Employability Coach-Ghana (Remote/Contractor) At GENERATION

This aspect of learner mentorship is focused on supporting learners as they prepare for the job search. Employability coaches play a critical role in supporting learners through the reality of job search and managing expectations. Employability coaches may also serve as a guide to a learner as they craft their materials in their employment essentials toolkit (i.e., Cover Letter, CV, Portfolio, LinkedIn).

• You will be joining at an exciting time for Generation as we look to increase the number of freelancing programs we deliver whilst entering new geographies, like Ghana.
• We have been funded to deliver new training and placement programs for a number of remote-friendly friendly roles (such as Virtual Assistants, Data Analysts, Digital Marketing, Web Development and Customer Service).
• We will be testing a variety of delivery models, such as coordinating a coalition of local partners to experiment and learn, before scaling our efforts.
• As such we are looking for individuals who can bring prior knowledge, expertise and skill to this project, to make an impact and drive excellent results.
• This role is a full-time fixed-term contract until October 2025, with a possibility to extend.
• This will be a remote role and preference will be given to candidates based in Ghana. Hours are expected to be 40 hours per week.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct 1:1 conversations with your learner to help them with polishing their CV, Cover Letter, LinkedIn profile and interview skills
• Conduct mock interviews or assessment days with your learner and give feedback to help them become more confident
• Review your learner’s applications/interview materials and guide them in the creation of an “employment essentials toolkit.”
• Instill confidence during the placement process by supporting your learner in career trajectory planning
• Provide ongoing feedback and assisting in fine-tuning the career guiding process
• Coordinate with Ghana project team members on learner needs and ongoing data collection
• Develop a relationship of trust that will make it possible to work on the attitudes and skills of each learner, in order to boost their self-confidence
• Empower learners to set aspirational personal goals
• Instill confidence into a learner as they craft and drive towards their goals

• Highly interested in bridging the social and professional gap for learners who are entering a new industry
•  Comfortable in conducting 1:1 conversation and giving evaluative feedback
• Consistently able to tailor your communication in an honest, open, transparent, yet nurturing way
• Willing and open to share your professional experience
• Passionate about increasing learners’ self-confidence and supporting people in achieving their goals
• Energized at the thought of supporting individuals in their quest to enter a new industry
• Dynamic and motivated individual who can balance leadership and collaboration
•  Able to develop and maintain a relationship of trust and support with learners
•  Experience in professional mentoring or coaching, ideally with higher education in one of the following sectors: coaching, psychology, social assistance
• 2+ years of professional working experience either in tech industry and freelancing/remote work OR Human Resource/Career Coaching job coaching, employment counseling.
• Up-to-date understanding of employability essentials (CV, LinkedIn, Interview skills)
• Experience of hiring/managing or coaching entry level recruits either from a tertiary or higher education institution desirable (formally or informally as part of your job role)