Employer Engagement Consultant

The Growth Company; Preston; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a dynamic Employer Engagement Consultant to join their Creating Future Opportunities Programme. This role focuses on building strong relationships with employers to identify job opportunities and workforce needs, ensuring a high-quality recruitment service. You will generate leads, manage employer accounts, and promote vacancies, all while supporting individuals facing barriers to employment. This position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in the community, working with a dedicated team to help individuals secure meaningful employment. If you are a confident communicator with a passion for helping others, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales or recruitment, securing job vacancies.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills to influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Engage with employers to identify job opportunities and workforce needs.
• Account manage employers, delivering excellent service and securing repeat business.

Skills

Sales Experience

Recruitment Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Management

IT Skills

Job description

The Growth Company's (GC) Justice Services has an exciting opportunity for an Employer Engagement Consultant within our Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Programme. The role will focus on engaging with employers to identify job opportunities, understand workforce needs, and provide a high-quality recruitment service that benefits both our customers and employer partners.

We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a range of individuals from those who have recently found themselves out of work to people facing complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health, long-term unemployment, or financial challenges.

This role will require travel across our Lancashire hubs, including Blackpool, Blackburn, and Preston.

Key Requirements

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with employers through regular meetings, calls, and networking events, identifying recruitment and workforce development needs.
• Generate leads and create new business opportunities through a variety of methods including digital, telephone and in-person sales activity.
• Account manage employers by delivering excellent service, securing repeat business and promoting other Growth Company services where appropriate.
• Identify and engage employers in sectors with current or future growth to support customers in accessing job opportunities.
• Liaise with internal and external training providers to create tailored pre-employment training based on employer needs.
• Promote vacancies internally and externally, ensuring accurate and clear information is shared with operational teams to support suitable candidate referrals.
• Pre-screen candidates before submission, ensuring they are suitable and aligned to employer requirements, and manage interview scheduling and feedback processes.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate records across relevant systems, ensuring full compliance with data security and organisational procedures.

About You

• A confident communicator with the ability to build rapport quickly and maintain positive relationships.
• Highly organised with good attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple employer accounts effectively.
• Flexible in your approach, with a willingness to travel and occasionally work outside standard hours.
• Good understanding of welfare-to-work services and working with diverse customer groups.

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous experience in sales or recruitment, ideally with experience securing job vacancies and supporting candidates into work.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence employer decisions.
• Knowledge of the local labour market, recruitment trends, and growth industries.
• Excellent stakeholder Management with an ability to contact decision makers, identifying business opportunities and closing contracts.
• Recent experience of working to challenging targets within a sales environment.
• Proficient IT skills including use of management information systems, spreadsheets, and email.