key commissioners and partners to enable opportunities for young people.To engage with young people who are Not in Education Employment or Training or who are at risk of becoming NEET. This involved creating strategic plans, workshops and training sessions to enhance young peoples skills, give them further opportunities for development and making sure that there are no barrier in the way for their route to their career aspirations.

This role landed me in the position of building positive relationships with schools and delivering effective workshops to a wide range of year groups on the social norms of teenage years. I worked closely with stakeholders, developed session content, created a strategy to engage hard to reach young people and also built the portfolio of the project to increase presence and future business.

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

As a Young Advisor I created, developed and delivered effective community projects to support local authorities, stake holders and commissioners work proposals. Building positive relationships with specific service users, community members and forums to enable trust, reliability and social change. I had to work around commissioners objectives and deadlines in order to ensure effective work performance, delivery and impact.

Bachelor'S Degree, Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management, 2:1

Gcse, A-C

Activities and Societies: English, Maths, Science, Drama, Catering, Media Studies