Employability Team Leader

Enable; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Enable is seeking a Team Leader to support individuals facing barriers to employment in Aberdeen. This role involves coaching staff, managing workloads, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a commitment to helping others find meaningful employment.

Benefits

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Qualifications

• Drive and commitment to support people in obtaining jobs.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritize tasks.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring staff.

Responsibilities

• Support people with barriers to work in achieving sustainable employment.
• Provide targeted coaching and mentoring for front line teams.
• Work closely with Employment Coordinators to deliver high-quality service.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Relationship Building

IT Literacy

Job description

Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?

Do you have the ability to coach and mentor others?

Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?

Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Your role, as a Team Leader is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment and, provide targeted coaching and mentoring for our front line teams. Working as part of the All in Aberdeenshire partnership, you will work closely with a team of Employment Coordinators, providing support to ensure they can deliver a high-quality service.

Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 32 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.

Please note there is a pay award pending for Enable Works Staff.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high-quality, well-paid jobs
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Ability to coach staff to achieve their goals
• Ability to devise and deliver targeted coaching sessions
• Be a positive role model for staff
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community - Aberdeenshire and surrounding areas
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence with access to a car

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each customers individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your customers, therefore you need to manage your workload well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

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