Employer Services Consultant
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,000 to £31,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Midlands |
| Company: | Acorn Training LTD |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MESC |
Summary
Job Purpose
An exciting opportunity for you to develop your career with the third fastest growing training provider in the United Kingdom. Acorn Training is a highly successful, skills, justice, employment and health provider with strong corporate values and inclusive ethos – winner of The World Skills UK Social Inclusion and Diversity Network of the Year award.
You will join us at our most exciting time, with strong plans to double the size of the business each year over the next 5 years, spearheading opportunities to get The United Kingdom back to work and improving the skills of the workforce; enabling strong and sustainable future careers for all.
Key Responsibilities
• Establish, Develop and Account Management relationships with employers to promote the services of Acorn Training and provide exclusive vacancy opportunities to customers
• To design, plan and implement internal Jobs Fairs to promote current live vacancies to internal candidates
• To work with a small caseload of customers whom have recently falling out of work to establish prompt actions to re-enter them into sustainable employment
• To work alongside and promote the internal services of Acorn Training ensuring stakeholders are provided with the best service to meet their needs
• Develop a thorough understanding of the local labour market to identify key opportunities for customer and employers
• Promotion of Good News Stories from successful opportunities gained from work conducted with Participants
• Support and sign post customer identified pastoral needs
• Provide information, advice and guidance on learning programmes and qualifications
• Coach customers and promote positive behaviours associated with employment
• Monitor own performance ensuring that customer attendance and success measures are above national benchmarks and are in line with contractual requirements
• Work with various customer groups including young adults, adults, customers with learning difficulties and disabilities, lone parents offenders and offenders in the community
• Identify and signpost for support customers with literacy and numeracy skills development needs, promoting independence and learning skills
• Ensure that policies with regards to Child and Adult at Risk are adhered to
• Ensure that policies with regards to Data Security are adhered to
• Maintain a positive and professional company image at all times
• Support the company Quality Policy and Information Security priorities
• Support the company’s equality of opportunity statement at all times
• Work safely, supporting the company Health and Safety Policy
• Perform any additional requests in line with the key responsibilities of this role
Person Specification
Essential
• GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics
• Level 2 IT Qualification, such as ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
• Experience of Employer Engagement (Sales, Recruitment or Employment Services)
• Experience of Business Networking
• Local Labour Market Needs
• Barriers to learning and employment.
• How to support customer and promote independence
• Support strategies for various customer specific needs
• Full Driving licence with access to a car with Business Insurance
• The ability to work under pressure in a highly performance driven organisation
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team
• The ability to work accurately and actively programme solving
• The ability to reflect on your own performance to support quality improvement
• The ability to manage time effectively and plan your own work load
• The ability work with little supervision or guidance
• The ability to maintain one’s own motivation when things are getting tough
• The ability to be proactive
• The ability to understand one’s own limitations within the role
Desirable
• Level 3 Information, Advice and Guidance qualification
• IEP Accredited Sector Induction (Level 2)
• IEP Accredited Certificate in Employability Practice (Level 3)
• First Aid at Work Certificate
• IOSH Health and Safety Qualification
• Skills for Life awareness
• Knowledge of the local labour market
• Experience of Welfare to Work and working with unemployed
• Knowledge of DWP, ESFA and / or other Employability funded provision
An exciting opportunity for you to develop your career with the third fastest growing training provider in the United Kingdom. Acorn Training is a highly successful, skills, justice, employment and health provider with strong corporate values and inclusive ethos – winner of The World Skills UK Social Inclusion and Diversity Network of the Year award.
You will join us at our most exciting time, with strong plans to double the size of the business each year over the next 5 years, spearheading opportunities to get The United Kingdom back to work and improving the skills of the workforce; enabling strong and sustainable future careers for all.
Key Responsibilities
• Establish, Develop and Account Management relationships with employers to promote the services of Acorn Training and provide exclusive vacancy opportunities to customers
• To design, plan and implement internal Jobs Fairs to promote current live vacancies to internal candidates
• To work with a small caseload of customers whom have recently falling out of work to establish prompt actions to re-enter them into sustainable employment
• To work alongside and promote the internal services of Acorn Training ensuring stakeholders are provided with the best service to meet their needs
• Develop a thorough understanding of the local labour market to identify key opportunities for customer and employers
• Promotion of Good News Stories from successful opportunities gained from work conducted with Participants
• Support and sign post customer identified pastoral needs
• Provide information, advice and guidance on learning programmes and qualifications
• Coach customers and promote positive behaviours associated with employment
• Monitor own performance ensuring that customer attendance and success measures are above national benchmarks and are in line with contractual requirements
• Work with various customer groups including young adults, adults, customers with learning difficulties and disabilities, lone parents offenders and offenders in the community
• Identify and signpost for support customers with literacy and numeracy skills development needs, promoting independence and learning skills
• Ensure that policies with regards to Child and Adult at Risk are adhered to
• Ensure that policies with regards to Data Security are adhered to
• Maintain a positive and professional company image at all times
• Support the company Quality Policy and Information Security priorities
• Support the company’s equality of opportunity statement at all times
• Work safely, supporting the company Health and Safety Policy
• Perform any additional requests in line with the key responsibilities of this role
Person Specification
Essential
• GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics
• Level 2 IT Qualification, such as ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
• Experience of Employer Engagement (Sales, Recruitment or Employment Services)
• Experience of Business Networking
• Local Labour Market Needs
• Barriers to learning and employment.
• How to support customer and promote independence
• Support strategies for various customer specific needs
• Full Driving licence with access to a car with Business Insurance
• The ability to work under pressure in a highly performance driven organisation
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team
• The ability to work accurately and actively programme solving
• The ability to reflect on your own performance to support quality improvement
• The ability to manage time effectively and plan your own work load
• The ability work with little supervision or guidance
• The ability to maintain one’s own motivation when things are getting tough
• The ability to be proactive
• The ability to understand one’s own limitations within the role
Desirable
• Level 3 Information, Advice and Guidance qualification
• IEP Accredited Sector Induction (Level 2)
• IEP Accredited Certificate in Employability Practice (Level 3)
• First Aid at Work Certificate
• IOSH Health and Safety Qualification
• Skills for Life awareness
• Knowledge of the local labour market
• Experience of Welfare to Work and working with unemployed
• Knowledge of DWP, ESFA and / or other Employability funded provision