Partnership and Quality Lead - Careers

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	12 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Competitive
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	12 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Manchester, M1 6EU
Cwmni:	inploi
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	75708388

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Contract: Fixed Term until 31st July 2026

Your role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) at a pivotal time in the city region’s devolution journey. We're looking for someone to help ensure our children and young people leave education and training ready to thrive equipped with academic, technical, and life-ready skills, and supported by high-quality, inspiring careers education, information, advice, and guidance. Be part of a dynamic team making real change happen!

The Partnership and Quality Lead (PQL) will play a key role in developing and embedding cross-sector partnerships, with a focus on high-quality careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG), within Greater Manchester’s (GM) nationally recognised Community of Practice model. Working within the GMCA Careers Hub, the PQL will apply an innovative approach that prioritises the needs of young people, GM localities and the business community. This role will be a key driver in supporting sustainable system change in CEIAG provision across GM, as part of the national careers strategy, in partnership with The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC), the national body for careers education. We are implementing the work experience guarantee, aligned to DfE's statutory guidance, by connecting employers and educators across all education phases to develop high quality progressive experiences and programmes. Alongside secondary mainstream education, post-16 and inclusion provision are key priorities. Where needed support to grow expertise in these areas will be provided building on your existing transferable skills.

Please ensure you are available for a one hour interview during one of these slots:

• Mon 14 July - morning or afternoon
• Wed 16 July - morning
• Thu 17 July - afternoon
• Fri 18 July - morning

About you:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, tenacious and motivated person to join our Education, Skills and Work Directorate working across Greater Manchester.

You must have a drive for improving systems within education and the world of work and have a passion for supporting the opportunities and outcomes for Greater Manchester’s young people. You will be sensitive to the issues that concern young people in Greater Manchester and have a deep commitment to equity and equalities.

You must be a strong communicator with the ability to build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholder within careers education. You must enjoy working with stakeholders at varying levels of seniority across education and industry, Enterprise Advisers (EAs), businesses, local authorities, service providers and others to drive performance and improvement.

You must be well organised and comfortable with managing your own workload to meet priorities and deadlines.

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Home | greater.jobs

Mandatory Information:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

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Hybrid working

This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.

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