The Role

Job Title: Integration Hub Project Lead

• Are you a strong communicator with great interpersonal skills?
• Would you like to help strengthen the skills and employment system in south London?

South London Partnership are looking for a dynamic Integration Hub Project lead, who will drive integration, boost partnerships across skills and employment providers and work strategically to improve access to skills training and strengthen clear pathways into good jobs.

You will be a strong project manager, a self-starter and effective communicator, with experience of building partnerships, developing strategies, creating networks and maintaining strong relationships.

You will be responsible for delivering interventions and strategies to supporting key groups of Londoners who are jobless and disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 and/or are facing vulnerabilities or structural inequalities, enabling them to access good work.  You will convene and seek agreement for multiagency collaboration to create clear pathways to employment for all residents.  This will be achieved by:

1. Strengthening pathways for residents into employment and skills support
2. Developing integrating networks to improve provider and stakeholder collaboration
3. Highlighting and communicating skills and employment support available in south London

As Project Lead you will have the opportunity to make a material impact on the lives of south Londoner by increasing improving their pathways to skills and good quality jobs.  You will work with multiple stakeholders to challenge structural inequalities and information and communication challenges that prevent south Londoners from access good jobs.

South London Partnership (SLP) is a small and dynamic, close-knit team, working across the 5 boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton. The SLP team focuses on areas where collaboration leads to increased influence, increased powers and funding and better delivery of the services our residents need. 

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 39 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date: 31^st July 2022

Shortlisting Date: 1^st August 2022

Interview Date: 5^th August 2022        

Useful Information:

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please note this recruitment campaign is anonymised.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible.

Your health and wellbeing is our top priority. Should you become unwell due to Covid-19 during the recruitment process we would very much appreciate receiving an update from you as soon as possible.

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams, including people from ethic minority backgrounds.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils