Partnerships Executive - Youth Mentor Programme

Get Set UK; Southampton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' annual leave

Vitality health and wellbeing support

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Workplace pension with salary exchange

Share save scheme

IncentFit for eligible activities

Job summary

Get Set UK is seeking an energetic Employer Engagement professional to create employment opportunities for young people (18–24) in Southampton, Portsmouth, and surrounding areas. You will identify, approach and secure employer partners, translating conversations into viable work placements and sustained outcomes.

You will manage a proactive pipeline, travel for meetings, and work closely with Employment Advisors to tailor opportunities to learner skills and locations, delivering measurable

Qualifications

• Experience in employer engagement, recruitment, business development, B2B sales or a comparable role.
• Evidence of personally generating new business, vacancies, customers or employer opportunities.
• Experience building and managing a prospect pipeline and approaching decision-makers.
• Evidence of converting conversations into measurable outcomes (commercial, recruitment or employment).
• Experience identifying customer needs and presenting solutions rather than a generic pitch.
• Evidence of commitment, reliability and delivering high standards of work.
• Experience delivering outcomes, targets, tasks, projects or agreed objectives.
• Ability to explain employment history clearly including gaps in the last five years.
• Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and CRM or similar systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a broad employer network across the delivery area.
• Proactively approach new organisations and decision-makers to generate opportunities.
• Coordinate CRM records and track pipeline progression from prospect to opportunity and employment start.
• Collaborate with Employment Advisors to align youth prospects with job opportunities.

Skills

Employer engagement

Business development

B2B sales

CRM

Microsoft Office

Recruitment

Publicly funded programmes

Local labour markets

Sales qualification

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

You will build the employer network behind our Youth Mentor Programme, creating the employment opportunities that help young people aged 18 to 24 move into work. This is a proactive business-development role, not passive account management. You will identify and approach new employers, speak with decision-makers, understand their recruitment needs and convert those conversations into suitable employment opportunities. You will own an active pipeline and be measured on what your employer engagement produces - including opportunities and employment starts. The role covers Southampton and Portsmouth , with travel across the delivery area for employer meetings and networking activity., A significant part of your role is creating employer relationships that do not already exist. You will identify prospects and initiate conversations by telephone, digitally, face to face and through local business boards, employer networks and networking activity. You will ask good questions about recruitment needs, roles, hours, locations and workplace expectations, then turn viable conversations into defined opportunities. You will work closely with Employment Advisors to understand the skills, interests and locations of young people approaching employment. That insight should shape your employer activity - there is little value in generating opportunities that participants cannot realistically access or sustain. You will coordinate introductions and recruitment activity, maintain accurate CRM records and track conversion from prospect to opportunity and employment start.What success looks like You build a broad employer network rather than depending on a handful of established relationships. Your pipeline contains credible opportunities across different sectors, occupations and locations, giving young people genuine choices. Employers receive a responsive, professional service and understand what the programme can offer. Opportunities convert into employment starts, successful relationships generate further opportunities, and your CRM accurately reflects what is happening in your pipeline.

• 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service.
• Vitality health and wellbeing support, including GP services, mental health support and physiotherapy.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, including up to six counselling sessions a year and legal, financial and debt guidance.
• Workplace pension, with salary sacrifice available subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
• Share buy scheme.
• Up to £360 a year through IncentFit for eligible activities.
• Wellbeing, retail, fitness, travel and mobile discounts, including 20% off eligible EE mobile plans.
• Experience in employer engagement, recruitment, business development, B2B sales or a comparable role.
• Evidence of personally generating new business, vacancies, customers or employer opportunities rather than solely managing existing accounts.
• Experience building and managing a prospect pipeline, including proactively approaching new organisations or decision-makers.
• Evidence of converting employer or customer conversations into measurable commercial, recruitment or employment outcomes.
• Experience identifying customer needs and presenting a relevant solution rather than relying on a standard sales pitch.
• Evidence of commitment, reliability and consistently delivering high standards of work.
• Evidence of delivering outcomes, targets, tasks, projects or agreed objectives.
• Ability to present your recent employment history clearly, including explaining gaps or short-term roles during the previous five years.
• Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and CRM or similar systems, with the ability to learn and adapt to other digital systems.
• Useful, but not essential
• Experience within recruitment, employability or publicly funded employment programmes.
• Knowledge of local employers and labour markets across the delivery area.
• A sales, recruitment or business-development qualification.
• Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment. Get Set UK delivers employment, skills, apprenticeships, health and justice services, helping people overcome barriers and progress towards meaningful, sustainable employment. We are part of Palladium, a global impact organisation with more than 60 years' experience delivering programmes and solutions internationally.