Employment and Skills Manager

Job title: Employment and Skills Manager
Location: Sevenoaks TN13
Contract Type: Permanent
Weekly Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £44,000 per annum

Job Purpose
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Employment and Skills Manager to lead and develop an Employment and Skills service across Kent and Medway.

Reporting to the Head of Communities, you will manage a small team and take strategic ownership of employability provision, ensuring residents can access meaningful employment, training and volunteering opportunities.

This role focuses on identifying unmet need, developing innovative programmes, securing funding and building strong partnerships to maximise positive outcomes for residents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Employment and Skills service across Kent and Medway
• Develop and implement a Training and Employment Plan with clear KPIs and measurable outcomes
• Design and deliver employability programmes that support residents into work, training or volunteering
• Manage and develop a team of Employment and Skills Officers
• Monitor performance, funding requirements and service standards
• Review and continuously improve service delivery
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with funders, commissioners and external agencies
• Identify and secure external funding and additional resources
• Embed the Employment and Skills agenda across the wider Communities function
• Work collaboratively with Social Value and Funding leads to maximise impact
• Manage budgets and ensure effective financial oversight
• Provide reports and updates to the Head of Communities

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering or managing Employment and Skills / Employability programmes
• Experience managing a team and driving performance against targets
• Experience designing work plans, setting KPIs and monitoring outcomes
• Experience working with funders and commissioners
• Strong partnership-building and stakeholder management skills
• Budget management experience
• Ability to analyse performance data to inform service improvement
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Desirable:

• Understanding of the voluntary and community sector within Kent or similar region
• Experience developing apprenticeship or training programmes
• Experience developing external funding streams or social value initiative

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please send your CV now for consideration.

If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call Lewis at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to Lewis.Hodson@servicecare.org.uk