Employer Engagement Worker

Volunteer Centre; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization is seeking a full-time Employer Engagement Worker to join their Leeds Sensory Service. This role involves engaging with key stakeholders, identifying job vacancies, and promoting opportunities for sensory-impaired individuals. Candidates should possess excellent communication and presentation skills, along with the ability to provide direct support to sensory impaired clients. This position offers the chance to make a positive impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to promote the service and encourage access for sensory impaired people.
• Skills to work directly with sensory impaired individuals providing one-to-one support when needed.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage with key stakeholders, including employers and training providers.
• Identify live job vacancies and collaborate with the employment team.
• Attend networking events to promote the service.

Skills

Excellent Communication skills

Presentation skills

Support for sensory impaired people

Job description

We are seeking a full time Employer Engagement Worker to join our Leeds Sensory Service.

As part of the role you will:

• To identify and engage with key stakeholders including employers, DWP Job Centre Plus and training providers in order to build and maintain relationships. Build a bank of employers willing to provide live vacancies, work placements and training opportunities.
• Identify live job vacancies and opportunities advertised by other organisations and work with the in house employment team to ensure these job vacancies are shared with their clients.
• To attend networking events including breakfast meetings and jobs fairs in order to promote the service.

To be successful for this post:

• Excellent Communication and presentation skills
• Able to promote the service, and encourage organisations and sensory impaired people to access the project
• Have the skills to work directly with sensory impaired people providing one to one support when needed.

How to Apply

To apply for this role, you can email your CV to us with a supporting statement, apply online or complete our application form and email this to us. If you are Deaf, we welcome applications in BSL. Find out more here .