Business Manager- Refugee Employability Programme

at  Shaw Trust

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.
Purpose
REP is a Home Office initiative for the specific needs of refugees, to give them the support they need to find work and build their lives, removing barriers which cannot be fully addressed by mainstream services to become self-sufficient.
The Business Manager leads a team, including Case Managers, ESOL Employment Trainers, and Administrator, to deliver in person services on our Refugee Employability Programme (REP). REP is a Home Office initiative for the specific needs of refugees, to give them the support they need to find work and build their lives, removing barriers which cannot be fully addressed by mainstream services to become self-sufficient.
The Business Manager oversees the delivery of our services in Shaw Trust locations, co-location sites and community venues.
Due to the participant demographics, it would be advantageous to have colleagues working on the programme who are fluent in other languages, ideally: Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Turkish, Kurdish, Kurdish Sorani, Swahili, Albanian, or other languages that would be beneficial in supporting refugees in the UK.

YOU WILL HAVE:

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Demonstrable experience in successfully managing target driven services and teams within a high-performance culture.
Strong business acumen with experience of financial management including managing and monitoring budgets to maximise financial performance
Experience in coaching and leading a team to drive success in a challenging and target driven environment.
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