Senior Development Officer - Employability

Hours: 30 hours a week

Salary: Starting salary £29,973.90

Responsible to: HTSI Chief Officer

Contract Type: Initially for a three year funding period

Purpose:

The post is a joint commitment between HTSI and the Highland Council and is intended to support strengthening employment outcomes for the people of the Highlands through improving the capacity, scope and influence of third sector employability provision.

The postholder will engage actively with local and national third sector providers to understand their strengths and challenges, identify opportunities for and support partnership working across sectors.

They will support third sector employability providers with organisational and business development.

They will advocate for the sector strategically on relevant partnership boards and working groups.

Responsibilities:

Knowledge & Intelligence

• Review, map and maintain a record of third sector employability activity, opportunities, challenges and priorities for the area.
• Keep up to date with and share information on national employability policy and funding developments as relevant to the sector.

Collaboration and Relationships

• Establish effective working relationships with local and national third sector providers and represent all perspectives fairly.
• Build positive relationships with strategic partners involved in employability and related services in the Highlands.
• Work pro-actively to support the sector to explore and develop opportunities for working in partnership including, but not restricted to, Consortium models.
• Support business development within the sector to strengthen preparedness for opportunities.
• Develop and maintain formal and informal routes of engagement with the sector including preparing and chairing the quarterly HTSI Employability Forum.

Advocacy and Development

• Attend and advocate for the sector on the Highland Employability Partnership, Local Employability Partnerships and any other relevant strategic groups as appropriate.
• Support and help inform HEP strategy development including ensuring transparent and accessible commissioning of employability services.

As a team member

• Work collectively across the development team and wider HTSI organisation collaboratively, respectfully, fairly and honestly; always undertaking to represent the organisation in an appropriate manner and with the integrity expected by HTSI.
• Be professional, working respectfully and honestly.
• Undertake any other reasonable task.