Job Description
Enterprise and Employment Projects Lead
West Midlands (with travel across the wider West Midlands)
The Organisation
Our client is a social enterprise with a clear vision, dedicated to empowering refugees and migrants in the UK to lead self-sufficient and ambitious lives. They bring together a diverse team of strategists and researchers, driven by their own lived experiences, to provide tailored integration services.
Our client's mission goes beyond individual support; they actively challenge and disrupt the systems that perpetuate inequalities in society.
They are now looking for an Enterprise and Employment Projects Lead to join them on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week for an initial 15 month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension.
Our Client's Commitment to You
- Salary of £35,305 per annum
- 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Pension
- Flexible working
- Employee Recognition Programme
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Social gatherings and staff retreats
- A fully stocked staffroom!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an information, advice and guidance professional with a background of working with refugees, migrants or asylum seekers focused on employability and business success to join our client's purpose-driven organisation.
In this highly rewarding role, you will have the chance to leverage your unique experience and expertise to help open doors for individuals to build sustainable futures, while playing a key part in shaping the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
What's more, you will have the perfect platform to develop your professional profile, overseeing high-profile projects that will add further depth to your experience.
What You'll Be Doing
As an Enterprise and Employment Projects Lead, you will oversee the delivery and performance of enterprise and employment projects across the West Midlands.
Specifically, you will manage a caseload of migrants and refugees, providing advice and business and employment support to help them secure employment or successfully establish and sustain their own businesses.
Leading and managing a team of Entrepreneurship and Employment Advisors, you will oversee their performance, ensuring compliance and high-quality coaching, mentoring, workshops and practical guidance are delivered.
Additionally, you will:
- Build strong partnerships with stakeholders, funders and local organisations
- Attend meetings with WMCA, local authorities and partner bodies
- Carry out staff observations during one-to-one and group work sessions
- Support joint working across enterprise and careers teams to deliver holistic support
- Contribute to project reporting, including quarterly performance and due diligence submissions
What Our Client is Looking For
To be considered as an Enterprise and Employment Projects Lead, you will need:
- Experience delivering information, advice and guidance
- Experience working with refugees, migrants or asylum seekers
- Experience managing projects and/or leading teams
- Experience managing a caseload of clients and monitoring progress
- Extensive experience delivering entrepreneurial or business start-up support
- Knowledge of the local labour market and business support landscape
- Knowledge of business start-up processes, including planning and legal requirements
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse communities
- A Level 4 qualification or above in Information Advice and Guidance (or the willingness and ability to achieve qualification within 9 months of commencing in the role)
- A degree or equivalent experience in Business Management
The closing date for this role is 31st March 2026.
Other organisations may call this role Employability Manager, Enterprise Manager, Careers and Enterprise Lead, Employment Programme Manager, Business Support Manager, or Employability Project Manager.
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to take on this highly impactful role as an Enterprise and Employment Projects Lead, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
