---

---

Location

Leicestershire | United Kingdom

---

Job description

“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

An Area Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day performance and delivery of
their team of Support Managers, assisting and motivating people who are
disadvantaged in the job market. You need to enable and encourage your staff to be
flexible and self-managing. You will support them to manage and facilitate
participants individually tailored journey into sustainable employment based on
coproduced action plans.

You will lead, develop and implement our community-based delivery model including
the uses of volunteers; employment led support; as well as integrated delivery with
health and local government services

Essential:

You will have:

• Demonstrable experience in successfully managing target driven services andteams within a high performance culture
• Proven experience of the operational management of high level or complex delivery of participant services and contracts internally and/or through a supply chain
• Experience of supporting, motivating and engaging others

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

The Area Manager role, located in Leicester County, requires frequent travel throughout the county, with regular visits to Hinckley, Colville, Melton and Market Harborough. 

Your primary responsibility will be overseeing a remote team operating on an outreach model, requiring adaptability.

 

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust  as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

 

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. 
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [email protected]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

---

Job tags

---

---

Salary

£37.15k - £42.78k per annum