[Hiring] Job Broker - Employer Engagement @The Fedcap Group

Role Description

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.

• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, employer engagement, business development, sales, account management, employability, employment services or another employer-facing role.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with employers and other stakeholders.
• Capability to identify employer needs and turn conversations into real recruitment opportunities.
• Skill in matching people effectively to vacancies and supporting successful recruitment.
• Confident communication and influencing skills across a wide range of people.
• Networking ability within the local business community and developing new employer relationships.
• Organizational skills to manage multiple employers, vacancies and participants.
• Experience working towards performance targets and contractual outcomes.
• Understanding of local labour markets and the factors influencing recruitment.
• Valuable experience in welfare-to-work, employability, supported employment or working with people facing barriers to employment.
• Experience working with young people, apprenticeships or skills pathways.
• Passion for creating opportunities and making a tangible difference to people’s lives.

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.