Regional Employer Manager

Shaw Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

2 days volunteering leave

Enhanced pension after 6 months

Life Assurance at 3x salary

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working from day one

Job summary

Shaw Trust in London is seeking a Regional Employer Manager to develop and retain key employer partnerships, drive participant employment outcomes, and provide expert engagement aligned with IPS and SEQF models. The role emphasises long-term, interpersonal relationships and job carving, based from Acton with a peripatetic remit.

The post requires a proactive, inclusive approach and offers a comprehensive benefits package as part of Shaw Trust9s commitment to social mobility and equality.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategy to develop and retain key employer partnerships to support contractual requirements.
• Provide employer engagement support to drive performance and employment outcomes.
• Align practices with IPS and SEQF models of supported employment and focus on long-term relationships.

Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

The Regional Employer Manager role is responsible for leading a strategy to develop and retain key employer partnerships to support the contractual requirements of the WLA Strategic Partnership programmes. The post holder will provide employer engagement support to drive performance objectives, manage accounts, drive participant employment outcomes and provide expert insights and guidance. This role will be required to align their practices with the principles of both the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) models of supported employment. Employer engagement will be non-transactional and built on long term, interpersonal relationships that are hyper focused on job carving.

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Location

This is a peripatetic role based in Acton

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.

Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [e-mail]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.