Career Development Facilitator

You will play a key role in supporting the recruitment, mentoring and development of apprentices across the Trust, helping individuals to thrive within their chosen career pathways. You will also coordinate and support work experience and placement programmes, working with schools, colleges, universities and external partners to widen access to NHS careers. A large part of your role will involve building strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders to create meaningful and well-structured placement and work experience opportunities. You will support managers and education providers to ensure placements are safe, well prepared and deliver positive outcomes for participants. You will act as a point of guidance for apprentices, providing mentoring and pastoral support, and helping them to succeed within the Trust. You will also organise and attend careers events, recruitment activities and engagement sessions that promote the NHS as a place to learn, develop and build a career. You will advise managers on appropriate placement structures, matching applicants to suitable placements and prioritising engagement activities and events to maximise impact and reach. We are looking for:

• An enthusiastic individual who is a team player who is at ease in building relationships with all stakeholders
• An individual that enjoys working with students and apprentices on a 1:1 basis or as part of larger cohorts
  
  The Career Development team plays a vital role in shaping the future workforce across the Trust. We are a dynamic, fast-paced team delivering and overseeing early careers programmes, including Apprenticeships, Work Experience, and employability initiatives.
Working in close partnership with our Care Groups, we support workforce development by promoting inclusive opportunities that enable people from across our communities to join the Trust, helping to build a workforce that reflects the people we care for. We are passionate about widening access to NHS careers and collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including local NHS organisations, Job Centres, schools and colleges, to create clear and accessible pathways into employment. Our work is shaped by Trust PRIDE values. We aim to inspire, develop and empower individuals to build meaningful careers within the NHS. If you are motivated to make a difference, support others and be part of a team that values growth and opportunity, we would love to hear from you., Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics