Contract: Permanent
Your role:
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the cutting edge of Devolution and help transform Education and Skills provision in Greater Manchester and shape key Mayoral ambitions for young people.
This role will support two flagship policy programmes (The Greater Manchester Baccalaureate, and Our Pass) to support strategic development and implement effective management and monitoring processes to ensure they are achieving the best outcomes for young people.
About you:
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You will be a strategic thinker, able to turn policy objectives into practical, well-organised plans with a focus on results and outcomes for our young people.
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You will have excellent organisational skills to drive complex projects through to implementation, and can support others to implement best practice approaches to project and programme management and monitoring.
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You will be passionate about improving the lives and career prospects of young people, taking a user-centred and inclusive approach to designing policy and services, seeking out insights from users to drive improvements.
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You will be a strong communicator, able to build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders and produce reports, presentations, and briefings that effectively translate our vision.
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This area of work is fundamental to achieving our core outcomes for young people and provides the opportunity to collaborate on an exciting and pioneering programme of work. This is a role that would suit a generalist able to respond quickly to changing circumstances and prepare materials to a high standard to short deadlines
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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