Richard Luscombe Position: Skills Manager
Location: Across Devon and Cornwall (predominantly Plymouth based)
Offices: Home Park, Outland Road, Plymouth PL2 3DQ
Manadon Sports Hub, 121 St Peter’s Road, PL5 3JG
Salary: Level 4, £25,312 – £33,281
Contract: Full-time permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Head of Education
Due to the success and popularity of our current programmes, the education department is expanding. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting people in their journey through education and into employment. The main function of this role is the management of Argyle Community Trust’s employment provisions across all our Devon and Cornwall based programmes, developing, and improving our offer to meet the needs of our learners and stakeholders.
The post of Skills Manager is a full-time post with responsibility to manage, develop and organise the range of ACT employability provisions across Devon and Cornwall. This work includes, but is not exclusive to, our adult education programmes, employability programmes, apprenticeship programmes, NCS outreach programme delivery and our probation work. We are looking for someone that can help shape programme delivery, manage, and develop further provisions; the post holder will therefore need to have a broad range of experience in the employment and apprenticeship sectors and be familiar with the current landscape and guidance around developments and changes in accredited courses, apprenticeship funding and employability routes.
Leadership and line management of our current, employment staff is a central part of this role and the ability to focus upon setting high standards, monitoring quality, and improving outcomes is essential as well as a desire to develop new and innovative methods of delivery. The postholder will need to be able to form good relationships internally across departments and externally with local colleges, schools, and employers, to build stronger partnerships and promote the work of the Trust.
The successful applicant will be an excellent practitioner with proven organisational skills and an understanding of how to help learners progress at all levels. An appreciation of what motivates and engages people and the ability to engage with learners of all abilities is essential. Experience of delivering employability and/or apprenticeship related courses is a requirement of the role as the successful candidate will contribute to some face-to-face delivery (0.4).
If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application form https://forms.gle/Lr5x7kHHEndy7jAL6.
You will be given the opportunity to upload a covering letter and CV should you wish to do so however, for safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept application by CV only.
If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post contact ACTrecruitment@pafc.co.uk.
For more information about the work of Argyle Community Trust and our strategic aims visit https://argylecommunitytrust.co.uk/aboutus/.
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