Amour Recruitment are working with a leading training provider in Wales. We have an opportunity for an Employability Officer to join their team covering the Cardiff and Newport areas on a 12 month fixed term contract.
Salary up to £22000
Duties:-
- Accountable for sourcing sustainable employment opportunities for our participants across all our programmes, ensuring the best possible outcomes.
- Securing quality work placements for participants across our programmes, ensuring meaningful workplace skills and confidence building.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with employers
- To be responsible for arranging and completing employer health and safety vetting activities in a range of sectors and workplace settings in a timely and accurate manner.
- Accountable for ensuring that the workplace appraisals comply with all relevant legislation and standards and that appropriate risk assessments are carried out for specific participant requirements.
- Accountable for collection of job start evidence in line with contract requirements
- To participate in marketing and sales events as required.
- Maintain a good understanding of the local and regional labour market and employer needs in order to inform operational delivery and support targeting of sectors, employers and participants
- Play an active role in matching individual participants to the right job opportunities / work placements.
- Supporting in-work support to ensure continuity of contact for the individual, supporting participants overcome any barriers to sustaining employment.
- Completion of administrative tasks as required in an accurate, compliant, timely and efficient manner
- To comply with monthly contractual procedures, requirements and compliance standards
- To carry out such other appropriate duties commensurate with your skills, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working with unemployed adults and young people
- Experience in sourcing sustained work job opportunities / work placements and establishing new business
- Customer Service experience in building and maintaining relationships with employers
- Full Driving Licence and use of own vehicle
Apply immediately for consideration