Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC621909
Salary Range: GBP 40,643 : GBP 45,077 per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29 October 2025
Interview Date:4 November 2025
Please note applications will be reviewed once submitted, therefore this advert may close early depending on volumes of applications received.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Connect to Work Programme Co:ordinator (Quality) to join our Economy and Skills team at Hampshire County Council.
Are you looking for a challenging and diverse role working as part of a friendly and supportive team, with an opportunity to make a real difference?
The Role:
Hampshire County Council's new Economy and Skills Team, within the Hampshire 2050 Directorate, are seeking a permanent Programme Co:ordinator (Quality). This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified professional with a supported employment or training and quality background to join our highly successful and professional team.
We have robust quality assurance processes in place to ensure audit and contract compliance to achieve the funding being claimed on our Connect to Work project. Reporting to our Development Manager (Quality), the Programme Co:ordinator (Quality) role is pivotal to continue quality assuring, monitoring and supporting the development of the performance on all our skills programmes funded through Hampshire 2050. This role will focus initially on our new Connect to Work programme.
What you'll do:
Connect to Work is an employment programme commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help people in England and Wales find and keep work. Providing support to up to 100,000 people nationally, it's a key part of the government's Get Britain Working strategy to tackle economic inactivity.
A key responsibility of this role is to support and maintain robust quality assurance processes and audit procedures across all 2050 Skills and Employment contracts, driving continuous improvement. You will ensure that all delivery partners understand and implement the quality and audit requirements of their respective contracts, in line with relevant guidance such as Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF). Additionally, you will monitor and support providers in meeting the standards of quality frameworks, including the Fidelity Assessment.
What we're looking for:
:Demonstrable experience in working with people with varied barriers to work
:Extensive experience in supported employment environment or a quality:focused role, with a strong willingness to contribute across various aspects of Quality Assurance
:A good working knowledge of Supported Employment models, including the IPS and SEQF Framework
:Experience of working collaboratively and across multi teams/agencies to support participants
:Strong people skills, professional resilience, and a positive attitude
Why join us?
Our benefits package includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi:time scheme, family friendly policies and interest free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.
If you think you have what it takes to make a real difference in Hampshire, get in touch
Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We can offer great flexible working options for this role as weve invested heavily in various technologies to support ongoing remote working options. This role can be partly carried out remotely, but some office:based working, in addition to travel to provider sites