Job Broker - Employer Engagement

Easterseals

16h • Remote

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in transforming futures by connecting young people with local employers. You'll build strong relationships with businesses, identify meaningful job opportunities and work closely with participants to understand their goals, match them to the right role and support them to succeed. If you're someone who enjoys engaging employers, creating opportunities and seeing the life-changing impact that employment can have on an individual's confidence, independence and future, this could be the role for you.

Requirements

• Ability to build trusted relationships with employers and other stakeholders.
• Ability to identify employer needs and turn conversations into real recruitment opportunities.
• Ability to match people effectively to vacancies and support successful recruitment.
• Ability to communicate confidently and influence a wide range of people.
• Ability to network within the local business community and develop new employer relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple employers, vacancies and participants while staying organised.
• Ability to work towards performance targets and contractual outcomes.
• Understanding of local labour markets and the factors influencing recruitment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in recruitment, employer engagement, business development, sales, account management, employability, employment services or another employer-facing role.
• Experience of welfare-to-work, employability, supported employment or working with people facing barriers to employment.
• Experience of working with young people, apprenticeships or skills pathways.
• Passion for creating opportunities and making a tangible difference to people’s lives.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with local employers across a range of sectors.
• Generating quality vacancies, work placements, apprenticeships and other employment opportunities.
• Getting to know employers and understand their recruitment needs, workplace culture and progression opportunities.
• Developing a pipeline of vacancies and actively match participants to suitable opportunities.
• Using creative approaches such as reverse marketing to open up opportunities that may not otherwise exist.
• Supporting participants throughout the recruitment journey, from identifying suitable roles through to interviews, job starts and beyond.
• Working with employers and participants to agree effective onboarding arrangements, workplace support and reasonable adjustments where required.
• Carrying out strengths-based vocational profiling to understand each participant’s skills, aspirations, experience and barriers.
• Providing practical support with job searching, applications, CVs and interview preparation.
• Connecting participants with specialist services and community organisations where additional support is needed.
• Providing in-work support to help people settle into their roles, overcome challenges and sustain employment.

Benefits

• 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell additional days
• £500 annual benefits scheme to spend at over 900 retailers
• Cycle to Work scheme open all year round
• Pension scheme with up to 5% employer match
• Free life assurance worth 4x your salary
• Health & wellbeing support, including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
• Digital gym, mindfulness resources, virtual GP and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed