Salary £46,142 - £51,356 per annum | Fixed Term until 31/03/2029 | Full Time 37 hours per week | Preston
Are you passionate about improving people’s lives through early‑intervention support? Do you thrive in a role where collaboration, innovation, and impact are at the heart of everything you do? Join us at the Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub as we deliver WorkWell — a pioneering, nationally expanding programme that transforms the way individuals with health conditions access the support they need to start, stay, and succeed in work.
What you’ll be doing
1. Leading the day‑to‑day delivery and oversight of the WorkWell programme across Lancashire, ensuring high‑quality, person‑centred services.
2. Managing performance, risks, and reporting — including highlight reports, data insights, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
3. Building strong partnerships with employers, delivery partners, ICB teams, DWP, and wider stakeholders to drive integration and successful outcomes.
4. Overseeing contracts, KPIs, budgets, quality assurance, and compliance across the programme.
5. Leading communications activity including events, case studies, digital content, and ongoing engagement with partners and communities of practice.
What we’re looking for
6. Proven experience managing complex projects or programmes, ideally within employability, health, or skills settings.
7. Strong relationship‑building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across organisations.
8. Excellent communication, analytical, and organisational skills — comfortable interpreting data, producing reports, and presenting with confidence.
9. A proactive and adaptable problem‑solver with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
10. Knowledge of employment and skills policy, particularly DWP and local labour‑market considerations, with a commitment to equality, inclusion, and high‑quality service delivery.
Ready to make a real difference?
If you’re driven by meaningful work and want to help shape a programme that changes lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and be part of something that helps Lancashire’s people and communities thrive.
Closing Date:29/04/2026Interview Date: 07/05/2026
If you'd like to learn more about exciting opportunity, please join our information session linked below. This will be held on the 23rd April at 1pm
Why join us?
By joining Lancashire County Council, you can shape the career path that is right for you, with opportunities to gain personal and professional qualifications, coaching, and mentoring. Lancashire County Council truly is the place where you can have the career you've always wanted.
In return for your passion and expertise, we offer a generous benefits package, which includes:
11. A competitive salary and Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
12. A great holiday entitlement of 26 days annual leave, which increases with length of service. You will also be entitled to 8 Bank Holidays, 2 additional statutory Bank Holidays, and have the option to buy additional leave each year.
13. Our staff discount scheme in partnership with Vivup, allowing you to access discounts with a range of UK retailers, saving on everything from weekly food shops to white goods and cars.
14. Access to fantastic development and career opportunities.
Please ensure you upload a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria for the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. In certain circumstances consideration may be given to applicants who, as a consequence of a disability, are unable to drive