Local Integration Lead

The Growth Company; Liverpool; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth Company Employment Team is seeking a Local Integration Lead to drive referrals and manage partnerships across Liverpool, St Helens, and Wirral. This home-based role involves occasional travel to local offices for meetings and events, with base options in Liverpool or St Helens.

The role is advertised subject to contract award and is speculative until confirmed. You will engage with GP networks, VCSEs, and partners to support participants, deliver presentations, and monitor progress,

Qualifications

• Confident communicator with strong interpersonal ability.
• Organised and time-efficient with self-motivation.
• Willingness to travel to local authority areas across the region.
• Knowledge of employability programmes such as Restart is desirable.
• Background in partnerships and/or sales is beneficial.
• A valid UK driving license and access to a car is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Generate referrals by engaging key stakeholders and partners.
• Be the first point of contact for all local integration needs and coordinate activities.
• Build and maintain relationships with partners including GP networks and VCSEs, providing relevant MI.
• Engage services that meet participant needs and arrange Community Engagement Events.
• Arrange and facilitate focus groups with participants to drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with partner organisations to identify opportunities for employment services.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Travel willingness

Partnerships

Sales/Engagement

Driving license

Job description

The Growth Company (GC) Employment Team have a fantastic role available for a Local Integration Lead. In this role, you will engage with key stakeholders to drive referrals to our programme in each Local Authority Borough (Liverpool, St Helen’s & Wirral). This will also entail event participation and delivering presentations to showcase our programme offer.

As a lead, you will need to be an excellent communicator and passionate about supporting participants. At GC Employment, we help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and key workers work with a range of individuals; from people who have found themselves recently out of work, to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health and debt.

Home-based role with occasional travel to local offices for team meetings and events. The role can be based from our Liverpool or St Helens office.

Please note that this role is being advertised subject to contract award, until an outcome is confirmed, your application will be treated as speculative.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with key stakeholders to generate referrals
• Supporting the Partnership and Integration Manager by being the first point of contact for all local integration needs.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with partners including GPs, PCNs, VCFSEs providing relevant MI to support their monitoring of both flow and eligibility.
• Proactively seek to engage services that meet the needs and barriers of our participants, to accelerate progression Hot-desking from partner locations and arranging Community Engagement Events.
• Arranging and facilitating focus groups with participants to drive continuous improvement.
• Working directly with partner organisations/ voluntary sector groups to identify and understand where the employment services can be supported.

About You:

• Confident communication abilities.
• Organised and time efficient.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Can work well autonomously but also in a team.
• Strong engagement skills, with a talent for selling.

Skills Required:

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong IT competencies are essential.
• Community-focused and willingness to travel is required.
• Knowledge of employability programmes such as Restart is desirable.
• Background in partnerships and/or sales is beneficial.
• A valid UK driving license and access to a car is preferred.