Grade: L
Contract Type: Fixed Term or Secondment to 31 July 2025
Hours/Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: York (Hybrid Working
Closing date; 7th April 2024
Interview date; Week commencing 22nd April 2024
Interview Venue: To be confirmed
The opportunity:
This is your chance to be at the forefront of the newly formed Combined Authority (CA) for York and North Yorkshire to develop the skills of our residents through the Adult Education Budget. You’ll be part of a small multi-disciplinary analytical team with a pivotal role in preparing and transitioning for the York and North Yorkshire CA to take responsibility for the devolved Adult Education Budget. You’ll be closely working with colleagues both internally and externally to lead and develop a commissioning framework to ensure the CA has the funding and contracting arrangements in place to allocate funding and establish provision that meets the strategic priorities identified in the CA’s Strategic Skills Plan.
In return you will be joining a new and developing organisation at an exciting time! The benefits of working for us include:
- generous leave entitlement, starting at 28 days plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
- flexible working practices including working from other locations and from home
- a market-leading pension scheme
- commitment to staff development and continuous learning
What you will bring:
To be successful, you will be educated to degree level or have demonstrable equivalent experience, have in depth knowledge of commissioning frameworks, and knowledge of commissioning and contracting processes for adult skills. Experience of working within strict education funding guidance and have a high level analytical and IT skills sufficient to manipulate and create documents and spreadsheets and databases to interrogate and analyse data for performance measurement.
You will also possess:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in disseminating information via written reports and presentations to a wide range of audiences in terms of both size and composition
- Prioritisation skills with ability to manage multiple projects and deliver within required timescales.
- The ability to establish effective working relationships, both internally and with a range of external organisations.
We are looking for candidates with commissioning and procurement experience and would welcome applicants who have had experience of adult education funding, but full training will be provided on Post 16 Adult Education System.
Secondment opportunity:
We welcome applications as a secondment opportunity. Please ensure you discuss and seek approval from your line manager before applying.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority:
To find out more about our new organisation please visit; https://yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk
Contact and apply:
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Vicky Wright: vicky.wright@yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk for an informal conversation.
Applying is easy, simply register your details, tell us how you meet our criteria in the supporting evidence section, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
Key dates:
Closing date: 7 April 2024
Interview date: Week commencing 22 April 2024
Supporting Information:
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.