Employability Service Team Leader - Council Headquarter

Job Details

Grade: 9A

Hourly Rate: £22.18 - £23.96

Salary: £40,485.94 - £43,734.43 per annum

Hours: 35

Contract Duration: Temporary until the 31.03.2025

Role Purpose

Exciting Job Opportunity

The Employability Service are looking to recruit an Employability Team Leader (temp until March 2025)

The above post holder will provide strategic and operational management to the team ensuring Corporate and national objectives are met. The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Pre Employability Team and provide leadership and effective management of the team to ensure appropriate support is in place for people who require additional help to access the labour market and progress into sustainable employment, including young people, people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or mental health challenges.

If this is something you are interested in and have the following skills, then we would like to hear from you!

• Are committed to giving excellent customer service.
•Leadership.
• Effective communication
• Work well with others
• An interest in supporting people to achieve their employment goals
• Are enthusiastic, flexible and self-motivated

Essential

Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or evidence of comparable experience and training.

A current driving licence and use of a vehicle is an essential requirement of this post.

If you have a disability which precludes you from holding a drivers licence, Scottish Borders Council will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability. Should it be possible to make such an adjustment in order that you can undertake the travel responsibilities of the post, this will be taken into account in consideration for this role.

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries may be made to Vicky Cashmore at Vicky.Cashmore@scotborders.gov.uk.

Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.