Employer Engagement Consultant

The Growth Company’s (GC) Employment team have an exciting new opportunity for two Employer Engagement Consultants to provide a quality recruitment service to GC Employment customers and employers.

The UK government’s Youth Guarantee aims to prevent long-term youth unemployment by providing 18–21-year-olds on Universal Credit for 18+ months with a fully funded, six-month paid job. The scheme is providing guaranteed jobs for 55,000 long-term unemployed young people over the next 3 years, helping them take the crucial first step into sustained employment where earlier support and opportunities have not worked.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate employer leads through direct marketing, digital outreach, calls, meetings and event attendance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, stakeholders and internal GC teams to maximise referrals and opportunities.
• Analyse labour‑market trends to identify growth sectors and match customers to suitable vacancies.
• Use a consultative approach to understand employer recruitment needs and promote relevant GC services.
• Coordinate with training teams and partners to create pre‑employment training aligned to employer requirements.
• Manage employer accounts, ensuring excellent service, repeat business and uptake of wider GC products.
• Advertise vacancies clearly, pre‑screen candidates, arrange interviews and gather employer feedback promptly.
• Maintain accurate MI, follow operational procedures and uphold data security and equality standards.

About You

• Approachable, confident and able to build rapport with employers and customers.
• Motivated by achieving targets and comfortable working in a fast‑paced sales environment.
• Flexible, willing to travel and able to work occasional unsociable hours.
• Strong communicator with the ability to negotiate, influence and manage expectations.
• Organised, reliable and able to manage multiple employer relationships effectively.
• Knowledgeable about recruitment, training services and the local labour market.
• Professional, positive and aligned with GC values.
• Comfortable identifying business opportunities and closing agreements.

Skills Required

• Proven sales experience, ideally within a target‑driven environment.
• Strong interpersonal, networking and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work to challenging KPIs and deliver consistent results.
• Good IT capability including MI systems, spreadsheets, email and diary management.
• Understanding of recruitment processes, training services and welfare‑to‑work provision.
• Experience securing vacancies and supporting job starts is desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to identify decision‑makers, build relationships and convert opportunities.

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