Strategic Employer Partnerships Manager

Maximus; Romford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus in Romford is seeking an Account Manager to build and manage strategic relationships with regional employer partners and create a strong pipeline of employment opportunities within the region. You will work with internal teams to align job requirements with candidate supply and develop sector plans that support the national employer engagement strategy.

The role requires proactive relationship building, excellent communication, and the ability to travel within the geography.

Qualifications

• Experience in Recruitment and Account Management/Business Development.
• Significant experience of achieving and exceeding targets.
• Extensive experience of building rapport/relationships with Employers.
• Strong understanding of labour markets and recruitment trends.
• Ability to produce labour market analytics and predict opportunities.
• To be Pro-active and Re-active in response to large scale opportunities.
• Customer focused with a strong commitment to customer care.
• Significant experience of delivering successful plans to agreed timescales.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt to a wide range of communication and learning styles.
• Demonstrable influencing skills that promote commitment and action.
• Ability to travel independently within an agreed geography.

Responsibilities

• Development and ownership of regional sector plans, linked to the national employer engagement strategy.
• Source and share market insight/feedback from key employer partners/organisations to develop our plans and to support LMI and the analyst role.
• Identification, engagement and management of key employer relationships within a sector(s), and region to become the ‘recruitment partner of choice’.
• Development and management of employment opportunity pipeline including ring fenced/guaranteed vacancies, work experience placements, job fairs etc.
• Coordination of recruitment activity to ensure employer needs are met.
• Expert advice, guidance and support e.g workforce planning, training needs analysis.
• Co-designing employment routeways to address current/future recruitment needs.
• Facilitate and encourage employer support as part of the prescribed customer journey e.g sector insight sessions, assessment centres.
• Supporting the Head of Employer engagement, and Dir. Of Employer engagement with key account management of Strategic/National partners.
• Working with the ‘Strategic Engagement Manager’ to engage and support the regional partner organisations, which are identified through the strategic plan(s).
• Share Market knowledge, and intelligence to help identify, and address potential barriers to work.
• Work with internal teams to ensure customers meet employer expectations and are prepared for the transition into work.

Skills

Recruitment & Account Management

Target achievement

Employer relationship building

Labour market analytics

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Travel flexibility

Job description

Maximus in Romford is seeking an Account Manager to build and manage strategic relationships with regional employer partners and create a strong pipeline of employment opportunities within the region. You will work with internal teams to align job requirements with candidate supply and develop sector plans that support the national employer engagement strategy.

The role requires proactive relationship building, excellent communication, and the ability to travel within the geography.