Employer Engagement Specialist

3 days ago


Cleveland, United Kingdom Mencap Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Employer Engagement Officer to join our team in Ealing. As an Employer Engagement Officer, you will play a key role in building and maintaining relationships with local employers to secure work placements and jobs for our young learners with Learning disabilities and/or Autism.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with employers from various industries and sectors to secure work placements and negotiate paid employment for our supported interns.
  • Oversee the work of our interns, ensuring that placements progress and learners become independent, eventually moving into paid work.
  • Identify suitable pathways and work-related opportunities for learners and develop and nurture stakeholder and partnership relationships to generate a consistent flow of employment opportunities.
  • Manage job coaches and maintain accurate and up-to-date records using IT-based systems.
Requirements
  • Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with learners, employers, teaching professionals, and parents/carers.
  • Ability to work on your own initiative and maintain accurate records using IT-based systems.
  • Ideal candidate will have employer engagement and marketing experience, with a strong understanding of creating work opportunities for people with Learning disabilities and/or Autism.
What We Offer

As an Employer Engagement Officer with Mencap, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

  • 24 days holiday, pro-rata (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service, plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our Holiday Plus scheme.
  • Service-related sick pay when 6-month probation is completed.
  • Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan, where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis, meaning NI savings.
  • Membership of Mencap Pension Plan, including up to 3 times salary death in service life cover and Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long-term sickness.
  • Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers, and phones when you have been with us for 6 months.
  • Interest-free season ticket loans.
  • Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops, including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays, and much more via Mencap Extras.
  • Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy, etc.
  • Free access to round-the-clock employee assistance program for advice and support.
  • Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our You Rock program.
  • Access to award-winning training and development.
About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader, and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.



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