Employer Engagement Officer

5 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Mencap Full time

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Secure Work Placements and Jobs for Young Learners

Are you passionate about helping young people with Learning disabilities and/or Autism secure work placements and jobs? Do you have a background in sales, employer engagement, or recruitment? We have an exciting opportunity for an Employer Engagement Officer to join our Ealing team.

The role involves building and developing strong working relationships with employers from different industries and sectors to secure work placements and negotiate paid employment for our supported interns. Our interns are supported in the workplace by a Skills Coach, and you will oversee their work to ensure that placements progress and the learners become independent, eventually moving into paid work.

What does our Supported Internship programme offer?
  • Raise aspirations
  • Build skills and confidence
  • Have a better understanding of employment
  • Demonstrate what they can offer an employer
  • Progress towards paid work
  • Generate links with local employers that result in placement opportunities for learners
  • Work with designated employers to identify suitable pathways and work-related opportunities for learners
  • Sustain rapport with key employers by making periodic visits, exploring specific needs and anticipating new opportunities
  • Develop and nurture stakeholder and partnership relationships to generate a consistent flow of employment opportunities for our Supported Internships
  • Manage job coaches

What will you need to be an Employer Engagement Officer?
  • The ability to work on your own initiative
  • Good interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills as well as the ability to work effectively with learners, employers, teaching professionals, and parents/carers
  • The ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date records using IT-based systems

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people's lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

  • 24 days holiday, pro-rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus 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. If you don't join the Plan, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
  • Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live 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 YouRock program
  • Access to award-winning training and development

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