Employment Advisor/Employer Engagement
Posted 19/08/2024 by Able Personnel
EMPLOYMENT ADVISOR/EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT
This is an exciting and varied mixed role.
12 months maternity cover – possibility of leading to a permanent position.
Location - Leeds (working 1 day from home and 4 days from the Leeds office)
JOB ROLE:
Employment Advisor duties
- To deliver high quality end to end Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) while participants are on programme. Start at Induction.
- To promote and develop participants mind-set, self-confidence, and motivation so that they succeed in their journey into work.
- To coach participants on a one to one and group basis delivering a range of supportive interventions to help them achieve sustainable employment.
- To support participants in preparing CVs, covering letters and job/apprenticeship applications and gain interviews for live vacancies.
- To support participants with interview preparation, skills, and techniques preparing them to a high standard to succeed in job interviews.
- To facilitate and support job search with the participants using relevant online job sites.
- To short list, pre-select, and match/submit participants to work opportunities generated by our Employer Engagement Team.
- To successfully place participants from a range of target groups into career focused employment or education opportunities.
- To engage and maintain regular contact with participants delivering high quality In Work Support at agreed intervals to ensure they sustain their job or apprenticeship/training for a minimum of six months.
- To support the delivery of any events, job fairs, workshops and/or training courses that support operational targets.
- To ensure that timely input and communication of key documents, evidence and information is achieved ensuring contractual compliance is maintained
Employer Engagement duties
- Making outbound calls and arranging new business appointments to visit potential clients in Leeds and West Yorkshire face to face in person or virtually.
- Speaking to decision makers at all levels.
- Persuading employers to take on trained candidates seeking work in security, warehouse, construction, forklift drivers who are work ready.
- Taking the vacancy details from the clients and promoting the opportunities to the candidates.
- Making sure the candidates turn up for interviews and following this up.
- Checking with the candidates to see how settling into the job roles.
- Responsible for gaining new clients and then managing those accounts.
- Selling courses, traineeships, apprenticeships, AEB. Delivering on leads through the sales cycle to successful closure
- Convert leads into sales opportunities.
- Using social media platforms, email marketing tools.
REQUIREMENTS
- Previous experience of exceeding monthly and quarterly targets.
- Able to communicate effectively with people from a wide age range, backgrounds, and cultures.
- Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain good links and relationships with relevant organisations.
- Able to work effectively and constructively in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills experienced at managing own caseloads.
- Self-motivated with an attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
CPD ON OFFER
- IAG qualification (Level 3 or above) or is committed to achieving within 6 months of appointment to the role
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant funding streams e.g., European Social Fund, Adult Education Budget.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
Up to £27,500 per annum
Full Time - Monday-Friday, 8.30 am-5:00pm, with 1 day working from home.
Will consider Part Time.
Day holiday for Birthday, plus an additional 25 days + stats = 34 days per annum.
Pension.
- Type:
- Contract
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- EAEE
- Job ID:
- 222039064
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