Employment & Skills Lead — Community Programs (Calderdale)

Newground Together

Virginia

On-site

USD 50,000 - 61,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary £42,195

27 days annual leave

Flexible working

Work in Calderdale hub areas

Pension benefits

Professional development

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Job summary

Newground Together is seeking a Community Programmes Coordinator – Employment & Skills to lead a frontline team delivering employment and skills projects in Calderdale. You will coach staff, build partnerships, and ensure services meet funded outcomes.

You will promote an IPS-informed, person-centred approach, tailoring support for people facing barriers to employment while maintaining strong governance and partnership links with local organisations.

Qualifications

Experience in employment and skills, community development or a similar environment.
Experience of managing, motivating and developing staff, creating a positive and inclusive team culture.
Experience of developing and delivering community-based employment and skills projects within a multi-stakeholder environment.
Experience of building effective partnerships across the statutory, voluntary and community sectors.
Experience of managing budgets and working towards agreed performance targets and outcomes.
Experience of working with customers or participants and involving them in the development and improvement of services.
Knowledge of safeguarding and the policies and legislation relating to young people and vulnerable adults.
Experience of reporting to external funding bodies would be an advantage.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of people.
Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against deadlines.
The ability to monitor, evaluate and continuously improve projects and services.
The ability to undertake risk assessments and take appropriate action to manage risk.

Responsibilities

Lead, motivate and support a frontline team delivering supported employment and skills projects across Calderdale.
Provide coaching, guidance and development to help the team deliver person-centred support and achieve positive employment outcomes.
Promote and embed an IPS-informed approach to employment and skills, ensuring support is tailored to people facing significant barriers to employment.
Build positive relationships with Together Housing colleagues, participants, tenants, funders, community organisations and external partners.
Develop and maintain strong partnership networks, identifying opportunities for referrals, joint projects and new activities.
Oversee project and contract performance, ensuring targets, outcomes and quality standards are achieved.
Monitor performance and identify underperformance, putting improvement plans in place where needed.
Lead on project monitoring, evaluation and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely information is provided to funders and internal stakeholders.
Manage project budgets, monitor income and expenditure and ensure resources are used effectively.
Identify local funding opportunities and contribute to funding bids to support the development of employment and skills services.
Listen to participants and understand their needs, ensuring feedback is used to shape and improve services.
Promote continuous improvement by sharing best practice, identifying new ideas and finding more effective ways of working.
Ensure projects and community venues meet relevant health and safety, safeguarding, GDPR and equality, diversity and inclusion requirements.
Act as a positive ambassador for Newground Together, promoting the impact of our work across Calderdale.