UK - Local Area Representative - Remote Sheffield

As a WEP Local Area Representative, you will support international exchange students aged 14- 18 who come to the UK for a few months, a school term or a full academic year and live with carefully selected host families. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting and looking after exchange students throughout their stay, both in person and by phone, helping them settle into life in the UK and making the most of their experience.
  
• Being a key point of contact for students and host families, working closely with the WEP team to provide ongoing support.
  
• Supporting host families and helping to resolve any questions or issues that may arise during the placement.
  
• Organising occasional local activities and opportunities for students to meet and connect with others.
  
• Helping to grow WEP’s local host-family network as our student intake continues to expand.
  
• Proactively following up on host-family enquiries and leads, building relationships with potential host families and encouraging them through the application process.
  
• Supporting the host-family recruitment and onboarding process, including interviews, home visits and suitability assessments.
  
• Keeping in regular contact with WEP and providing updates on students, host families and any local developments.
  

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• A genuine interest in different cultures and international exchange.
  
• Experience of, or an interest in, working with young people, families or within the education/youth sector.
  
• Empathy, excellent communication skills and strong organisational abilities.
  
• A proactive and approachable personality, with the confidence to build relationships with students, families and schools and communicate with host family leads via phone, email and face to face.
  
• Fluent English, a full driving licence and access to your own car.
  
• Availability to support students and host families during some evenings and weekends, with flexibility to fit these responsibilities around your other commitments. 
  
• Willingness to provide a clean enhanced criminal record certificate as part of the safeguarding requirements.
  

Benefits

What we offer

• Flexible working that can fit around your existing commitments, with a lot of work carried out from home. 
  
• Flexible hours, including some evening and weekend work when required.
  
• Mileage expenses reimbursed for travel undertaken as part of the role.
  
• Full training and ongoing support from the WEP core team.
  
• The opportunity to meet people from around the world and build a local network of host families and students.
  
• Opportunities to connect and share ideas with other WEP Area Representatives across the UK.
  
• A meaningful and rewarding role where you can make a real difference to a young person’s international experience.