Employability Executive

**Job Headlines, Application Process, Key Information and Job Description**

**Job title**:Employability Executive

**Team**: Education and Skills

**Contract**:Full-Time Contract to December 2027

**Location**:Bridge House/Hybrid

**Job Salary level**:£30K per annum

**Reports to**:Inclusion Manager

**Direct Reports**:N/A

**Application Process**

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Business in the Community embraces, respects and values the difference in its employees and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.

**Who we are**

Business in the Community is a unique movement across the UK of more than 600 member companies - more than 270 of these are in Northern Ireland. Our purpose is to mobilise business as a force for good in society. Business in the Community’s member companies employ more than 40% of the workforce in Northern Ireland.

Business in the Community membership is a commitment to action and to the continual improvement of a company’s impact on society. Our members commit to act responsibly within their marketplace and to have a positive impact on their people, our planet and the places where they operate. In the spirit of being a responsible business, our members are signed up to:
**Being the best, they can** be in delivering social, environmental and economic sustainability across all areas of their business.

**Join with other businesses** to bring together their collective strength and be a force for good.

**What we do**

We set a course for responsible business.

We use our CORE framework to guide members on a journey of continuous improvement, working across the whole responsible business agenda. From community engagement to employment, diversity and the circular economy, we offer expert advice and specialist resources, driving best practice by convening, sharing learning and recognising great performance across our influential Network.

Through participation in Business in the Community’s ground-breaking campaigns and programmes, businesses can collaborate and help to bring about lasting change on a wider scale which benefits both business and society.

**What are we looking for?**

Our Employability Executive will

Manage and deliver a suite of employability initiatives that are designed to engage businesses to support individuals facing barriers to work into employment.

Support our efforts in assisting businesses to engage those facing barriers to employment (such as long-term unemployed, people with convictions, refugees and asylum seekers) to gain the skills and experience they need to become work ready.

Engage in a programme of employment interventions that will assist unemployed and economically inactive individuals to move into sustainable jobs

Work with employers to assist them to understand the barriers to work faced by various groups and to review recruitment practices to make opportunities more accessible.

Campaign to change the attitudes of employers and encourage engagement in employability activities that support the development of a more inclusive workforce.

**What can BITC offer you?**
- Personal development opportunities
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Life assurance cover
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata)
- Flexible and Hybrid Working Practices
- Level 1 membership of Westfield Health scheme
- 2 days per year (pro-rata) to volunteer for a cause of your choice
- Ability to work from abroad for up to 1 month per year (pro-rata)
- Carers’ leave
- Support for Study
- Perks shopping discount card

**Main Accountabilities**

1. To support the Inclusion Manager to lead on the strategic development and operational implementation of the employability strand of Business in the Community’s workstream, including developing appropriate objectives, targets and goals to maximise business engagement in this area

2. To support the securing of funding for employability programmes and initiatives and attain funder approvals to adjust focus/deliverables accordingly depending on income secured

3. To monitor the progress of employability programmes and interventions against agreed outcomes

4. To support the development and growth of innovative employability programmes to optimise impact

5. To ensure facilitation of interventions is complemented by teacher led activities and student self-study

6. To establish partnerships and strategic alliances and strengthen existing relationships with key stakeholders in all sectors and to identify opportunities to work together

7. To establish and maintain appropriate networks to ensure familiarity with key issues, policies, legislation, initiatives, and relevant funding arrangements

8. To raise the profile of Business in the Community’s experience and expertise in the employability/jobs space with key external stakeholders

9. To contribute actively and positively as a member of your te