Employer Engagement Officer

Mencap; Birmingham; Ibrido; GBP 26.000 - 32.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

32 days of paid holiday (incl. bank)

Discounts at leading retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Descrizione del lavoro

Royal Mencap Society in Birmingham is seeking an Employer Engagement Officer to lead employment engagement for our learners with learning disabilities and/or Autism. The role focuses on securing work placements and negotiating paid employment for our supported interns, with support from a Skills Coach.

You will build strong relationships with employers across sectors and monitor placement progress to help learners move into paid work. The role is full-time (37.5 hours) permanent.

Competenze

• Interpersonal and communication skills essential.
• Problem solving and IT literacy required.
• Employer engagement and marketing experience preferred.

Mansioni

• Lead employment engagement for learners and secure work placements.
• Build strong relationships with employers across sectors to secure paid placements.
• Oversee interns' progress with a Skills Coach to move learners into paid work.

Conoscenze

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Communication

Employer engagement

Marketing experience

Initiative

Formazione

GCSE English and Maths

Descrizione del lavoro

Do you have a background in sales? A background in employer engagement or a background in recruitment? If yes, then this could be the role for you.

We have an exciting opportunity, for you to join us as an Employer Engagement Officer. The role involves engaging with employers to secure work placements and jobs for our young learners with learning disabilities and/or Autism in Birmingham. This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) permanent role.

As an Employer Engagement Officer you will take the lead in employment engagement for the Barnet team. You will be responsible for supporting our Supported Interns to achieve paid outcomes and building and developing strong working relationships with employers from different industries and sectors to secure work placements and negotiate paid employment for our supported Interns. Our interns are supported in the workplace by a Skills Coach, and you will oversee their work to ensure that placements progress and the learners become independent, eventually moving into paid work.

What will you need to be an Employer Engagement Officer?

• The ability to work on your own initiative.
• Good interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills as well as the ability to work effectively with learners, employers, teaching professionals and parents/carers is essential.
• The ability to maintain accurate and up to date records using IT based systems is also required.
• Ideally, you will have employer engagement and marketing experience - as an important aspect of the role is creating work opportunities for the people we support.

Please see the Job Description for a more extensive list of responsibilities, experiences and key skills required for this role.

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their A-C GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage.

This vacancy closes Wednesday 18th November and interviews to follow soon after.

At Mencap our approach to AI is to 'support, not replace' our work. Please write your application in the same spirit. You're welcome to use AI to support you to write your application but we want to hear your voice as much as we can. Taking the time to create a thoughtful and personalised application will help the hiring manager fully appreciate your unique strengths and experience.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full. We campaign for a fairer society. We work with families and partners to build inclusive communities. And we deliver the services people need to live their lives.

Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

• Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
• Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
• Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.