Employment Advisor / Recruiter

KM Education Recruitment Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

KM Recruitment is seeking an Employment Advisor / Recruiter in Birmingham. The role involves engaging unemployed participants, partnering with employers and education providers, and delivering tailored support to help clients secure sustainable employment or progression into further learning.

The position is full-time, centre and field based, with driving to surrounding communities. Salary is £30,000, with aFTC until Spring 2028 and potential extension.

Qualifications

• Must have worked in an Employability/Support role.
• Experience in sourcing job opportunities through employer engagement.
• IT-literate with ability to use basic software and systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage unemployed participants to help them gain sustainable employment or education pathways.
• Proactively build relationships with employers and education providers to source opportunities.
• Provide tailored support to help individuals overcome barriers and sustain employment.
• Arrange work experience and training opportunities.
• Assess needs and guide on benefits and workplace challenges.

Skills

Coaching/mentoring

Employer engagement

IT literacy

Driving licence

Job description

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability sectors.

Job Title: Employment Advisor / Recruiter

Location: Birmingham – Centre and field based – visiting surrounding community venues

Salary: £30,000

Package:

• Excellent Holiday Entitlement, Pension + Much More!

Type: Full Time, FTC (up until Spring 2028, with a possibility of extension)

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and engaging individual, to support young adults facing barriers to employment, helping them develop their confidence, secure suitable work and sustain long term employment.

The Role:

• Engage, motivate and support unemployed participants through to gaining sustainable employment or a suitable learning pathway, enabling progression into employment.
• Proactively build relationships with employers and education providers to source and match suitable job opportunities and further education pathways for individuals on your caseload.
• Provide tailored support to help individuals overcome barriers to employment, secure work, and sustain employment through ongoing in-work support.
• Arrange work experience and training opportunities,
• Assess individual needs, offer guidance on benefits and workplace challenges and signpost to relevant services.
• Undertake community outreach to promote the service and support clients’ confidence, wellbeing and progression into work.

Criteria:

• Must have experience of working within a similar Employability/Support focussed role, supporting adults with mental health conditions, physical/learning disabilities, etc.
• Experience of employer engagement/recruitment, resulting in the sourcing of job opportunities.
• The ability to demonstrate coaching/mentoring and persuasion/influencing experience.
• Must be IT literate.
• Full, clean UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.

Please note:

KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.