Performance and Employability Manager

The Big Life group of charities and social enterprises creates opportunities for people to change their lives. The group has grown rapidly in the last 3 years and now employs 600 people with an annual turnover of £18 million.

Big Life Enterprises, our social enterprise which helps people with barriers to work find sustainable employment has contributed to that growth. We have recently secured two new contracts and are seeking a Performance and Employability Manager to lead on employability activity and drive performance, working across all of our commissioned services;

These are;
Working Well Pilot
Working Well Expansion
Greater Manchester Skills for Employment Pilot

The successful candidates will directly manage the work of Employability Team Leaders and be responsible for the operational management and performance of our Employability Team. This team provides 1:1 and group interventions to clients that are ready for work and undertakes employer engagement to provide the job opportunities that our clients need.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for managing short and long term projects which contribute to the achievement of our performance and business objectives.

We would like to hear from you if you are an experienced manager who thrives on

• achieving job outcomes for clients and high performance against contractual targets,
• co-ordinating a varied schedule of work,
• seeing projects through from start to finish,
• working in fast paced environment.

To find out more about this opportunity please feel free to call Paul Cookson or Rosie Wright on 0161 667 3810.

Application packs can be found on our website via the button below.

Application forms should be returned by 10am on 2nd May 2016.