Economic Programmes and Skills Manager

Location: County Hall, Norwich

Salary: £55,725 - £62,397 per annum (Scale N)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Do you have a track record of shaping and delivering external funding programmes and employment and skills strategies?

The County Council’s Growth and Development team is looking for an experienced senior manager to make a real impact in this area.

The role:

• Leading the County Council’s external funding strategy and programmes, developing a pipeline of projects to maximise external funding into Norfolk, and ensuring compliance with programme governance frameworks.  

• Heading up a Corporate Bid Team, supporting County Council services, partner organisations and business to access the various funds available.

• Shaping future local and national funding strategies, especially post-Brexit.

• Providing strategic leadership on the development and delivery of employment and skills interventions across Norfolk, including the Apprenticeship Strategy for Norfolk.

You:

• High personal impact, used to managing partnerships, at senior level, across a range of public and private agencies.

• An experienced manager of complex, large scale funding programmes, educated to degree level, or equivalent.

• Significant European and skills policy knowledge.

• As the roles will require you to travel to places in the county not served by public transport, you will need a full, clean, driving licence.

Does this sound like you?

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact Vince Muspratt Assistant Director Growth and Development vince.muspratt@norfolk.gov.uk

Workplace feedback states County Hall is a modern, business-like, bright and smart environment to work in.

For further details and how to apply:

Online: www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobsandcareers

Closing date: 7 May 2019

Job Reference: 42718 CEHE