Communities and Skills is led by Executive Director, Tunde Olayinka and is comprised of the following units: Civil Society & Sport, Communities & Social Policy, Group Public Health Unit, Skills and Employment and Health, Children and Young Londoners.
About the team
The Skills & Employment unit is responsible for overseeing adult skills delivery in London following delegation of the Adult Skills Fund from the DfE to the GLA in 2019 and the introduction of Skills Bootcamps in 2022.
About the role
Sitting in the wider Funding Policy and Systems Team, the role will lead the Systems side of the team to ensure that the technical systems are in place to collect, store, manage and process data required to pay and performance manage providers, and to inform data analysis and contributing to the design of adult skills funding policy.
What your day will look like
Using your knowledge of adult skills funded programmes managed by the GLA you will work collaboratively with other managers in the Funding Policy and Systems team and across the unit to shape the delivery of adult skills in London.
Lead work to ensure that the systems are in place to collect, store, manage and process data required in the implementation and design of adult skills funding policy, including the approach to paying providers.
Lead work with Delivery and other colleagues across the Skills & Employment Unit to develop performance reporting and submit data returns to the DfE.
Work collaboratively with technical leads in ESFA/DfE and other Devolved Authorities to develop national ILR data collection and other technical systems which also support devolved/delegated adults skills delivery, through the Technical User Group and Devolution Data Group.
Provide inclusive line management and support to the FPS Systems team.
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
Be an experienced leader with the ability to manage a multi disciplinary team providing data analysis and technical advice across a range of adult skills funds whilst promoting a positive team culture that respects diversity and deals with barriers to inclusion.
Seek and incorporate diverse perspectives to help produce workable strategies to address complex issues.
Have, or be able to rapidly develop, an expert knowledge of adult skills funded programmes including funding rules, technical guidance, funding rates and formula.
A detailed understanding of the individualised learner record system – the national dataset that records learner data.
A knowledge of GDPR and Data Sharing Agreements to enable the effective management of systems that store sensitive data.
An understanding of skills and employment priorities in the Capital specifically in relation to funding systems design.
