Employer Solutions Consultant - Reading, United Kingdom - The Fedcap Group

The Fedcap Group
The Fedcap Group
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Reading, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Salary:
£30,900


Location:
Reading and Slough


Closing Date:5pm Friday 18th August


About Fedcap


Fedcap Employment (part of The Fedcap Group) is a not-for-profit organisation delivering employability solutions across a range of UK contracts through a blend of local frontline professional teams.

Our services are more vital than ever before to individuals and their wider communities as we tackle unemployment rates head on.


The Role


Do you have sales, business development or account management experience? Or perhaps you've worked in recruitment in an employer-facing role? If so, then come and join our growing Employer Solutions team at the start of an exciting project.


We are recruiting for an Employer Solutions Consultant to build and maintain relationships with employers and our customers providing a pivotal and valued service within the team by supporting the sustainable employment of disadvantaged people within our communities.

You will proactively engage with hiring managers across a wide range of sectors to understand their recruitment needs and co-design a routeway into employment for our participants by focusing on matching skillsets and values with local employment opportunities.


The strong relationships you create will enable you to promote sector routeways, work trials, placements, shadowing, insight days, and increase inclusive employment practices, such as the Disability Confident scheme.

Fedcap deliver a range of programmes supporting unemployed people 'back to work'. This role forms part of our new Pioneer Scheme.


You will be

  • An advocate for Fedcap and the Pioneer scheme, embedding a strong understanding of the benefits of sustainable employment and how we can support local businesses and our customers cohesively. This will be achieved through a collaborative and entrepreneurial approach.
  • Working collaboratively with local teams to identify new and existing opportunities using key data to target prospective employers in the region
  • Taking responsibility for generating business leads with potential employers through a range of approaches including telephone, facetoface and delivering presentations.
  • Identifying opportunities for the development and growth of 'employer accounts' through following sales process, including qualifying opportunities and escalation.
  • Identifying day 1 job start requirements and supporting the employer to tailor an induction to support the participant with prework readiness check and any additional support through for, example, Access to Work.
  • Providing inwork support through regular telephone holistic support to the participant addressing all support needs to maximise the opportunity for sustainment.
  • Ongoing reviews to support upskilling and progression whilst in employment

Person Specification

About you
Can you embrace our company values which are
Kindness, Respect, Integrity, and Innovation?

Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications

  • Experience of Recruitment, Sales, Business Development, Account Management or similar target driven environment.
  • Experience of networking with external partners & agencies, working in a customer focused and service delivery environment
  • Demonstrable experience in rapport building across a wide range of stakeholders
  • Knowledge and proficiency in using social media, IT systems and Microsoft Office
  • Knowledge of legislative employment regulations including safeguarding
  • Knowledge of the local regional and national labour market & employers

Key Competencies:


  • Adaptability
  • Communication
  • Results focused
  • Relationship & rapport building
  • Resilience
  • Persuading & Influencing others
  • Quality & compliance

What else can we offer you?

  • You won't work on weekends or bank holidays
  • A monthly benefits scheme worth £500 with access to over 900 retailers
  • A cycle to work scheme that is open all year long
  • Laptop and mobile phone for every employee
  • Employee assistance programme (EAP). A telephone service offering various support services including emotional support, stress helpline amongst others.
  • The opportunity of an Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) qualification for all employees
  • A twoweek Induction and training programme
  • Company annual leave, including a buy/sell scheme
  • Free life cover
  • Pension with a 4% match from Fedcap

Additional information
To learn more about our recruitment process, our Disability Confident Scheme and Access to Work please
click here.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Disability confident employer

Veterans and service personnel


Fedcap is positive about employing veterans and service personnel spouses or family members as part of our commitment to upholding principles of the Armed Forces Covenant.


Mission:
To create opportunities for people by designing and delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and creating measurable changes for those who are socially disadv
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