Job Description

Salary

48,226.00- 50,269.00 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Region

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Package

Full time, Fixed Term 2 years

Job category/type

Management

Date posted

23/09/2025

Job reference

RA0007167

About us

Warwickshire is famous the world over as Shakespeare's Country - but that's only half the story. We're also vibrant and modern with exciting opportunities for everyone who lives and works here. We are proud to be one of the strongest business bases in the UK and certain that even through challenging times, we will do well to economically recover, with the right support in place.

Amongst the many strands of support our Employability and Skills Service has to offer, the service is going through a transitional period of growth. We are launching a number of opportunities for highly skilled and creative individuals with a passion for skills, who also embrace new challenges.

This is such an exciting time to join the team as we embark on a journey to create and deliver a whole host of different work streams, tackling many of the council's high priority areas.

Building on some existing skills support services, the team will work to develop and deliver a range of programmes, projects and campaigns to meet the employment needs, one of the key deliverables we feel will allow us to maintain a strong economy with a well skilled population.

The team will offer a number of support services, primarily supporting the residents of Warwickshire to gain high quality employment support, enabling job seekers to gain and sustain good quality employment.

As a local authority, we pride ourselves in being collaborative and barrier breaking, whilst demonstrating strong team cultures by encouraging creative thinking, personal development and embracing new ways of working.

We proudly operate an agile working policy, whilst also offering enhanced Wellbeing and staff benefit programmes such as cycle to work schemes, childcare vouchers, pension and health care schemes.

About the Role

The ultimate goal of the service is to lead in creating a showcase of Warwickshire career opportunities and play a leadership role in shaping local employment programmes, ensuring they are inclusive and accessible to everyone.

The Employability Support Service leads on a broad range of support and whilst the service works with many employability and education providers, the team also work on a wide range of employment programmes which are needs led and support a number of Warwickshire's priority groups of people to gain the skills require to enter into paid employment.

The team's main ambition is to commission and deliver strands of Skills and Employment activity which ultimately supports Warwickshire residents to fulfil their career ambitions and become or remain economically independent.

The role of the Employability Team Manager is one with specific responsibility to play a strategic role in leading the service to be forward thinking, engaging and deliver a series of high-quality Employment and skills activity to all who engage in our work.

As Employability Team Manager, you will have many great qualities to bring to the role, all of which will be reflective of your substantial experience of working in Employability and Skills.

You will also be highly motivated, resilient and have a personal ambition to work in a strategic role which is both rewarding and offers an opportunity to positively impact people's lives.

Key Skills and Experiences

The successful candidate will be working with a wide variety of senior leads, employment and strategic partners and therefore 3 years' relevant experience would be essential, along with the ability to monitor multiple projects and programmes to ensure positive outcomes, extract key data and write reports to demonstrate impact.

A key requirement is the ability to identify key trends and respond by utilising knowledge of the current labour market, skills provision to build solutions-based programmes and the ability to adapt to an ever-changing landscape.

For further information please see the and Person Specification.

Team Manager - Employability Support Service

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.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

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

For more information about the role please contact

William Tse on Williamtse@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 13th October 2025

Interview date: W/C 20th October 2025

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.