Adult Skills Performance and Growth Lead

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The Adult Skills Performance and Growth Lead is responsible for providing strategic leadership, performance oversight and continuous improvement across all Adult Skills Funded provision delivered by Acorn Training. The role plays a critical part in ensuring that Adult Skills Fund programmes achieve contractual, financial, quality and growth objectives whilst delivering exceptional learner and stakeholder outcomes.

Working closely with the Assistant Director for Skills, the Adult Skills Performance and Growth Lead will develop and implement the organisation's Adult Skills Fund strategy, ensuring provision remains compliant, financially sustainable, responsive to local and regional priorities, and aligned to commissioner expectations.

The role will provide leadership and line management to Skills Contracts Operations Managers and wider contract teams, embedding a culture of accountability, innovation, high performance and continuous improvement across all Adult Skills Fund contracts.

The Adult Skills Performance and Growth Lead will work collaboratively with Business Development, Curriculum, Quality, MIS, Learner Engagement, Delivery and Claims teams to maximise contract performance, drive contract growth opportunities and position Acorn Training as a leading provider of Adult Skills Fund provision nationally. In addition, the Adult Skills and Performance Growth Lead will work closely with the Group Strategic Partnership Manager on the development of bids to ensure they are competitive and meet the needs of new and existing markets.