Employability Recruitment Consultant

Get Set UK; Havant; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment support organization in the UK is seeking an Employability Recruitment Consultant to help job seekers connect with job opportunities. You will guide candidates through the job readiness process, ensuring they are prepared for interviews and have access to the right resources. The ideal candidate is proactive, communicative, and eager to make a difference in people's lives. This role includes a variety of benefits aimed at supporting personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Wellbeing tools access

Healthcare rewards

Educational development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, retail, or sales roles.
• Motivation to meet targets and self-accountability.
• Ability to handle multiple candidate journeys.

Responsibilities

• Support candidates into work and provide coaching.
• Build trust with jobseekers and employers.
• Record candidate progress and manage details.

Skills

People-facing experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Role Purpose: You'll support jobseekers into work by connecting them with the right opportunities, preparing them for success, and building early-stage employer relationships. Success in this role looks like: job outcomes delivered through strong coaching, employer matching, and a great customer experience.

Your Role

As an Employability Recruitment Consultant you'll help people move into work by coaching them to job-readiness and linking them to live vacancies. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to make their mark in recruitment, sales, or the employability sector, with the tools, training, and support to grow.

In this role, you will:

• Strategic Direction: Understand the goals of your programme and align your daily activity to deliver job outcomes and great employer matches.
• Deliver Results: Support candidates into work, from CV support to job search and interview prep, you'll be outcome-focused every step of the way.
• People & Communication: Build trust with participants, communicate clearly with employers, and stay on top of your follow-ups and candidate updates.
• Get It Right: Accurately record your activity and candidate progress, following our processes and supporting compliance.
• Business Acumen: Understand what local employers need and work to match candidates to the right opportunities, always thinking commercially and practically.

Who You Are

You’re driven, positive, and proactive. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to change careers, you bring energy, curiosity, and care to your work. You show up on time, communicate clearly, and take pride in helping others succeed. You understand that our customers expect us to model employability, so you lead by example.

Experience

• Experience in a people-facing role, recruitment, retail, sales, or account management are all great starting points.
• Motivation to work towards targets and keep yourself accountable.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• The ability to organise your workload and stay on top of multiple candidate journeys.
• A desire to learn, improve, and grow into a high‑performing Employer Relationships Manager.

If you're excited by this opportunity and believe you can make a difference, apply and help us shape futures…starting with yours!

Benefits

• Immediate access to wellbeing tools (GP, counselling, Headspace).
• Enhanced healthcare and lifestyle rewards with service.
• Discounts, pension scheme, and salary sacrifice options.
• Structured development through our Your Career, Your Journey framework.
• Internal Learning & Development team embedding growth in every role.