Employer Engagement Consultant

The Growth Company's (GC) employment service has an exciting opportunity for an Employer Engagement Consultant to work on our Restart Programme in South Yorkshire. 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.

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.

This role will require regular travel across South Yorkshire; therefore, it is essential that you hold a Full UK Driving Licence and have regular access to your own vehicle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a range of activity which produces leads and creates the opportunity to sell products and services to employers.
• Attendance at employer events, networking events, and 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's 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.

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 or 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.