Specialist Coach (Employment)

IRIS Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Manchester seeks a Specialist Coach (Employment) to support vulnerable individuals in gaining quality employment. This full-time role includes managing a caseload within the Be Well partnership. The ideal candidate will have experience working with unemployed people, excellent communication skills, and an understanding of local challenges. The position offers a salary of £31,975 and promotes inclusive practices.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with vulnerable unemployed people to help them on their journey into work.
• Experience of managing a significant caseload while maintaining customer service standards.
• Knowledge of local area challenges and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Be Well partnership by managing a caseload of individuals.
• Help clients gain good quality employment despite long-term health problems.

Skills

Experience with vulnerable unemployed people

Ability to manage caseloads

Knowledge of local area challenges

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Specialist Coach (Employment)

Salary: £31,975

Location: Manchester - Agile

Full Time, 35 Hours

FTC - This post is currently until 31 March 2026. If funding is secured, the role will be extended until 31 March 2027.

Closing Date: 16th October

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.

At One Manchester, we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support, and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.

We have an exciting position available for Specialist Coach (Employment) to join us!

Role Overview

You’ll contribute to the Be Well partnership, which is an innovative new partnership formed to transform lives, empower communities, raise aspirations, and connect people to opportunities. The role is to manage a caseload of people who have experienced long-term health problems and help them to gain good quality employment.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of working with vulnerable unemployed people to help them on their journey into work
• Experience of managing a significant caseload and delivering against profiled contractual targets whilst maintaining customer service standards
• Knowledge of the local area and the challenges and opportunities within it
• Able to work in partnership and develop the trust, respect, and co-operation of a broad spectrum of clients and partners
• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing, and advocacy skills with individuals, employers, and external organisations

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.

If this sounds like you, then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!

About Us

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south, and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one of our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

Equality and Diversity

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under-representation.

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity, and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part-time hours, please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.