Employability Team Leader - North London

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Employability Team Leader in North London to manage a team of Employment Specialists. This full-time permanent role offers a salary of £39,000 to £45,000 and includes responsibilities such as overseeing team performance, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations. The ideal candidate will have experience in employability sectors and managing teams effectively, with opportunities for career progression and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing a team in a target-driven environment.
• Experience in welfare to work sector.
• Engagement with employers or stakeholders is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of up to 8 Employment Specialists.
• Ensure achievement of job start targets per month.
• Engage with external stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Target-driven team management

Engaging with employers

Knowledge of welfare to work market

Experience with mental health clients

Education

Grade C in Maths and English or equivalent

Tools

Various competency systems

Job description

Overview

Morgan Hunt are working with a market leading Welfare to Work provider who are recruiting for an Employability Team Leader in North London. This role will involve supporting managing a team of Employment Specialists which support clients with mental health and disabilities into employment within their respected communities. This is full time permanent position paying £39,000 to £45,000 depending on experience and skills. The role will involve overseeing the performance of the Employment Specialists to ensure they are achieving their contractual obligations. The role offers hybrid working whilst engaging with the team in the community. The ideal candidate for this role will be looking for someone who has experience within employability and successfully managed a team of staff to achieve targets.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of up to 8 Employment Specialists
• Ensuring the team achieves the required number of job starts per month
• Engaging with external stakeholders
• Ensuring the team is working in compliance and in line with the framework
• Creating and providing reporting on performance

Qualifications

• A proven track record of managing a team within a target driven environment
• Experience or knowledge of the welfare to work market
• Experience in engaging employers or stakeholders
• Ideally worked within a mental health setting or with mental health clients
• A minimum of a grade C in Maths and English or equivalent
• The ability to use various systems competently

Benefits

• An annual salary of up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with service
• Enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times annual salary rate
• Opportunity for career progression and development

If you would like to work for a market leading provider within employability to help transform lives within mental health participants and disability participants then please apply now.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.