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Partnership and Commissioning Manager
| Posting date: | 23 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23.76 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 February 2025 |
| Location: | WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 2PU |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Richmond & Wandsworth 7620-1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Partnership and Commissioning Manager
Reference no: Richmond & Wandsworth 7620-1
Pay Rate: £23.76 per hour PAYE
36 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: WANDSWORTH, LONDON
The main purpose of this role is to lead and develop Work Match’s major partnerships in Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston. You will also commission and contract manage employment support services, in Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with colleagues in the council and wider partnerships across three boroughs to establish and maintain strategic partnerships and links with statutory organisations, training providers, community organisations, voluntary groups, and senior community representatives
Work in conjunction with the wider Employment and Skills team and other council teams e.g. Leaving Care, Youth services, Social services, to establish partnership arrangements with other relevant organisations to support the aims of the councils’ employment and skills agenda
Liaise, direct and negotiate with senior management within Prime Contractors to oversee and steer external employment support provisions that are the devolved responsibility of the SSA, such as the Work and Health Programmes (WHP) and Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS) to maximise achievement and ensure alignment with local priorities.
Remain abreast of policy changes at regional and national government level to ensure that Council and partner provisions remain relevant. Awareness required of the full range of Government funded initiatives and developments in addressing unemployment and worklessness such as: the Plan for Jobs, WHP, JETS, Kickstart, AEB funding, (remaining) ESF initiatives, Traineeships, Apprenticeships, Sector Based Work Academies, National Careers Service, Flexible Support Funds, etc.
Liaise with Operational Managers to highlight potential gaps in our service offer and work to identify potential stakeholders/partners who can support our offer.
Develop expertise on available funding opportunities and timetable for application.
Lead for Work Match on external funding bids and new project development within the employment and skills agenda. These will include standalone applications for provision by the Work Match team, and consortium / partnership bids on behalf of groups of local service providers. This will require creativity in bid design, negotiation and management of partner priorities, maintaining overview of application timetables and ensuring quality bid completion and submission
Key requirements:
Knowledge of current DWP government initiatives & Experience of ESF programmes
Knowledge in the employment and skills sector
Understanding of how to overcome barriers to training/employment facing disadvantaged individuals
Knowledge of procurement and contracting
Previous experience of IAPT services with senior experience in IPS (individual placement support) and SEQF (Supported Employment Quality Framework).
Experience of stakeholder management
Experience of project development & management
Local government background.
Strong Communication skills – written and verbal
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
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Job Ref: Richmond & Wandsworth 7620-1
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