09 Oct
Greater London Authority
London
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Pay
- £125,184 a year
Job type
- Permanent
Location
London
Full job description
Key information
Salary: £125,184 per annum
Grade: 15
Contract type: Permanent
Reference: 52558453
Interview date: 5th and 11th December 2024
Application closing date: Wed, 23/10/2024 - 23:59
Assistant Director, Skills and Employment (Delivery)
Communities & Skills
Collaborative, open, inclusive and fair - we work with and through partners to ensure Londoners can shape healthy, empowered and productive lives. Communities and Skills is led by Executive Director, Tunde Olayinka and is comprised of the following units: Civil Society & Sport, Communities & Social Policy,
Group Public Health Unit, Skills and Employment and Health, Children and Young Londoners.
About the role
Within the directorate sits the Skills & Employment unit. Responsible for playing a key role in support of London’s emerging Growth Plan - ensuring that Londoners, of all backgrounds, can access the skills and support to gain good work and benefit from the capital’s economy.
Key to this is ensuring London’s careers, skills and employment support eco-system works together to serve both employers and London’s diverse talent.
Working in close partnership with the Assistant Director for Skills and Employment Policy, your passion for systems thinking, social justice, people management and organisational design will usher in a new chapter for London’s growth.
This will be underpinned by your good knowledge of the principles of commissioning excellent careers, skills and employment support provision, which currently includes leading the work of the following teams:
- Adult Skills Fund (formally the Adult Education Budget) & Multiply;
- Mayors Skills Academy, Bootcamps;
- Capital programmes, and Skills for Londoners Community Outreach; and
- UK Shared Prosperity Fund (people and skills element) and Careers.
In addition, you will take your place as part of the directorate and wider GLA’s senior leadership cadre – responsible for shaping and delivering our ambitious programme for change, including our vision for a truly inclusive GLA.
If this sounds like you - then I want to hear from you. For an informal chat, please email the Executive Director for Communities and Skills – Tunde Olayinka ([email protected])
What your day will look like
- Working with teams across the Skills and Employment Unit,
the Community and Skills Directorate, the GLA at large and external stakeholders including delivery providers, National government departments and other Mayoral Combined Authorities..
- Jointly leading with the other Assistant Director Skills and Employment over 150 staff members, working with the Senior Leadership team to provide strategic direction for the work of the unit. This includes thinking through design of strategies, polices, projects and programmes.
- Working with Senior Managers to understand performance of programmes, projects and overarching strategies and policies, seeking to understand risks and issues and working through mitigating solutions that help deliver outputs, outcomes, and benefits as required especially in line with funding expectations.
- Managing and leading the direct teams ensuring high performance, removal of barriers and foster collaboration amongst teams.
- Representing the unit and wider GLA at external events, panels and working group to help shape national policy and the skills and employment eco-system in line with London’s needs.
- Leading an aspect of the Communities and Skills wider Directorate strategic objectives in line with strategic work streams.
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
- Senior management experience leading a multi-disciplinary team providing analysis and advice across a range of policy issues in a complex political environment.
- Track record of delivery in managing complex and politically sensitive multi-agency projects or alternatively, similar breadth of experience in a complex business environment.
- Evidence of operating effectively as part of a wider management structure involving other senior managers to achieve corporate and directorate objectives and targets and to manage conflicting priorities.
- Sound awareness, knowledge and understanding of the current issues within London in the context of careers, skills and employment support.
- Familiarity with financial management principles, including budget formulation and financial monitoring
Please find the full Job Description here
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you’ll need to submit:
- a Word statement (1,500 words)
outlining how you meet the essential criteria as well as the competencies outlined in the advert.
If you have questions about the role
If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager, Tunde Olayinka would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at [email protected].
Assessment process
Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.
If shortlisted you’ll be invited to an interview/assessment.
The interview/assessment date is: 5th and 11th December 2024
Equality, diversity and inclusion
London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity,
gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.
Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview.
Additional information
Please note,
all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from
The GLA is proud to be a Level 2: Disability Confident employer. We are committed to becoming a more inclusive and accessible organisation, and creating a truly inclusive and accessible workplace and culture for our disabled staff. We have named Disability Equality as a key corporate priority within our EDI Strategy. We welcome and encourage applications from disabled applicants. Should you wish to opt into the scheme, please let us know during your application.
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▶️ Assistant Director, Skills and Employment (Delivery)
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