Employability Coach (Restart)

Groundwork West Midlands; Dudley; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in England is seeking an Employability Coach to support clients in securing sustainable employment. The ideal candidate will be target-driven and possess experience in recruitment or sales. Responsibilities include developing personalized employment plans, managing customer relationships, and collaborating with partner organizations. This full-time position offers an annual salary of £29,085.

Qualifications

• Experience in a recruitment or sales environment.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Support customers into sustainable employment.
• Assess and plan customer needs for bespoke employment strategies.
• Engage customers in activities to aid in job progression.

Skills

Target driven

Time management

Sales experience

Customer engagement

Job description

SALARY: £29,085.00 per annum

HOURS: 37 hours per week

CONTRACT TYPE: Full time

OPERATIONAL AREA: West Midlands

LOCATION: Positions available in Dudley or Tipton

Do you want to work in a role where you make a difference every day?As an Employability Coach you will be making a real difference by supporting our customers into employment.

We are looking for a highly motivated, target driven individual who has experience in a recruitment/sales environment.

This role involves working in a payment by results target driven environment so it is essential that you can manage your time and prioritise your workload effectively in order to meet given targets.

As part of this role you will:

• Work closely with external organisations to ensure you achieve referrals onto programme
• Assess, plan and regularly review with customers to ensure they have a bespoke plan for securing sustainable employment.
• Identify and deal with complex customer barriers to employment;
• Identify training and ‘route ways’ to employment;
• Support and manage a caseload of customers;
• Engage customers in activities and help them progress into sustainable employment;
• Establish and maintain relationships with individuals referred, undertaking interviews, compiling CV’s, support with applications forms etc;
• Seek out employment opportunities at new and existing sites of employment;
• Work collaboratively with the employer engagement officer to match customers to secured vacancies.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with partner organisations, employers and funding bodies;
• Maintain accurate and up to date records;
• Report regularly to your line manager on your performance.