Employment and Skills Project Officer

Richmond and Wandsworth Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading council as an SLP Employment and Skills Project Officer, responsible for managing projects that integrate employment services with health programs across South London. This hybrid role involves coordinating various stakeholders and ensuring high-quality delivery of services. The position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, including generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

40 days annual leave

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Qualifications

• Experience working with councils on employment and skills activity.
• Ability to draft high quality reports for management.

Responsibilities

• Provide project support and coordination of all SLP programs.
• Support performance reporting and data analysis.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary events with health partners.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Level 3 qualification

Job description

SLP Employment and Skills Project Officer

PO1 £37,766 - £45,763

Fixed Term until 31st March 2026 or internal secondment

Full Time

Hybrid

Do you have experience in project management and employment and skills project work?

As the South London Partnership (SLP) SLP Employment and Skills Project Officer,your main project area will be supporting the effective delivery and integration of People, Skills Employment with health programmes across the six boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth and Sutton.You will also support the Head of Economy, Skills and Employment with the project management reporting of all SLP Employment and Skills projects. For further information relating to SLP please visit Home - South London Partnership

The People and Skills programme at SLP is delivering a range of employment and skills projects to help residents across South London into meaningful work.You will assist the Programme Lead in the co-ordination, delivery and performance management of all SLP projects.

This is an exciting time to join SLP as we are expanding our range of services, to link with our health partners to provide access to employment services.This is a fixed term contract until March 31st 2026.This is a hybrid role,you will be mostly working remotely from home but will be required to work from various sites across the boroughs to support events and attend meetings.

About the role

As the Employment and Skills Project Officer,you will be responsible for supporting the programme and performance management of the delivery partners of the skills and employment programme and coordinating the project reporting all SLP Employment and Skills projects.You will work closely with the Programme Lead to oversee and ensure high quality delivery of the SLP programmes to meet Greater London Authority (GLA) requirements and funding expectations.You will be working with primary health and integrated neighbourhood teams to support the development of an innovative approach to deliver services such as setting up a digital triage referral system for use with health partners.

SLP Employment and Skills Project officer

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing project support and co-ordination of all SLP programs as required. You may be required to support team SLP employment and skills projects.
• Supporting a comprehensive program of performance reporting and providing project information and data analysis.
• Stakeholder management includes clear written and verbal communication.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary events with health partners.
• Project management of a social media campaign in partnership with an external social media company.
• There will be budget and finance responsibilities, including accounts payable management, auditing, setting up new suppliers and processing invoices.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Level 3 qualification or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge of the employment and skills opportunities and challenges across the South London Partnership areas
• Experience of working with councils on employment and skills activity
• Ability to collect, collate, summarise and analyse information and draft high quality reports for management
• Ability to develop, maintain and review a range of different project management reporting, including information technology systems

Closing Date: 27/05/25

Shortlisting Date: 28/05/25

Interview/Test Date: 02/06/25

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

For an informal conversation please contact Fiona Oakes SLP Programme Lead via [e-mail]

Secondment Policy

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. This campaign is anonymised.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.