Post Title: Employability Partnership Manager (Local Government – Scottish Government Employability Partnership)
Salary: £60,674 - £64,897 Hours: Standard working week is 36 hours Monday to Friday. Hours can be worked flexibly in agreement with the Line Manager.
Location: Improvement Service, iHub, Quarrywood Court, Livingston EH54 6AX. Some travel will be required throughout Scotland.
Duration of contract: Two years. Secondments will be considered.
The Improvement Service (IS) is a publicly funded company limited by guarantee, with a total annual budget in the region of £8 million. We exist to support councils and their partners to improve the health, quality of life and opportunities of all Scotland’s population through community leadership, strong local governance and the delivery of high quality, efficient local services.
Working for the IS means joining a small family of professionals, who work together to strive for continuous improvement in the public sector and ultimately, better outcomes for Scotland’s communities.
Our company headquarters is based in West Lothian, located conveniently for commuters between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Pay is only one of the benefits of working for the IS, our terms and conditions are progressive and flexible and employees are rewarded with a generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days per year, as well as a flexible working policy.
The Employability Partnership Manager will help lead Scottish local government’s input to the ‘Partnership Working Agreement for Employability’. This agreement set out the joint commitment of Scottish Government and local government to work together in order to better align and integrate services in order to deliver enhanced employability outcomes.
The Improvement Service is hosting this post on behalf of SLAED. The post is funded via a two year grant agreement with the Scottish Government.
The successful applicant will be responsible for helping lead delivery of the workplan agreed jointly between local government and Scottish Government. This will include a focus on developing implementation and delivery of new approaches, identifying and disseminating good practice and driving improvement in the design and delivery of effective services and partnership approaches.
The overall purpose is to drive improvement and transformation in the design and delivery of employability and related services to ensure that they better meet the - often complex and multi-faceted – needs of citizens.
This unique role provides the opportunity to gain a wide range of experience in helping lead this high profile Local Government – Scottish Government partnership. For more information about this role:
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To apply for this position, please
download the application form. Alternatively you can
call Leigh Rennie on 01506 282012 for an application pack.
All applications should be emailed to
recruitment@improvementservice.org.uk or sent to:
Leigh Rennie
Improvement Service
iHub
Quarrywood Court
Livingston EH54 6AX
Applications should be returned by Sunday, 28 July 2019.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a competence-based interview, which will take place on Tuesday, 13 August 2019.
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