Head of Connect to Work Programme - CMB1952e

Penrith, England, United Kingdom

7/28/2025

Job details Job reference REQ00000018718 Date posted 25/07/2025 Application closing date 22/08/2025 Location PENRITH Salary £47,181 - £48,226 per annum Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Head of Connect to Work Programme - CMB1952e Job description

Location: Penrith with home-working

Salary: £47,181 - £48,226 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Temporary

About This Opportunity

Connect to Work is a new supported employment programme that forms a key part of the governments Get Britain Working strategy. Councils in Cumbria are receiving funding from the Department of Work and Pensions to develop and launch a Cumbria-wide programme to support people into work. To ensure Connect to Work is a success, we are building a new team to drive programme mobilisation and live-running.

Are you a strategic leader passionate about building inclusive pathways into employment? Do you have the vision and drive to lead a high-impact national programme that connects people to work opportunities?

Join us as the Head of the Connect to Work Programme and play a key part in shaping the future of employability across Cumbria.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the Connect to Work Programme.
• Being the day-to-day lead on behalf of Enterprising Cumbria, Cumberland council and Westmorland and Furness council, ensuring successful delivery of the programme.
• Build relationships with employers and local stakeholders.
• To ensure the effective management of the programmes budget, monitoring the expenditure and costs against benefits as the programme progresses.
• Represent the programme at senior stakeholder meetings.
• To lead planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its overall progress, resolving issues.
• Lead an operational and contract management team who will collectively be responsible for the success of Connect to Work.
  
  

This role is available on an Initial 3 year fixed-term basis.

Who Were Looking For

Were looking for individuals who embody our organisation's core values: ambitious, collaborative, compassionate, empowering, and innovative. We believe in the power of these values to drive positive change, deliver excellent public services and shape a better future for our communities.

Were also about potential over perfection and we can help you grow in the role and thrive in your career.

Be sure to take a look at the post specification (below) for the essential criteria for this role.

Contact

For more information about the role or to arrange an informal chat prior to your application, please contact Isobel Brown by email at

Guaranteed Interviews

We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

• Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
• Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
• Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed forces
  
  

If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application. Find out more.

Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments

Were dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Thats why were a proud Disability Confident Employer and also an Age Friendly Employer to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailing . While adjustments arent always guaranteed, well always listen and well try our best to accommodate your needs.

Easily apply by submitting your CV and answering a few short questions.

Application and Interview information

• Closing date: 12th August 2025
• Interview date:22nd August 2025
  
  

Please note this role may close early subject to demand. If youre interested in applying, you should apply well before the advised closing date. We cannot accept applications once the role has closed.

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