Work and Wellbeing Team Leader

Consortium; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Holiday entitlement 27 days + bankhols

Employee discounts

Health benefits

Counselling

Gym membership discount

Cycle to work

Job summary

South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) is seeking a proactive Team Leader to head a Work & Wellbeing team in Sheffield. You will lead Employment Specialists delivering sustained employment outcomes for people facing barriers, including mental health challenges, with a focus on quality, partnerships and impact.

You will foster a supportive, inclusive culture, drive performance, and shape a service that delivers real community benefits across South Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment support.
• Leadership or team management experience.
• Ability to motivate and develop people.
• Strong relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Employment Specialists to achieve meaningful employment outcomes.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, performance management and professional support to the team.
• Maintain oversight of performance, quality and contractual requirements.
• Collaborate with employers, commissioners and partners to improve services and outcomes.
• Monitor outcomes, quality and compliance to ensure contractual expectations are met.

Skills

Employment support

Leadership

Performance management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Responsibilities: Lead Employment Specialists, focus on sustained employment outcomes

Qualifications: Experience in employment support, leadership skills

Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to join our Work & Wellbeing team, with posts covering.

We're looking for inspiring and performance-focused leaders who believe that employment can transform lives.

This is an opportunity to lead a team of Employment Specialists who support people experiencing mental health conditions, disabilities and other barriers to achieve meaningful and sustained employment outcomes.

You'll play a key role in creating a positive, high-performing culture where people feel supported, challenged and empowered to do their best work. Working alongside employers, partners and health services, you'll help shape an employment support service that delivers real impact for individuals and communities across South Yorkshire.

You’ll join a supportive, values-led organisation where collaboration, learning and continuous improvement matter. In return, you’ll have the opportunity to influence practice, develop people and make a lasting difference through the work of your team.

• Working hours – 37
• Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
• Excellent benefits including:
  • SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
  • Westfield Health (employer paid)
  • Counselling
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.

As a Team Leader, you'll provide day-to-day leadership, performance management and professional support to a team of Employment Specialists.

You will create an environment where people can thrive, ensuring your team has the clarity, confidence and support needed to deliver excellent outcomes for customers. At the same time, you'll maintain oversight of performance, quality and contractual requirements, helping the service consistently achieve high standards.

Working closely with employers, commissioners, partners and stakeholders, you'll identify opportunities for improvement, strengthen partnerships and support the ongoing development of the service.

The focus of the role is to:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Employment Specialists to achieve meaningful and sustained employment outcomes.
• Create a positive and inclusive team culture where people perform at their best.
• Drive performance while maintaining a strong focus on quality, customer experience and values-based practice.
• Monitor outcomes, quality and compliance to ensure contractual expectations are achieved.
• Build effective relationships with partners, employers and stakeholders to improve services and outcomes for customers.

You can read more about our employment support services here:

We're looking for a confident, visible and supportive leader who can bring out the best in others. You'll be motivated by achieving outcomes, developing people and creating a service that delivers meaningful impact.

You will bring:

• A strong understanding of employment support, employability or outcome-focused services.
• Experience leading, motivating or developing people to achieve shared goals.
• The ability to drive improvement through supportive and constructive performance management.
• A proactive and solution-focused approach, with the confidence to make decisions and address challenges.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• A genuine belief that people experiencing disadvantage, disability or health conditions can find and sustain paid employment.
• A positive and resilient mindset, able to navigate challenges and setbacks while maintaining a strengths-based approach.

Whether your leadership experience comes from employment support, health, housing, education, community services, recruitment or another customer-focused environment, we'd love to hear how you've motivated others, improved performance and delivered positive outcomes. This could be the next step in your leadership career.

Who we are:

At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.

Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.

Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.

SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 this is an excluded job.

For an Informal Discussion Contact:Adele Gardner, Assistant Head of Work & Wellbeing on 07467816656

Interview Date: Friday, 4 th December in person, in our Sheffield office, 152 Rockingham Street