Placement Officer

1 week ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom The Growth Company Full time

The Growth Company’s (GC) employment business unit has an exciting opportunity for a Placement Officer to work on our Refugee Employment Programme in Yorkshire & Humber.

GC is a fast-growing, purpose-based social enterprise and, as part of our mission for positive change, we deliver services for the Home Office, working with refugees across Yorkshire & Humber. Our services focus on supporting individuals holistically, ensuring they have access to all the support they need to progress and move forward into employment.

As a Placement Officer, you will be responsible for working with a variety of organisations to identify and source suitable placements for refugees we’ll be working with.

In this role, we need an individual who is target-driven with excellent people skills to provide quality recruitment service to the GC Employment customers and employers.

**Agile working options are available for this role. Our roles will be predominantly based in the following locations: Leeds, Bradford and across West Yorkshire; Sheffield, Rotherham and across South Yorkshire. There will be an essential requirement to travel across the region when necessary.**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Liaise with employers and other organisations to source placement opportunities that may lead to sustainable employment.
- Identify and fill work placements appropriately in line with performance measures.
- Support the employer’s recruitment, workforce development and business needs.
- Promote and sell Skills and Work Solutions and Economic Solutions Group products and services to organisations.
- Generate mail shots and complete follow up calls.
- Develop ongoing relationships with hosts who have used services previously, ensuring that repeat business is generated.
- Ensure all MI is up to date and all relevant systems are updated daily.

**About You**:

- Strong interpersonal skills to work with clients across private, voluntary, and charitable sectors.
- Target-driven.
- Can work effectively under pressure.
- Strong time-management skills.
- Good knowledge of the barriers faced by refugees integrating into the UK is desirable.

**Requirements**:

- Must have previous sales experience and negotiation skills.
- Must have a full driving licence and access to own vehicle.
- Ideally experience of securing and managing vacancies/placements.
- A second language is desirable though not essential in the following: Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Turkish, Farsi.

**Salary**: Up to £28,420.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sheffield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 3552


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