At AE Talent Solutions our mission is simple yet profound: to connect exceptional talent with exceptional opportunities. We are dedicated to empowering organizations with top-tier candidates and helping individuals achieve their career aspirations.
We are currently supporting our fantastic client to recruit a full-time Employer Relationship Consultant based in Sunderland.
As an organisation, they deliver a range of Employability & Health contracts which support unemployed people back to work. This job role forms part of their Restart Scheme.
Employer Relationship Consultants are responsible for the sourcing of sustainable employment opportunities for programme participants within the local employer market, ensuring service levels exceed employers' expectations.
As an Employer Relationship Consultant, you will own and manage relationships with a range of local and national employers and stakeholders to secure suitable job opportunities for participants who access their services within the contract package area.
You will offer a consultative approach with employers, working to create bespoke packages that meet their recruitment needs and shape roles for specific job seekers.
The role interfaces externally with a range of local and national employers and employer support/interest organisations such as employment agencies, recruitment organisations, LEPS, Local Government Agencies, Careers Fairs, and Chambers of Commerce to ensure that the company brand and proposition have the necessary visibility to ensure that employers seek us out.
Key Responsibilities
Identify employers and opportunities to achieve vacancy generation, conversion to job start, and retention in work targets as outlined in the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) agreed with employers and expected by the funders. Engage with employers face to face, virtually, and over the phone to executive level to build strong working relationships. Communicate clearly, concisely, and in an engaging manner to generate confidence in those who it will be important to influence. Maintain a consultative, confident approach to sales that is responsive to immediate targets. Identify new business opportunities and convert effectively, explaining the role to participants and selling them to the employer. Promote and create awareness of the entire range of company products and services including work experience/trial opportunities, vocational and accredited training, as well as vacancies. Promote services by attending careers fairs, networking at business groups, visiting workplaces, enhancing web presence via social media, and providing a single point of contact for vacancy sharing. Identify other employer-led business opportunities when they arise, e.g., in growth sectors. Person Specification
Good standard of school education, ideally Maths and English language GCSEs Grade C and above. Knowledge of local and regional labour markets and employment trends, with an awareness of business threats and opportunities. High levels of time management and planning ability. Excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills. Highly developed customer service skills. Able to demonstrate success in building and maintaining effective business relationships with internal and external customers, maximising business opportunities. Demonstrate continued success in meeting and exceeding stretching targets in a sales role. Existing network of employers to approach. Outstanding ability to present to external customers. Company Benefits
25 days annual leave. Cycle to Work scheme. Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal. Employee Assistance Programme. Access to online wellbeing centre. Enhanced Wedding leave. A paid volunteering day each year. Enhanced Maternity scheme. Refer a Friend reward scheme. Holiday purchase scheme. Pension scheme. Life assurance.
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Identify employers and opportunities to achieve vacancy generation, conversion to job start, and retention in work targets as outlined in the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) agreed with employers and expected by the funders. Engage with employers face to face, virtually, and over the phone to executive level to build strong working relationships. Communicate clearly, concisely, and in an engaging manner to generate confidence in those who it will be important to influence. Maintain a consultative, confident approach to sales that is responsive to immediate targets. Identify new business opportunities and convert effectively, explaining the role to participants and selling them to the employer. Promote and create awareness of the entire range of company products and services including work experience/trial opportunities, vocational and accredited training, as well as vacancies. Promote services by attending careers fairs, networking at business groups, visiting workplaces, enhancing web presence via social media, and providing a single point of contact for vacancy sharing. Identify other employer-led business opportunities when they arise, e.g., in growth sectors. Person Specification
Good standard of school education, ideally Maths and English language GCSEs Grade C and above. Knowledge of local and regional labour markets and employment trends, with an awareness of business threats and opportunities. High levels of time management and planning ability. Excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills. Highly developed customer service skills. Able to demonstrate success in building and maintaining effective business relationships with internal and external customers, maximising business opportunities. Demonstrate continued success in meeting and exceeding stretching targets in a sales role. Existing network of employers to approach. Outstanding ability to present to external customers. Company Benefits
25 days annual leave. Cycle to Work scheme. Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal. Employee Assistance Programme. Access to online wellbeing centre. Enhanced Wedding leave. A paid volunteering day each year. Enhanced Maternity scheme. Refer a Friend reward scheme. Holiday purchase scheme. Pension scheme. Life assurance.
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