Employer Relationship Officer at Train4

Train4; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Train4 in Lincoln, ENG, GB is looking for an Employer Relationship Officer. This is a full-time on-site/hybrid role aimed at connecting local employers with trained candidates and securing guaranteed interviews for completers.

You will generate employer leads, manage a live pipeline, and tailor training to employer needs, travelling locally when required. The role requires at least two years in recruitment or employer engagement and a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum experience in recruitment, resourcing, employer engagement, or outbound business development.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car.
• Willing to travel locally and work flexibly.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively generate new employer leads through outbound calls, networking, and direct business development across the East Midlands.
• Build and manage a live pipeline of employer contacts, vacancy opportunities, and guaranteed interview commitments.
• Work consultatively with employers to understand live recruitment needs and align learner cohorts to real vacancies.
• Gather employer feedback on the skills and behaviours they need so that programme content stays current and relevant.
• Secure employer participation in pre-course learner briefings, providing information on available roles, wages, shift patterns, and career progression opportunities.
• Support course planning by providing vacancy data and labour market insight to the delivery team.
• Maintain accurate records of employer contacts, vacancies, and outcomes to audit-ready standard.

Skills

Outreach & lead generation

Relationship management

Pipeline management

Communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Employer Relationship Officer at Train4 in Lincoln, ENG, GB.

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

About Teach Vocation

Teach Vocation is an independent training provider delivering funded adult skills programmes built around real employment outcomes. We work directly with employers across the East Midlands to understand their recruitment needs, design training around those needs, and place people straight into guaranteed interviews. Our employer partners include businesses in security, construction, green skills, and the visitor economy — from national facilities management companies and stadium operations to local housebuilders and hospitality businesses. When our programmes work, people get jobs. That is what this role is about.

The Role

This is not a passive account management role. It is a proactive, relationship-led position that sits at the heart of how our programmes deliver results. You will work consultatively with employers to understand what skills gaps they face, what roles they are trying to fill, and how our training can close that gap — finishing with a guaranteed interview for every completer. The best way to describe it: you are connecting employers who need to recruit with adults who are trained and ready to work. You will have conversations with employers about their recruitment challenges — whether that is finding people who understand how to manage crowds at a sporting event, workers ready to go on site from day one with the right cards and qualifications, or customer-facing staff who understand the environment they are walking into. You then make sure our training reflects exactly what those employers need, so every learner arrives at interview prepared and relevant. This role would suit someone from agency recruitment, internal talent acquisition, employer engagement, or outbound business development who is comfortable picking up the phone, building relationships with decision-makers, and turning those conversations into guaranteed outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively generate new employer leads through outbound calls, networking, and direct business development across the East Midlands
• Build and manage a live pipeline of employer contacts, vacancy opportunities, and guaranteed interview commitments
• Work consultatively with employers to understand live recruitment needs and align learner cohorts to real vacancies
• Gather employer feedback on the skills and behaviours they need so that programme content stays current and relevant
• Secure employer participation in pre-course learner briefings, providing information on available roles, wages, shift patterns, and career progression opportunities
• Support course planning by providing vacancy data and labour market insight to the delivery team
• Maintain accurate records of employer contacts, vacancies, and outcomes to audit-ready standard

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience in recruitment, resourcing, employer engagement, or outbound business development where success depended on converting conversations into vacancies, interviews, or starts — 2 years minimum
• Confident building relationships with employers and decision-makers by phone, email, video call, and face to face
• Strong pipeline management and follow-up discipline
• Knowledge of funded training, employability, or skills provision is desirable but not essential — strong recruiters from any sector will be considered
• Highly organised, resilient, and results-focused, with the confidence to handle objections and open doors
• Full driving licence and car, willing to travel locally and work flexibly

What Matters in This Role

• Guaranteed interviews secured with local businesses, giving employers a direct route to recruit trained candidates ready for their roles
• Employer retention and repeat demand
• Accuracy and quality of records

Why Join Us

• Real impact — every employer relationship you build leads directly to someone getting a job
• Established programmes with active demand across security, construction, green skills, and hospitality
• A collaborative team that values professionalism, accountability, and results
• Opportunity to shape and grow employer partnerships across the East Midlands

Experience required: 2 years in recruitment, resourcing, employer engagement, or outbound business development

Licence required: Full UK driving licence and access to a car

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Experience: recruitment or outbound sales : 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification: Driving Licence and car (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lincoln LN2 4US