Burngreave New Deal for Communities is a progressive 10 year, £52 million programme to help in the regeneration of the Burngreave area. As we move into Year 4 of the programme, we are seeking a dynamic and pro-active individual who will develop and implement a strategy that links Burngreave to the wider employment opportunities in Sheffield and South Yorkshire Sub-region to give Burngreave the best possible chance of getting into jobs.

Employment and Enterprise Theme Manager
4 year post
Responsible for developing and implementing a strategic approach to tackling unemployment in the Burngreave area. Creating effective links with employment providers and identifying growth areas and a strategy which improves the employment prospects, education and skills of local people; engaging the community, developing projects with diverse groups and creating opportunities for local employment and managing the Employment and Enterprise Themes. The overall objective is to ensure that training and educational achievement lead to long-term routes to work. To be considered you will need to have:

• Knowledge of current Employment, Training and Enterprise issues and current policy and practice
• A working knowledge of funding regimes for employment, training and enterprise support and development
• Knowledge of growth areas of employment in Sheffield and South Yorkshire Sub-region and key initiatives linked to employment
• Effective partnership working
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent team working and networking skills
• Good numeracy skills
• Experience of project management

For further details, please ring Tom Felicien on 279 6932
or email us at enquiries@bndfc.co.uk.

Closing date for this post is 4.00pm,
Monday 5th January 2004.
Interviews will be held week commencing 19th January 2004.