Training Centre Manager

The Growth Company’s (GC) Education and Skills team have an exciting new opportunity for a Training Centre Manager to operate as a manager responsible for the performance management and success of a Training Centre and a team of staff. As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses. Key Responsibilities: * Assist in developing individual service area plans and create detailed delivery plans and timetables to meet agreed targets. * Review MI, implement corrective plans where necessary, and support team members in planning for curriculum delivery. * Develop and maintain productive relationships with key partners to inform a competitive curriculum and identify market opportunities. * Analyse feedback from learners, employers, and staff to ensure the curriculum meets market needs and remains competitive. * Translate curriculum offers into delivery models that are attractive to learners and employers with efficient operational practices. * Collaborate with Skills and GC teams to ensure the effective delivery of service plans in line with senior management direction. * Manage key employers and partners, participate in geographical and sector interest groups, and contribute to tenders and bids for business growth. * Manage and performance track staff and teams against agreed targets, ensuring delivery of service plans and timetables. * Oversee the recruitment, training, and development of staff to build a team with the right expertise and performance culture to meet targets. * Lead by example, motivate staff, and identify program enhancement opportunities to ensure high-quality service delivery and learner outcomes. About you: * Strong people management skills. * Excellent organisational and time management skills. * Clear focus on the internal and external customer and empathy for their needs. * Consultative sales skills including diplomatic negotiation and influencing. * Able to work effectively under pressure and maintain a professional approach. * Takes responsibility for own workload. Skills Required: * Experience of supporting 16–19-year-old learners from diverse and challenging backgrounds * Qualified and experienced teacher. * Able to performance management and development of staff. * Ability to develop internal and external relationships with partners and, critically, key industry employers at all levels. * Ability to turn learner and industry need into viable curriculum, including bespoke packages and partnership models with key employers. * Proven track record of funded and/or commercial success, motivating teams to achieve. * Experience of developing and delivering Learner Responsive/ Apprenticeships/Workplace Learning. * Experience of driving quality and contract compliance alongside financial targets. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this. If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team. We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage. GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible. All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy