Community Programmes Coordinator Skills - Calderdale

Position: Community Programmes Coordinator - Employment & Skills - Calderdale
Are you passionate about helping people develop their skills, access employment opportunities, and achieve their goals? Join Newground Together as a Community Programmes Coordinator
- Employment & Skills and lead a frontline team delivering employment and skills programmes across Calderdale.

You'll provide leadership and support to your team, build strong partnerships with local organisations and stakeholders, and ensure projects deliver meaningful outcomes for individuals and communities. This varied role combines people leadership, project coordination, partnership working, and performance management, helping to grow and enhance our employment and skills offer while making a real difference to local people.

Newground Together is a registered Charity and a part of the Together Housing Group, a social landlord with over 38,000 properties across the north of England. Newground Together aims to empower people to create sustainable communities that are connected, resilient, healthy, and prosperous. Newground Together is committed to supporting people into jobs and training opportunities, connecting with young people and families, creating memorable outdoor experiences and providing health and wellbeing activities.

Diversity & Inclusion:
As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Further information can be found at this link
- Equality and diversity
- Together Housing Group Requirements Outline  of Key responsibilities as a Community Programmes Coordinator
- Employment & Skills Lead, motivate and support a frontline team delivering supported employment and skills projects across Calderdale.

Provide coaching, guidance and development to help the team deliver person-centred support and achieve positive employment outcomes.

Promote and embed a IPS-informed approach to employment and skills, ensuring support is tailored to people facing significant barriers to employment.

Build positive relationships with Together Housing colleagues, participants, tenants, funders, community organisations and external partners.

Develop and maintain strong partnership networks, identifying opportunities for referrals, joint projects and new activities.

Oversee project and contract performance, ensuring targets, outcomes and quality standards are achieved.

Monitor performance and identify underperformance, putting improvement plans in place where needed.

Lead on project monitoring, evaluation and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely information is provided to funders and internal stakeholders.

Manage project budgets, monitor income and expenditure and ensure resources are used effectively.

Identify local funding opportunities and contribute to funding bids to support the development of employment and skills services.

Listen to participants and understand their needs, ensuring feedback is used to shape and improve services.

Promote continuous improvement by sharing best practice, identifying new ideas and finding more effective ways of working.

Ensure projects and community venues meet relevant health and safety, safeguarding, GDPR and equality, diversity and inclusion requirements.

Act as a positive ambassador for Newground Together, promoting the impact of our work across Calderdale.

We're looking for someone who has Relevant experience of working in employment and skills, community development or a similar environment.

Experience of managing, motivating and developing staff, creating a positive and inclusive team culture.

Experience of developing and delivering community-based employment and skills projects within a…