Lead Employability Officer - MacMillan Skills Hub

This post is funded by UK Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Governments allocation to The City of Edinburgh Council. This funding is undergoing a review in 2025/26, and we anticipate a new fund will be available for us to bid into for continuity of the MacMillan Skills Hub post 2026.

The core job purpose is to support the manager and other support staff with the recruitment and matching of clients into jobs available that have been generated because of the significant Granton Waterfront Development. We also anticipate that jobs will be available elsewhere, including under the emerging Forth Green Freeport.

The Granton Waterfront Development offers a fresh approach to creating a vibrant, healthy and sustainable coastal quarter in Edinburgh. Granton is at the heart of Edinburgh’s Waterfront and its successful transformation holds the potential to reconnect the city to the Firth of Forth and to build on wider regeneration projects to transform Scotland’s capital into a unique waterfront city. This development will take place over the next 10-15 years and will generate a range of new job opportunities from a variety of employers.

The successful candidate will have an operational remit, linking employers with suitable candidates and assisting the Recruitment and Skills manager and staff with understanding, promoting and filling vacancies on a rolling basis.

Client management of employers will be a key function of the post, creating excellent relationships and making all employers aware of the MacMillan Skills Hub offer and building confidence in its ability to support their recruitment.

Through Capital City Partnership, the MacMillan Skills Hub has access to a wide supply chain of clients who are supported through over 60 organisations and agencies within the Joined Up for Jobs network. These clients are given support to become job ready or may be job changers who require additional barrier removal before moving into employment. MacMillan Skills Hub is the final part of the journey for job seekers, bringing employers closer to clients for a successful transition into work.

As part of this wider offer, we also have Joined Up for Business which offers community-based job fairs and a Vocational Training Framework where we work with recruiting employers to provide short training courses designed in partnership with them with a guaranteed interview. MacMillan Skills Hub can link into these offers.

As this is a location-based service, we anticipate that much of the work will be delivered in person within dedicated offices within the MacMillan Skills Hub which is based in North Edinburgh. Remote/home working is supported when necessary. We also have recruitment skill centre sites within the St James Quarter and at Fort Kinnaird retail centre and some cross working may be beneficial to the team.

Main duties include:

• Provide leadership support to the team in the Manager's absence
• Support office and client queries and escalate issues and concerns to the Manager
• Managing a caseload of clients, working one-to-one with individuals to support them with employability skills and ongoing in-work support
• Promotion of services through employer engagement to create opportunities for our clients. Building on employer relationships and working with key stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with local community partners to encourage engagement and joint support
• Supporting Manager with reports and data gathering through CRM systems
• Promotion of internal and external events
• Responding to new and upcoming initiatives within North Edinburgh, including the development of the Forth Green Freeports.

Download the Job Information Pack below for full details and how to apply.

Job Information Pack - Lead Employability Officer MSH.docx

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx