Principal Manager – Strategic Employment (Hybrid) needed in Rhyl, £28.25ph PAYE - Reference: OR20025 Minimum of 3 days in the office Acting as lead supporting role to the Principal Manager, Strategic Employment, providing high level guidance and advice; identifying and managing inter-dependencies and reporting on areas of responsibility. Secure access to the C4W, SPF and further available funding to deliver employment support programmes to enable the successful delivery of the Working Denbighshire strategy. Establish and maintain effective communication and good working relationships with Departments, Welsh Government, UK Government, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and other agencies involved in providing services including employment agencies, groups representing employers, trade unions, community representatives, businesses and other key stakeholders. Ensure meaningful engagement with communities, particularly in empowering local people to influence the services provided in their local communities. Map both required and existing skills and training and employment support services (including volunteering and work experience) across Denbighshire, identifying best practice, duplication and/or gaps in provision and provide strategic direction, leadership and expert developmental advice to ensure effective engagement and coordination of services, establishing a strong partnership approach and closer working relationships. Connect with local businesses to mutually support economic growth and employability. Ensure local alignment of Welsh Government anti-poverty programmes such as Families First, Flying Start, Supporting People, Rhyl Neighbourhood Plan programmes and projects to ensure the efficient utilisation of resources, both human and technical in the delivery of the programme and a seamless integrated approach and transformational change to local service delivery. Encourage innovation and facilitate the visioning and high quality strategic planning of support services e.g. investigate solutions for addressing common barriers to work and ensure that interventions are inclusive and include a focus on people with protected characteristics in conjunction with a wide range of stakeholders. Ensure effective systems are in place for the collection, coordination and recording of the programmes activity and outcomes to enable rigorous monitoring of the programmes overall progress and impact, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate to ensure that the delivery of the programme is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within identified budget and that all actions are supportive of related projects. Identify and report all risks and issues to the relevant senior officers, members, partners etc. ensuring they are recorded, managed and regularly updated. Promote, publicise and communicate the work of Working Denbighshire across Denbighshire disseminating information and good practice and improve engagement and communications between the programmes/projects and relevant stakeholders including prevention and early intervention and statutory services through the use of bespoke communication strategies. Full compliance with financial regulations and Health and Safety regulation in all aspects of service delivery. This is a full time role on a temporary basis. If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number. Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared. Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage. You can also follow us at Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn or via our website www.essentialemploy.co.uk.