Employer Engagement Executive/Manager - Youth Employment

Job Title: Employer Engagement Executive/Manager – Youth Employment
Location: Walthamstow, East London (E17) – Office-Based
Salary: £35,000–£40,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
Contract: Permanent
Travel: Employer visits across London and surrounding areas
  
About the Role:
Are you a confident relationship-builder with experience in recruitment, business development or employer engagement? Are you motivated by achieving targets while making a genuine difference to young people's lives?
We are recruiting an Employer Engagement Executive/Manager to support the delivery of a youth employment programme in East London. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded professional to use their relationship-building, sales and recruitment skills to create meaningful employment opportunities for young people.
You will be responsible for developing employer partnerships, generating paid vacancies and connecting young people with suitable job opportunities.
Working closely with Employment Coaches, you will help young people progress into sustainable employment while supporting employers to meet their recruitment needs.
This is a proactive, target-driven role that combines business development, recruitment and social impact.
  
Key Responsibilities:
Employer Engagement and Business Development

• Build and maintain strong relationships with local, regional and national employers.
• Proactively identify and approach new employers to generate vacancies and develop recruitment partnerships.
• Understand employers' recruitment needs, workforce challenges and skills requirements.
• Promote the benefits of engaging with the youth employment programme and recruiting its participants.
• Identify growth sectors, local labour market trends and emerging employment opportunities.
• Develop tailored recruitment solutions that meet employer requirements while creating opportunities for young people.

Vacancy Generation and Recruitment Support

• Generate and maintain a strong pipeline of suitable paid employment opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with Employment Coaches to match young people with vacancies aligned to their skills, aspirations and support needs.
• Promote candidate profiles to employers and coordinate applications, shortlisting and interviews.
• Organise and attend employer engagement events, recruitment fairs, sector showcases and presentations.
• Monitor vacancy conversion rates and take proactive steps to maximise job starts.

Supporting Young People into Employment

• Engage with young people to understand their strengths, career aspirations and employment goals.
• Facilitate introductions between candidates and prospective employers.
• Support interview preparation and help candidates navigate recruitment processes.
• Coordinate the transition from programme participation into paid employment.
• Ensure relevant employment documentation and compliance checks are completed accurately.

Employer Account Management and Job Sustainability

• Act as a key point of contact for employers throughout the recruitment process and following a candidate's appointment.
• Maintain regular communication with employers and address recruitment or placement issues promptly.
• Conduct placement reviews and monitor employer satisfaction.
• Support sustained employment outcomes by helping resolve workplace challenges where appropriate.
• Build long-term partnerships that encourage repeat business and ongoing recruitment opportunities.

Performance, Reporting and Compliance

• Work towards targets relating to employer engagement, vacancy generation, job starts and sustained employment outcomes.
• Maintain accurate employer records, vacancy information and activity logs on internal systems.
• Monitor and report on employer engagement activity, recruitment progress and employment outcomes.
• Ensure records and documentation meet relevant contractual and compliance requirements.
• Share labour market intelligence, employer feedback and best practice with colleagues to support continuous improvement.

About You
We are looking for a proactive, commercially aware individual who can confidently engage employers, develop lasting partnerships and identify opportunities to help young people succeed.
  
You will ideally have:

• Experience in employer engagement, recruitment, business development, sales, account management or employability services.
• Confidence in proactively approaching employers, generating leads and developing new business opportunities.
• A proven ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships.
• A target-driven mindset, with the motivation to achieve performance objectives and deliver measurable results.
• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent organisation, administration and record-keeping skills.
• A solution-focused approach to resolving challenges and maintaining positive employer relationships.
• The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively with a wider team.
• A genuine interest in supporting young people to access employment and build their futures.

Interested?
If you have the drive to develop employer partnerships, generate employment opportunities and make a meaningful difference to young people's futures, we would love to hear from you.
  
How to Apply:
For more information or to apply for the Employer Engagement Executive/Manager – Youth Employment  role, please contact:
  
Tiff Bennett
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