The Growth Company’s (GC) Employment, Justice and Health team has a fantastic role open for an Employer Engagement Consultant. In this role, you will deliver a range of guidance, coaching and training services to support unemployed individuals, helping them progress into work, training or education.
We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and implement activities that generate leads and create opportunities to promote and sell services to employers.
- Undertake direct marketing and sales activity across digital, telephone and face‑to‑face channels, including attending employer and networking events.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with employers and key stakeholders, both internally and externally, to support business and contract delivery.
- Work collaboratively with Growth Company colleagues to increase referrals and promote the full range of services available.
- Use a consultative approach with employers to understand their recruitment and workforce needs, aligning these with business objectives.
- Analyse local labour market trends and identify key sectors and employers to support customers into employment opportunities.
- Manage employer accounts effectively, ensuring high levels of service, regular reviews and opportunities for repeat business.
- Ensure all customer and employer activity is accurately recorded, including maintaining up‑to‑date MI systems and adhering to data security and operational procedures.
About you
- Must have previous sales experience, ideally within a target‑driven environment.
- Recent experience of working to challenging targets and KPIs.
- Experience of securing vacancies and supporting job starts would be advantageous.
- Good knowledge of the local labour market, recruitment methods and growth industries.
- A warm, approachable style, with the ability to build strong relationships and rapport.
- Understanding of welfare‑to‑work services and customer groups would be beneficial.
Skills required
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to manage expectations and handle queries or complaints professionally.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to network effectively.
- Ability to work to challenging targets and identify new business opportunities.
- Strong IT skills, including experience of management information systems, spreadsheets, email and diary management.
- Ability to engage with decision‑makers, identify opportunities and support the closing of opportunities.
- Flexible approach to work, including willingness to travel and occasionally work unsociable hours.
Employment and inclusion
We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.
We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.
