Job Description

The Growth Company\xe2\x80\x99s (GC) employment service has an exciting opportunity for an Employer Engagement Consultant to work on our Restart Programme.

As an Employer Engagement Consultant, you will work with employers on their recruitment and skills needs to help place candidates into high quality sustainable jobs.

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 keyworkers 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.

We work with employers on their recruitment and skills needs to help place people into high quality sustainable jobs.

A car is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a range of activity which produces leads and creates the opportunity to sell products and services to employers.
• Direct marketing/sales activity digitally, telephone based and in person.
• Attendance at employer events/networking events/stakeholder events.
• Develop and maintain relationships with both internal and external key stakeholders, for the benefit of the business and contracts worked on.
• Analyse market trends and Identify key employers and sectors.
• Source suitable vacancies by conducting direct employer sales and customer reverse marketing sales activity.
• Advertise all vacancies internally (and externally where appropriate) in a clear and concise manner, pre-screen all customers thoroughly prior to submission ensuring they appropriately match the employer\xe2\x80\x99s requirements and arrange interviews.
• Meet customers regularly to ensure a good knowledge of the customer base and vacancies needed.
• Ensure all MI is up to date and all relevant systems are updated daily.
• Use your communication Skills and experience to build your network.

About You:

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate with employers, maximising sales as well as managing expectations and dealing with complaints.
• Good knowledge of welfare to work and the customer base.
• Flexible approach to work including willingness to travel and working occasional unsociable hours.
• Well-developed IT skills, including an understanding of computerised management information systems, spreadsheets, diary management, and e-mail.
• Excellent stakeholder Management with an ability to contact decision makers, identifying business opportunities and closing contracts.

Requirements:

• Open to travel in and around South Yorkshire - must be able to drive.
• Must have previous sales experience/Recruitment experience.
• Networking and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Recent experience of working to challenging targets within a sales environment.
• Be an individual who is KPI driven and can work well under challenging targets.
• Have knowledge of recruitment and training services.
• Excellent knowledge of the local labour market, methods of recruitment and growth industries.
• Good knowledge of welfare to work and the customer base.

Location

Sheffield

Business Area Logo

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Company Logo

Work Company (ESF)

Company

Employment

Contract type

Permanent/ Full- time

Salary

Up to \xc2\xa330,000 per annum

Advert Brand

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Closing Date

15/02/2024

Ref No

3869

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.

If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

GC is committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from an ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the recruiting manager and our Internal recruitment team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We\xe2\x80\x99re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

Should you apply for any of our roles, we will be completing interviews virtually or face to face, dependent on the role. This will be explained further should you reach interview stage. We will be more than happy to explain the measures we have put in place, ahead of you attending any of our premises.

If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.

The Growth Company