Community Education Co-ordinator

Typical Salary

£23,000 To £32,000

Typical Hours

37 to 39 a week

evenings / weekends flexibly

How To Become a Community Education Co-ordinator

You can get into this job through:

a university course
a college course
an apprenticeship
volunteering
applying directly

College / University

You'll find it useful to have a foundation degree or degree in a subject like:

education
sociology
youth and community development

2 to 3 A levels, or equivalent, for a degree

You could take a college course, which may help when applying for a trainee job. Courses include:

Level 2 and 3 Certificate in Community Development
Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Social and Community Work

Apprenticeship

You could start by doing an advanced apprenticeship in youth work, learning and development or community arts management.

5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and maths, for an advanced apprenticeship

Routes into this Career

Routes into this Career are not listed for this job.

You can apply directly for jobs if you've got paid or voluntary experience of working in the community. For example, in adult education, teaching or youth work. Experience of working with disadvantaged or vulnerable groups will also be helpful.

Other Routes

Other Routes are not listed for this job.

Skills And Knowledge

You'll need:

excellent verbal communication skills
the ability to understand people’s reactions
sensitivity and understanding
customer service skills
to be thorough and pay attention to detail
patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
the ability to work well with others
knowledge of psychology
to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Day To Day Tasks

Your day-to-day duties may include:

working with local groups and finding out their needs and interests
planning ways to meet needs
encouraging course providers to develop new learning opportunities
working with local schools, colleges and community centres to arrange places and times for courses
preparing and giving out information to the community
helping overcome barriers to learning
helping recruit tutors
organising training for volunteers
making sure targets are met
administrative work - you may have an assistant to help with this
controlling budgets and bidding for funding (at a senior level)

Working Environment

You could work in an office, in the community, at a school or at a college.

Career Path & Progression

Career Path & Progression are not listed for this job.

Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering is a good way to build up contacts and can help you to get work in community education or development. You can find volunteering opportunities through The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and Do-it.

Tips & Information

Further information

You can get more details about working in the community from your local council and locality.

Restrictions & Requirements

You'll need to:

pass enhanced background checks