About the Team 

While reporting directly to the Director of Economy & Place, you will be embedded within and work closely with our Skills & Employment Team within the wider Economy & Skills service.  Our Skills & Employment Team work closely with businesses, schools & colleges, training providers, wider partners, and stakeholders across a range of programmes to create a well-skilled population that meets the needs of our growing and evolving economy.  Key activities include working with businesses to identify their skills needs and help them engage the most appropriate providers, supported employment support, promoting and supporting the uptake of apprenticeships across the county, and working with schools and businesses through our Warwickshire Careers Hub.  The successful candidate will also work closely with our Corporate Strategy & Policy Team to support our work on finalising our Devolution Deal with Government.

About the Role 

This is great opportunity to help drive forward Warwickshire’s devolution deal with Government and help us maximise the impact of securing local control over Adult Skills Funding in Warwickshire (currently c. £7m p.a.).  The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Economy & Place, a range of teams across the Council, and with the Department for Education to develop our policies and processes for managing the devolved funding, meet the Government’s Readiness Criteria for securing the funding, helping set the strategic direction and utilisation of future Adult Skills Funding to best meet the needs of our businesses and residents, and help establish the team that will be responsible for managing the funding going forward.

This is a fixed term role for no more than 18 months to undertake the preparatory work needed to secure the devolved responsibility over the Adult Skills Fund.  Future opportunities may exist beyond this as we move into delivery for interested candidates.

Key Requirements 

• An understanding of skills funding/training programmes
• Strong project/programme management experience
• Ability to collate and analyse financial and statistical information
• An ability to work pro-actively to identify and drive forward key work areas
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop strong working relationships quickly.

For the Job Description and Person Specification click link here.

For the Candidate Information Pack click link here.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make 

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!? 

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure.  Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.  

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'   

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.  

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Additional Information 

If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis, please ensure you have permission from your line manager.

To discuss the role please contact David Ayton-Hill, Director of Economy and Place via davidayton-hill@warwickshire.gov.uk or Holly O’Sullivan, Senior Recruitment Advisor via hollyosullivan@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 3^rd December 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 10^th December 2024

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more