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 diverse sectors.

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

• Comprehend employers’ recruitment requirements, workplace culture, and opportunities for advancement.

• Build a pipeline of job vacancies and proactively match participants to appropriate opportunities.

• Employ innovative strategies such as reverse marketing to unlock new opportunities.

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

• Collaborate with employers and participants to agree on effective onboarding processes, workplace support, and reasonable adjustments.

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

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

• Connect participants to specialized services and community organizations.

• Provide in-work support to facilitate individuals' adjustment to roles, help them overcome challenges, and maintain employment.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with employers and other stakeholders.

• Capability to identify employer needs and transform discussions into recruitment opportunities.

• Proficient in effectively matching individuals to vacancies and supporting successful recruitment processes.

• Confident in communication and skilled at influencing a wide array of individuals.

• Ability to network within the local business community and cultivate new employer relationships.

• Aptitude for managing multiple employers, vacancies, and participants while maintaining organization.

• Commitment to achieving performance targets and contractual outcomes.

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

• Valuable experience in welfare-to-work, employability, supported employment, or working with individuals facing barriers to employment.

• Relevant experience working with young people, apprenticeships, or skills pathways is advantageous.

• Willingness to travel and conduct outreach across North Lancashire.

🏝️ Benefits

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

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

• Cycle to Work scheme available year-round.

• Pension scheme with up to a 5% employer match.

• Complimentary life assurance worth 4 times your salary.

• Health and wellbeing support, including access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.

• Digital gym resources.

• Mindfulness resources available.

• Virtual GP access.