Employer Engagement Consultant - Leeds, United Kingdom - The Growth Company

The Growth Company
The Growth Company
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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Description

Location
South Yorkshire, Sheffield, Leeds, West Yorkshire


Company
The Growth Company


Contract type
Permanent/ Full
- time


Salary
Up to £28,420 per annum


Closing Date
15/08/2023


Ref No
3665


The Growth Company's (GC) employment business unit has an exciting opportunity for an Employer Engagement Consultant to work on our Refugee Employment Programme in Yorkshire & Humber.


GC is a fast-growing, purpose-based social enterprise and, as part of our mission for positive change, we deliver services for the Home Office, working with refugees across Yorkshire & Humber.

Our services focus on supporting individuals holistically, ensuring they have access to all the support they need to progress and move forward into employment.


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


In this role, we need an individual who is target-driven with excellent people skills to provide quality recruitment service to the GC Employment customers and employers.


Agile working options are available for this role.

Our roles will be predominantly based in the following locations:
Leeds, Bradford and across West Yorkshire; Sheffield, Rotherham and across South Yorkshire. There will be an essential requirement to travel across the region when necessary.

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, prescreen 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

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