Employment Engagement Officer

Royal Mencap Society; Northampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mencap Society in Northampton is seeking an Employer Engagement Officer for our Supported Internship programme. You will secure work experience and paid opportunities for learners with learning disabilities, while delivering disability-awareness sessions to employers.

Join a dedicated team, manage your own workload, and build partnerships with local employers to help learners progress into paid roles under the Mencap Training Academy.

Qualifications

• Understanding of employment and education programmes
• Ability to plan and manage your own workload
• Ability to build professional relationships with stakeholders
• Experience of engaging with employers
• Track record of securing paid work outcomes and delivering against targets
• Strong communication, record keeping and organisational skills
• Experience of supported employment
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability
• An excellent team player with strong problem-solving skills
• Good ICT skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Positive attitude and enthusiasm to support young people with SEN

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality support is given to each learner.
• Track work placement information and progress towards paid opportunities.
• Act as an ambassador for Mencap and deliver learning disability awareness sessions to employers.
• Plan Skills Coach in-work support hours to meet targets to receive Access to Work funding.
• Support and maintain relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks and employers.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date record keeping and reporting.
• Conduct quality assurance activity to drive improvement.
• Collaborate with the wider team to meet learner needs.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with multiple employers across sectors.
• Work closely with delivery teams, tutors and careers leaders.

Skills

Engagement with employers

Workload planning

Stakeholder relationships

Paid work outcomes

Communication

Record keeping

Organisational skills

Supported employment

Learning disability experience

Team player

Problem solving

ICT skills

Independent work

Positive attitude

SEN support

Education

GCSE English

GCSE Maths

Job description

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Supported Internship team.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated Employer Engagement Officer tojoin our Supported Internship programme teamin Northampton on a Full Time basis.

As an Employer Engagement Officer, your roleis central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy You will be responsible for finding suitable and high quality work experience and paid opportunities for learners with SEN on a Supported Internship Programme.

What you will do as an Employer Engagement Officer?

• Ensure high quality support is given to each learner.
• Keep track of each work placement information and track of progress towards paid opportunities.
• Act as an ambassador for Mencap and deliver learning disability awareness sessions to employers.
• Liaise with the Senior Skills Coach to plan Skills Coach in work support hours to meet agreed targets to receive Access to Work funding.
• Support and ensure the team build and maintain good relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks and employers.
• Ensure accurate and up to date record keeping and reporting.
• Conduct quality assurance activity to drive constant improvement.
• Work closely with the wider team to ensure the needs of the learner are being met.

Develop and maintain strong partnerships with multiple employers across a range of sectors.The Employment Engagement Officer will work closely with delivery teams, tutors and careers leaders.

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Employer Engagement Officer? (essential):

• An understanding of employment and educationprogrammes
• An ability to plan and manage your own workload
• An ability to build professional relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• In depth knowledge and experience of engaging with employers
• A track record of securing paid work outcomes and delivering against targets
• Strong communication, record keeping andorganisationalskills
• Experience of supported employment
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability
• An excellent team player with strong problem-solving skills
• Good ICT skills
• An ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• A positive attitude and enthusiasm to support young people with SENDEmployer engagement expertise with an ability to market to different audiences using different formats

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need toprovideevidence of their GCSE English andMaths(or equivalent)at interview stage. Please have your certificates ready to be emailed across if you are contacted for an interview.

This vacancy closes on Monday 5th October and interviews to follow shortly after.