The Role

The Employer Solutions Consultant will secure sustainable job outcomes for participants by identifying and developing relationships with local employers who wish to take advantage of high-quality services, including "no cost" recruitment. This role is focused on high levels of business development activity, service and candidate preparation.

Location: Kilmarnock/Ayr/Dumfries 

Salary £26,150 

Contract: 6-months fixed term 

You will be…

• Providing employers with high-quality services, including recruitment, with a variable focus on sales, service, and candidate preparation.
• Promoting the programme offered to employers, to deliver tailored value-added services to secure stronger relationships and long-term employer commitment.
• Delivering performance against agreed sales, service, and quality KPI's.
• Managing the co-ordination of a response to employer's requirements following identification and qualification of employer needs.
• Maintaining a good understanding of the local and regional labour market and employer needs to inform operational delivery and support targeting of sectors and employers.
• Supporting candidates to become self-sufficient in job search activity, through adopting coaching and mentoring approaches and working with small groups.
• Identifying opportunities for the development and growth of 'employer accounts' through following sales process, including qualifying opportunities and escalation.
• Identifying employment and other work-related opportunities with employers through marketing candidates directly into employers.
• Delivering high-quality candidate preparation prior to interview or job start, such as application, interview, or assessment activity.

Person Specification

About you…

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

Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications

• Experience and use of social media platforms
• Knowledge of the local regional and national labour market & employers
• Experience of Recruitment, Sales, Business Development, 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

Key Competencies:

• Adaptability
• Communication
• Results focused
• Relationship & rapport building
• Resilience
• Quality & complianSolutionce.

What else can we offer you? …

...a rewarding career that makes a genuine difference to people’s lives.

• 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 two-week Induction and training programme
• Company annual leave, including a buy/sell scheme
• Free life cover!
• Pension with a 4% match from Fedcap

Additional information

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Fedcap Employment is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity.

Disability confident employer and Access to work

Fedcap is a recognised Disability Confident Leader with commitments to aim to recruit, retain and develop disabled people within the company. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and will offer to support with reasonable adjustments where required. 

As a Disability confident employer, we work in partnership with other organisations’ to underpin the governments aspiration to support disabled customers into work. This includes but not limited to making reasonable adjustments and providing specialist equipment to those who need it so they can work in a comfortable working environment.

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.

Advert expiry: If you are interested in the position we recommend applying at your earliest convenience. Fedcap reserves the right to withdraw a job advertisement at any time.

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