Business Development Executive

Employer Engagement Coordinator

Full Time, Permanent

Location: Office Based to support Coventry, West Bromwich and Birmingham with travel expected

Salary: £32,000 plus company Car 

Our Employment, Skills and Enterprise business provides support to citizens, from supporting the unemployed into sustainable work, to upskilling those with low or no vocational skills, so they can progress in work. 

As part of our Restart programme, we will support participants on their journey to finding sustainable employment, enabling them to progress towards a more secure future. The Restart programme will help people who have been unemployed for between 12 and 18 months get back into work, including those whose prospects for securing employment have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

We are expanding our team and we are looking to recruit an Employer Engagement Co-ordinator in the West Midlands

The Employer Engagement Coordinator will proactively engage, develop and retain key national and local employer partnerships to support the contractual requirements of the Restart programme. Responsible for contributing to the development and implementation the Employer Engagement Strategy.

Employer Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for sourcing high volume employment opportunities that are sustainable, including vacancies and job focused work placements to meet customer needs and aspirations. Develop existing key employer partnerships regionally to maintain a flow of employment opportunities aligned to customer aspiration and growth sectors.

The Employer Engagement Coordinator will work closely with operations team and supply chain network to identify aspirations and skills analysis to direct and align their focus on such opportunities as well feedback to the operations team and supply chain partners the growth sectors, so that customers can be upskilled and pipeline of candidates are developed.

What you’ll need to do the role: 

Ideally you will have experience working in a similar role or have previous experience and successful track record in commercial recruitment, sales, business development or employer engagement in a performance target driven environment. Ideally qualified to Level 4 or equivalent. You will have good knowledge of local labour market and growth sectors. You will have excellent communication skills at all levels, using a variety of communication methods (spoken, written, behaviour), along with excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

You must also be willing to travel around the …