Adult Skills Team Lead

Salary

48,226 - 50,269 per annum

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Package

Fixed term for 2 years

Job category/type

Management

Date posted

02/07/2026

Job reference

RA0007862

Warwickshire is famous around the world as Shakespeare's County - but that is only half the story. We remain a creative and innovative place in other ways too.

Warwickshire is home to many UK and international brands, with key strengths in automotive, future

mobility and digital creative industries. The area is a major global centre for vehicle electrification, autonomous technologies and video game development. Our local universities include “Top 10” University of Warwick and “Modern University of the Year” Coventry University. There is a lot happening here.

We are home to one of the strongest business bases in the UK and confident that even through challenging times, our economy will emerge strongly, and our organisation has an important role to play in this.

Within Warwickshire County Council, the Employability and Skills Team commissions services and provides a number of support services, primarily supporting businesses, gathering economic needs, whilst also supporting in the creation of career opportunities linking to employment, education and skills partners. The team engage widely with a number of external partners and stakeholders who we collaborate with to widen our reach.

About the Role - Adult Skills Team Manager

The Adult Skills service aims to lead the development of inclusive, high quality skills opportunities that support Warwickshire residents to gain skills for employment, progression and economic independence. Working with providers and delivering needs led programmes for priority groups, the service plays a strategic role in shaping provision across the county. The Adult Skills Team Manager provides responsive, forward-thinking leadership to commission and deliver needs led programmes that positively impact learning opportunities.

Key responsibilities

The role requires strong strategic leadership to develop and deliver responsive, solution-based provision that meets local skills needs, while effectively managing core service budgets and commissioned activity. You will champion collaborative working across council teams and with external employment and skills partners. You will be accountable for delivering a high-quality service through the management, supervision and development of the team. The role includes ensuring robust compliance, working arrangements alongside a clear commitment to equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice. You will demonstrate strong financial management skills, including planning, grant funding decisions and value for money commissioning.

What we offer

As a local authority, we pride ourselves in being collaborative and barrier breaking, whilst demonstrating strong team cultures by encouraging creative thinking, personal development and embracing new ways of working.

We are proudly an award-winning team, recognised for its culture and employee engagement, we operate a "flexible working" staff policy, whilst also offering enhanced wellbeing and staff benefit programmes such as cycle to work schemes, childcare vouchers, pension and health care schemes.

The post is based at the Warwickshire Skills Hub in Nuneaton, with county wide travel and visits to neighbouring authorities are anticipated.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application

For any questions regarding the roles available, please contact Vicki Haslam on ***email_hidden***

Closing date: Monday 13th July

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [email protected] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.