Chevening Career Plan Essay Example: Vocational training partnership coordinator

Returning to Morocco, I will resume my partnership coordinator role at the Casablanca Regional Vocational Training Centre. In my recent pilot, I tracked 60 trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds through a new employer follow-up process. Over six months, 38 secured placements, but only 22 remained after three months. Trainees and employers cited mismatched expectations and weak post-placement support. My analysis was limited by a lack of structured indicators. Short term, the MSc Education, Skills and Workforce Development at UCL Institute of Education will sharpen my labour-market analysis and curriculum design. I will introduce a standardised three-month follow-up survey and a retention dashboard segmented by sector, employer, and trainee background. My target is to raise three-month retention from 37 to 55 percent within the first year, using the evidence to revise instructor briefings and employer onboarding. The centre director has agreed to review the dashboard quarterly. Mid term, I will convene a working group with the Casablanca Chamber of Commerce, the regional ANAPEC employment office, and three employer partners I already coordinate with in automotive and hospitality. Quarterly meetings will share retention data and agree two targeted interventions per cycle, such as employer orientation and trainee mentoring. I will ask two Chevening alumni working in skills policy to critique my indicator definitions before the first session, so the metrics hold against models from other contexts. Longer term, I will document the coordination model and submit it through the OFPPT regional review and the Moroccan Association for Vocational Training Professionals, where I hold associate membership. Success means one neighbouring centre adopting the retention indicators, and a sector workshop reviewing whether structured evidence changes how partners plan together. For disadvantaged young people, the test is steadier first jobs, not just enrolment.