Employment Programme Manager

2 months contract with A Local Authority

Job Summary:

Responsible for the daytoday and operational management of GLLaB s frontline service team.

Provide managerial oversight of GLLaB s comprehensive range of backtowork employment programmes to ensure these remove barriers to work and equip residents with the skills needed to actively participate in the labour market.

To ensure high quality employmentrelated services are provided to residents seeking employment through effective delivery of multiple externally and corporately funded programmes.

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

Responsible for the effective daytoday management of GLLaB s front line employment support service including the management of up to 15 multidisciplinary staff members in a multidisciplinary team.

Ensure the effective caseload management of customers ensuring regular and documented followup tracking and review of customer action plans and milestones in order to move customers into sustained employment as quickly as possible.

Work closely with the Compliance team to carry out selfassessment and internal audit of all Employment support programmes and services; carrying out the review to achieve and maintain contractual compliance of programmes and development of services in line with best practice methodologies.

Conduct and record PRADs with team members carrying out regular 121 supervisory sessions caseload reviews and development and review of work plans and targets. To identify areas of underperformance and put in place actions to address these and bring about improvements.

Work to maximise GLLaB funding streams through up to date knowledge of available funding organisations; contribute to the writing and submission of external bids for external funding to deliver sustained employment support related activities across Employment and Skills.

Additional information to note:

It will be five days week 35 hours 34 days in the office at the Old Library building Calderwood Street London SE18 6QW.

The closing date for this position is 09/07/24.