Employability and Skills Team Manager

Do you want to lead a team that changes lives through employment outcomes?

At Get Set UK, we deliver employability and skills programmes that support people into sustainable work. As an Employability & Skills Team Leader, you will supervise and support a team of Employment Advisors, ensuring they deliver high-quality services while meeting performance, quality, and compliance targets.

This is a leadership role with clear accountability.

If you are commercially aware, confident leading teams and comfortable working to targets, this role will suit you well.

Employment programmes succeed when leadership is consistent, structured and performance-focused.

• Lead frontline teams delivering employability services
• Drive performance against contractual KPIs and outcome targets
• Monitor quality, compliance and data integrity
• Support the team in vocational profiling, job searching, CV development, and interview preparation.
• Support and challenge managers and advisors
• Build strong relationships with commissioners, partners and stakeholders

You will balance purpose with commercial discipline. You will create a culture of accountability, professionalism and pride.

• Own performance delivery across your team of Employment Advisors
• Analyse data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Address underperformance constructively and decisively
• Ensure compliance with contractual, safeguarding and data requirements
• Represent Get Set UK with external partners and stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

This role requires strong organisational ability, clarity in decision-making and confidence in holding standards.

• Accountability:
  You take ownership of performance and do not defer difficult decisions.
• Commercial awareness:
  You understand targets, funding structures and financial drivers.
• People leadership:
  You can motivate, challenge and develop teams.
• Data confidence:
  You use management information to inform action.
• Resilience:
  You remain steady under pressure and lead through change.
• Integrity:
  You uphold compliance, safeguarding and governance standards consistently.

This is not a passive management role. It is structured, performance-driven and operational.

You may come from:

• Employability or welfare to work leadership
• Skills and training management
• Recruitment or sales leadership
• Operational management in regulated environments
• Contractor service delivery management

• Delivering against KPIs
• Managing teams to measurable outcomes
• Handling performance challenges
• Balancing people and commercial priorities

• Proven experience managing teams in a target‑driven environment
• Strong performance management capability
• Confidence interpreting and acting on performance data
• Experience working within regulated or funded programmes
• Clear, professional communication skills
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders

If you are motivated by impact but understand that results require structure, accountability and discipline, we would like to hear from you.

At Get Set UK, we are Ambitious, we take Pride in what we do, we are Considerate, we Own It and we Inspire. We are looking for people who bring these values to their work consistently.

You will be supported, trusted and given the opportunity to make a genuine difference.

• Wellbeing support including GP access, counselling and Headspace
• Pension, discounts and salary sacrifice options
• Enhanced benefits with service
• Development and progression opportunities
• A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership and support

The work we do matters and carries real responsibility. We are looking for people who approach it with professionalism and genuine commitment.

As part of your application, you will complete a small number of role‑specific questions. These must be completed in full for your application to be considered. We also look carefully at the clarity and quality of your CV. Providing accurate information and clear…