Project Manager Workforce Development and Skills
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We are seeking a dynamic individual to spearhead the development of our workforce development strategy and associated projects. In this role, you will support our network of public library leaders and contribute to the Futures Hub, a new initiative aimed at generating evidence to help public libraries meet the challenges of the coming decade.
Main Activities:
- To manage the development of a workforce leadership and skills strategy working alongside key partners
- To deliver key aspects of the strategy including apprenticeship network; peer mentorship network; managing our online learning modules and ensuring our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy is integrated throughout the workforce development programme
- This post will also support the Futures Hub-a new programme that will generate evidence and insight that library services can use to meet the challenges of the coming decade
The scope of the role will specifically include:
- Development of the sector skills strategy in collaboration with key partners
- Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion policies across our workforce development strategy
- Management of a peer mentor scheme
- Researching and shaping library leadership pathways and considering the implications of this for the sector skills strategy
- Development of our bursary scheme, including attracting sponsorship income
- Scoping a new leadership programme and identifying costs and potential funders
- Manage the online network for providers of apprenticeships
- Manage our online learning modules including updates to content and scoping move to a new platform
- Support the President in scoping the work of the Futures Hub identifying partners, developing. Its programme of work, alignment with the data observatory work and supporting the meetings and research
- Supporting other workforce development activities as required
Your role responsibilities
- Manage project delivery against their plans and targets
- Manage the expert contractors
- Manage project budgets
- Report to our project funders, the project board and Libraries Connected Board
- Contribute to the organisational development of the projects and programme team
- Support additional projects and services as they develop
Please see the attached job description for a full description of the role, including person specification.
Travel within the UK will be required.
How to apply:
• Please upload a copy of your CV
• Please submit a covering letter, which should include relevant experience and detail how you fit the person specification set out in the job description
• We do not accept covering letters generated by AI
We operate an anonymous recruitment process, which removes identifying information from applications in order to reduce bias in the recruitment process, for this reason, please remove any identifying information from any uploaded attachments, e.g. CV
Interviews are planned for 26th September and will be conducted online.
Our vision is an inclusive, modern, sustainable and high-quality public library service at the heart of every community in the UK.
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