National Employment Lead

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Sense Full time

About the role

Sense has a vision of a world where no one, no matter how complex their disabilities is left out of life, isolated, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense is committed to breaking down barriers to employment and learning and raising the aspirations of disabled job seekers, through a bespoke and person-centred programme of specialist interventions. 

As our National Employment Lead you will be responsible for leading on the development of the ‘Aspirations for All’ services and will lead a team of Employment Coordinators who will provide a holistic and person-centred service with a range of interventions available to disabled job seekers from our hubs across the country. This will include developing referral pathways, partnerships, and networks in each geographical area.

This is a full-time, hybrid, permanent role, working between home and our offices in Selly Oak.

Key Responsibilities

Recruiting, developing, managing, coaching and mentoring regional Employment Coordinators across Birmingham, Leeds, Loughborough, and Belfast who will be based in ‘Sense Hubs’.  Liaising with professionals and agencies in the local community as appropriate to promote the service, generate referrals and to represent the needs of disabled job seekers  Proactively developing employment partnerships to help create a pipeline of opportunities for job seekers. Foster positive relationship building with corporates and champion the benefits of a diverse workforce.  Overseeing the development of each regional roll out, ensuring the services are responsive to need Working alongside Sense Programme and Project Managers, inputting into key project documentation and working to further develop the blueprint for our hub rollout 
 

Key skills and experience

A recognised qualification in Specialist Advice and Guidance (Level 4) OR evidence of substantial successful experience in Specialist information, Advice and Guidance An understanding of local, regional, and national labour markets, employment issues and benefits available to people Experience in successfully managing an advisory team/support service with a high-performance culture Experience of supporting, motivating, and engaging others Ability to develop, deliver and evaluate services, including project management and developing evaluation frameworks Evidence of successfully developing new services and implementing project plans to deliver services Experience in collating evidence of need/identifying new business opportunities and writing robust business proposals
 

For full details of the role and personal specification, please refer to the Job Description attached below.

To Apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.


Closing Date

14/05/2024



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