Regional Employer Manager

Reed in Partnership; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Reed Pension Scheme

Award Winning Management & Leadership"

Professional & Personal Development!"

Bi-annual pay reviews

Job summary

Reed in Partnership in the North East is seeking a Regional Employer Manager to source placement opportunities for Youth Jobs Guarantee participants across multiple sites. The role focuses on business development, customer service, and strong relationship management with employers, participants, and colleagues.

It is an office-based position covering the North East region, with opportunities to contribute to meaningful community impact.

Qualifications

• More than a year's experience in B2B sales in an account management or business development role.
• Experience in a service delivery team delivering services sold.
• Minimum of 2 A-Levels or Level 3 Diploma.
• GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2).

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities and secure placements with employers.
• Educate teams and participants about opportunities in key sectors.
• Capture placement information accurately in Reed in Partnership's database and share with operations.
• Provide post-placement support and report performance data to management.

Skills

Business-to-Business sales

Account management

Business development

Customer service

Relationship management

Education

A-Levels or Level 3 Diploma

GCSE English Language

Job description

Have you got great people skills and a passion for business development? Would you like to work in a customer facing role and make a positive impact on people and their communities? Then consider the role of a Regional Employer Manager at Reed in Partnership!

This role is office based but will cover all the North East Region.

Please Note, these roles are expressions of interest only at this point. We are currently working on a number of exciting opportunities within this area and are looking to build a pipeline of talent to allow us to work quickly upon contract award. We will be in a position to be able to begin the formal recruitment process in the coming weeks and we will be in touch to discuss the next steps of your expression of interest as soon as possible.

Internal applications for this role close on 21/08/2028.

Who we are

Reed's Employability Division aims to positively transform lives by helping individuals who are unemployed, economically inactive, or facing challenges such as health conditions, disabilities, or caring responsibilities to find sustainable employment. Through a wide range of tailored support services including one-to-one careers guidance, CV writing, interview preparation, and skills training, we have supported over 250,000 people on their journey into work.

Youth Jobs Guarantee is a mandatory programme for 18-21 year olds who have been on Universal Credit for 18 months or more, providing a fully subsidised six month paid job of up to 25 hours per week at minimum wage.

What is the role about?

A Regional Employer Manager is responsible for the sourcing of placement opportunities for programme participants on Youth Jobs Guarantee across multiple areas within the employer market, ensuring service levels exceed employers' expectations. This involves securing placements for all participants referred to the programme 25 hours, paid for 6 months (fully funded to the employer).

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Business Development Identifying new business opportunities and converts effectively across multiple sites, explaining fully the placement opportunity to participants and selling in the participant and opportunity to the employer. Identifies other employer-led business opportunities when opportunities arise e.g. growth sectors Maximises on repeating business and developing existing accounts.
• Customer Service and Relationship Management Educates operations teams and programme participants across multiple sites about opportunities available in key industry sectors. Ensures all recruitment placement services are delivered in accordance to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) identified within contract criteria. Ensures employers' requirements and expectations are met at all times via Reed in Partnership.
• Service Delivery and Recovery Ensures information on placements are captured accurate on Reed in Partnership's database system and that they are communicated promptly to the operations teams. Offers the operations teams sufficient quality information to inform decision making on matching participants with Employers, including updating joint trackers. Ensures all outstanding employer opportunities are highlighted to the operations teams.
• Post Placement Service and Support In conjunction with Career Coaches, provides advice and guidance to ensure employers have sufficient understanding and access to support, to manage any in-work adjustments that may need to be made to accommodate participants with health conditions e.g., employer toolkits, management training etc. Provides feedback to operations teams in a format agreed with management. Collates and reports performance data to management team as and when required.

What's in it for you?

You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found on our website

The role is highly people-oriented, allowing you to work closely with employers, participants, and colleagues, making every day varied and rewarding. At Reed in Partnership, our values - Fair, Open & Honest, Take Ownership, and Work Together - guide everything we do. Join us in delivering services that make a real difference.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:

• More than a year's experience of and track record of success working in a business-to-business sales environment in an account management or business development role.
• Experience of working as part of a service delivery team, in which the delivery of services you have sold is carried out by other individuals/teams with whom you have had to work effectively.
• A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma.
• GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Leve