Inclusive Employment Consultant

Purpose

This is an important role in which you will use your commercial engagement, sales and recruitment skills, knowledge and experience identify and engage with local employers to generate long term relationships with Shaw Trust and match our services to employer needs.

Essentially you will work closely with employers and internal delivery staff, taking a holistic approach to support employers to gain employment opportunities for Shaw Trust programme participants.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manage the identification and development of a range of employment opportunities for programme participants to meet their individual employment needs and aspirations.
2. Work closely with Support Managers to move participants into appropriate employment as quickly as possible.
3. Identify, engage and account manage local employers to develop an understanding of their workforce development needs and how Shaw Trust can support them.
4. Promote the benefits of inclusive employment practices to employers across your region. Encouraging them to join our employer pledge scheme and gain recognition as a Disability Confident employer.
5. Lead locally on the development and maintenance of effective relationships with employers, public sector organisations, employer forums, and other key stakeholder groups linking in with the National Inclusive Employment Team and operational staff as appropriate.
6. Take all opportunities to sell to employers the services available to them from the Shaw Trust Group and the benefits to their organisation.
7. Working with other frontline staff and the National Inclusive Employment Team design bespoke recruitment, workforce develop and support packages to meet the needs of partner employers.
8. Set up and run employer engagement activities across your region.
9. Maintain records of available opportunities and employer requirements, sharing information across internal delivery, our supply chain and other Shaw Trust Group business streams as appropriate.
10. Work with employers to develop and agree appropriate pre-employment training for participants.
11. Liaise with employers and Support Managers to jointly agree post-employment support for both employers and participants.
12. Take responsibility for managing the post-employment support services to account managed employers.