WLA Connect to Work - Team Leader - Hillingdon

Job Category

Community Wellbeing

Location

Hillingdon, West London

Salary

£40, 505 - £49,527

Closing date

15/06/2026

Ref

27985

Contract type

Permanent

Total hours per week

37.5

Description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

To lead a team of Employment Specialists on the WLA Connect to Work programme, supporting disabled people and those with learning difficulties into employment. This includes providing training, mentoring, supervision, and ensuring compliance with the IPS / Supported Employment approach. The role will ensure consistent delivery of quality service standards within a designated area, meeting contract targets for referrals (starts on provision), engagement activity, employment outcomes, and fidelity compliance.

The role will involve communication with key stakeholders including (but not limited to) employers, Jobcentre Plus (JCP), local authority services, community organisations, and other local partners to ensure provision is integrated at community level. The post holder will support the Service Manager in maximising service outcomes and work closely with the wider Connect to Work programme team.

The individual will hold overall accountability for KPI and fidelity results within their designated area and will be expected to address underperformance in a timely and effective manner.

Please note this is a peripatetic role. The successful candidate will work in the community, with home as a base. You will be expected to regularly attend community locations to build relationships and undertake activities such as shadowing. Expenses will therefore only be paid from the first work location.

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

You will be based in Hillingdon

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here:

Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdfJoin a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact:

Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.ukShaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.