Job Description

Role: Employer Engagement Officer

Working Hours: 22.2 hours/3 days per week

Contract: Fixed Term contract to end of July 2026

Start date: ASAP

Salary: 16,586 per annum (27,644 FTE per annum)

Location: Hybrid working. Office base in Stratford.

Minimum of 1 day per week worked in office.

About Us

Inspire is a charity based in East London. We inspire children and young people across London and beyond, using data to understand the barriers they face and connecting them with a range of employers and opportunities to open doors to their success.

We have over 40 years of experience in delivering high quality services and programmes to children, young people, schools, local authorities and employers. Working alongside our large network of employer volunteers, our programmes inspire and support children and young people to create a positive future for themselves in their journey from the classroom to workplace. We provide them with independent careers guidance, high aspirations and strong employability skills.

We are seeking an Employer Engagement Officer to join our Work Experience Team.

Our Work Experience programme provides a taster of the 'World of Work' helping to raise career aspirations and support academic progression for young people. Our team work with local and central London employers and education providers to source, manage and co-ordinate placements for over 5,000 young people each academic year.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an organised, enthusiastic and confident individual to join us in a role with responsibility for sourcing and securing high quality work experience opportunities for young people through employer engagement. If you understand the benefits and importance of work experience for young people and can articulate this to engage employers - this is the role for you.

We are seeking a confident, passionate, articulate person who can communicate in a clear and compelling way across all communication channels including, email, telephone, in-person, social media and LinkedIn to engage employers in :

Creating meaningful work experience placement opportunities for young people to enable them to gain experience of the world of work. Maintaining and developing existing employer relationships to maximise opportunities for young people.
If you have the skills necessary to do this role we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities of the role include:

Working with the Head of Career Guidance and Work Experience to set the strategic direction for employer engagement within the work experience team. Establishing and strengthening relationships with employers to ensure a continuous pipeline of work experience placements are available for young people. Acting as primary point of contact for employers. To carry out employer Health & Safety pre-placement checks. Maintaining administration systems to record and track progress in contacting employers.

Benefits

17 days annual leave plus a pro-rata amount of bank holidays

2 volunteering days per year

Family friendly policies

Hybrid working arrangements

If you have the skills and desire to join our team, please see our job description and person specification for further details about the role.

Inspire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to apply for an enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

How to Apply

If you wish to apply for this role, please provide your CV and a covering letter outlining why you are suitable for the role and how you meet the person specification of our job description.

Closing date

This application closing date for this role is 5.30pm, Thursday 11th September. Interviews will be a two stage process, the first will take place on Teams and second interviews will be in-person at our office in Stratford.

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 10 months

Pay: 16,586.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.2 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London E15 2NH

Application deadline: 11/09/2025