KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability sectors.
Job Title: Employment Consultant
Location: Southampton
Salary: up to £32,000 (Depending on experience)
Package: Excellent Holiday Entitlement, Pension + Much More!
Type: Full Time, Permanent
Are you passionate about supporting people to turn their lives around?
We are seeking a motivated person, to support individuals with disabilities and/or health-related support needs to overcome barriers and progress into sustainable, meaningful employment.
The Role:
- Manage a caseload of participants with disabilities and/or health conditions, providing tailored, person-centred employability support to help them overcome barriers and progress into sustainable employment.
- Undertake detailed assessments to understand individual circumstances, strengths, and barriers, using this information to create structured Action Plans with clear SMART targets.
- Deliver motivational 1:1 and group-based support to build confidence, develop skills, and improve employability and job readiness.
- Develop a strong understanding of the local labour market to identify suitable job opportunities and support effective job matching.
- Proactively engage with employers to understand recruitment needs, source vacancies, and support pre-screening, assessments, and candidate matching.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with referral partners, employers, and external agencies to ensure a coordinated and holistic support approach.
- Work in partnership with specialist support agencies, and signpost your participants as needed, including health, housing, debt etc.
- Provide in-work support to participants and employers to support successful job starts, progression, and sustained employment outcomes.
- Use digital platforms and direct marketing approaches to engage employers and promote participant opportunities.
- Maintain accurate case records and ensure all reporting, compliance, safeguarding, and contractual requirements are met, working towards and exceeding KPIs and performance targets.
Criteria:
- Experience of working within a target-driven environment, with experience of working towards KPIs.
- A strong working knowledge of the local labour market.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Must be flexible with travel as required.
- Must be IT literate.
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