Scotrail Hiring for EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY MANAGER Job at Glasgow, Scotland Full Time

MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY MANAGER

SCOTRAIL LOCATIONS/ATRIUM COURT GLASGOW/HOME WORKING

ScotRail has played a critical role in keeping people moving during the pandemic, with services helping get key workers and others to where they need to be. There has been significant investment across the network to electrify lines, and on new and upgraded trains. This helped to deliver ScotRail’s highest ever score for customer satisfaction in the most recent National Rail Passenger Survey. With more than 5,000 employees, we are looking for people who are focussed on our customers, to continue delivering the best possible service for people throughout the country.

Twice accredited as a Top Employer and having achieved Investors in Diversity, we value our people and aim to inspire, attract, and keep the best talent and provide our people with a safe place to truly thrive at work.

We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap across the rail industry and would love to see more young people, women, people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, LGBT+ employees and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but add to it.

At ScotRail, we proactively embrace diversity across our workforce. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team- a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels valued and heard and able to thrive. We recognise that we are under-represented in terms of women, young people, the differently abled and people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent the communities we serve.

We are open minded to applications from people who wish to have flexible working and would welcome discussion on how we can enable you to thrive in your role. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

THE ROLE: Here at ScotRail we are working to provide valuable employment opportunities and early careers programmes for young people right across Scotland. ScotRail’s Education and Employability Manager is responsible and accountable for taking forward programmes of work and interventions that help to deliver an ambitious approach to working with education sector partners and delivering employability programmes within all functions across the ScotRail network.

This includes developing, delivering and managing our engagement and collaboration with the education sector and key stakeholders, identifying new opportunities and delivering funding applications to support the delivery of ScotRail’s Early Careers Strategy.

The role works collaboratively with the business to further ScotRail’s early careers’ ambitions, whilst delivering effective and innovative approaches to identifying and developing opportunities, working closely with the Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and other key roles to ensure an integrated and effective approach is taken to furthering our early careers workload.

The Education and Employability Manager will support, lobby, collaborate and/or negotiate with key partners/stakeholders including: the Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, Skills Development Scotland, RDG, IRO, Trade Unions and other relevant associations to further the interests of ScotRail in matters associated with early careers development, future skills & talents and pertinent industry training requirements in support of our ambition to make sure every journey is made effortless.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Working with the business to identify and understand business needs and requirements;
• Taking responsibility for the design and delivery of interventions and critical programmes of work, new and innovative approaches and processes;
• Supporting programme participants;
• Working in partnership and collaborating with external organisations, including the education sector to influence curriculum development and the future workforce supply, working to ensure ScotRail is seen as an employer of choice;
• Delivery of integrated, fit for purpose and cost-effective solutions;
• Data analysis to inform decision-making at a corporate and functional level;
• Delivery of activity in an internal and external setting;
• Being the subject matter expert in this area;
• Regular and high value performance reporting internally and externally;
• Research and evaluation of new approaches and best practice from other organisations;
• Maintenance of professional standards across all aspects of workload;
• Support and collaborative working with the wider function and across ScotRail
• Programme management (including the potential for informal matrix management of programme participants)

THE PERSON:

Qualifications:

• Essential – Education to preferably SCQF Level 9, including for example Ordinary degree, PDA or SVQ Level 4, EQF level 6 – or equivalent vocational experience
• Essential – Evidence of continuing professional development and of learning from practical experience.

Experience:

• Essential – Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills;
• Desirable – Experience of leading and implementing new ways of working for transformational change programmes in a large complex organisation;
• Desirable – Experience of employee relations in a complex multi-union environment;
• Desirable – Programme / project management qualifications

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Essential – Excellent inter-personal skills, in particular the ability to negotiate successfully about sensitive and difficult issues with directors and other senior managers;
• Essential – Able to demonstrate a proven track record of achievement
• Essential – Ability to perform and interpret business critical needs analyses, and to translate the findings into actionable next steps.
• Desirable – Ability to demonstrate and evidence transformational strategic vision and planning.
• Desirable – Knowledge of the FE and HE sectors, plus apprenticeship frameworks, vocational development and the associated funding arrangements
• Desirable – Good understanding of organisational culture models and usages and an understanding of their impact in a multi-cultural environment;
• Desirable – Knowledge through direct experience of talent management and development concepts, recruitment and resourcing methods and techniques.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This post, 35 hours per week, can be home based until lock down restrictions eased. As restrictions ease, this could potentially become a hybrid/agile arrangement with a base location of Atrium Court. Reference Salary will be £40K per annum.

WHAT WE OFFER:

As an inclusive employer, we want you to bring your “whole self”, skills and dedication to ScotRail and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development, and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes: –

• Contributory Final Salary Pension scheme

• Free and reduced rail travel for you and your family, where applicable

• Generous holiday allowance

• Hapi benefits package, offered to everyone at ScotRail

SELECTION PROCESS:

Selected candidates will be invited to attend an interview. The final stage for successful candidates will be a medical questionnaire. Appointees must submit at least two satisfactory references, Disclosure Scotland clearance and complete a six-month probation period. Training initially involves a one-day virtual Induction training programme.