Job Broker – Employer Engagement

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Establish and nurture robust relationships with local employers across various sectors.

• Create quality job vacancies, work placements, apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities.

• Comprehend the recruitment needs, workplace culture, and advancement opportunities of employers.

• Build a pipeline of job vacancies and actively connect participants with appropriate opportunities.

• Employ innovative techniques such as reverse marketing to unveil new opportunities.

• Assist participants throughout the recruitment process, from role identification to interviews, job placements, and beyond.

• Coordinate onboarding arrangements, workplace support, and reasonable adjustments with both employers and participants.

• Conduct strengths-based vocational profiling to assess participants’ skills, aspirations, experiences, and obstacles.

• Offer practical assistance with job searching, applications, CV writing, and interview preparation.

• Link participants with specialized services and community organizations.

• Provide in-work support to help individuals acclimate to their roles, address challenges, and maintain employment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Ideally, experience in recruitment, employer engagement, business development, sales, account management, employability, employment services, or another employer-facing role.

• Capability to forge trusted relationships with employers and other stakeholders.

• Skill in identifying employer needs and transforming discussions into tangible recruitment opportunities.

• Proficiency in effectively matching individuals to job vacancies and facilitating successful recruitment.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence a diverse range of individuals.

• Networking ability within the local business community to cultivate new employer relationships.

• Capacity to manage multiple employers, job vacancies, and participants while remaining organized.

• Proven ability to work towards performance targets and achieve contractual outcomes.

• Understanding of local labor markets and factors that influence recruitment.

• Experience in welfare-to-work, employability, supported employment, or working with individuals facing employment barriers is advantageous.

• Experience in working with young people, apprenticeships, or skills pathways is beneficial.

• Willingness to travel regularly and conduct outreach throughout Shropshire.

🏝️ Benefits

• 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell additional days.

• £500 annual benefits scheme to utilize at over 900 retailers.

• Year-round Cycle to Work scheme.

• Pension scheme with a 5% employer match.

• Complimentary life assurance equivalent to 4 times your salary.

• Health and well-being support, including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.

• Digital gym access.

• Mindfulness resources available.

• Virtual GP services offered.