Employment Liaison Officer Lanarkshire South   Salary up to £24,927 + benefits

Employment Liaison Officer - Job Description

Salary:                        Up to 24,927 plus benefits

Hours:                                    35 per week

Holidays:                    25 plus public holidays                   

 Reporting to: Employability & Skills Team Leader

Job Profile;

To establish and maintain excellent relationships with employers, understanding their needs, identifying, securing and linking employment, placement and development opportunities with RTWS clients.

Personal Profile:

You will have a genuine interest in people, confident, articulate, and enthusiastic with the ability to engage employers, working hard to create and maintain relationships.  You will relish the daily challenge your job provides, thinking on your feet and responding well to a target driven environment.

Main Aims

·         Develop new business relationships which provide significant levels of sustainable employment opportunities for clients

·         Work with employers in the business community to identify recruitment and training needs developing sector specific route ways to meet employer needs

·         Develop a good understanding of the business community and sectors.

·         Utilise sales, business development and marketing techniques to build relationships with employers to attract employment and training opportunities.

·         Maintain accurate vacancy management systems and up to date employer databases

·         Research and develop excellent understanding of issues affecting the business sectors and collect competitor intelligence.

·         Liaise with RTWS key staff to identify and secure suitable clients for employer vacancies and opportunities.

Key Competencies

·         An ability to understand employer needs, and to work to exceed them.

·         Relevant experience in the business recruitment industry.

·         A proven track record of generating new opportunities and closing business.

·         Strong employer engagement skills.

·         A positive and determined approach to researching and analysing new business opportunities.

·         A clear understanding of how to identify business recruitment and training needs.

·         A willingness to be creative and contribute to continuous improvement of service delivery.

·         Knowledge of the current Labour Market and recruitment and retention practices of employers.

·         Commitment and ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Routes to Work South work with businesses and people building positive, lasting change and delivering a range of high quality, people focussed employment and training services throughout South Lanarkshire.

We are looking to attract people who believe they can make a difference to join our Team.

 Employer Liaison Officer(s) – up to £24, 927

Key to each post will be your commitment and passion for supporting people coupled with the ability to inspire individuals and empower them to achieve their ambitions. 

Innovative, creative and solution focussed, you will thrive working in a fast paced and target driven environment enjoying the daily challenges your role will bring. 

You will be joining an established and well respected organisation, successfully delivering solutions to South Lanarkshire communities for over 15 years.  National Training Award winners in 2008 and recognised by Investors in People UK since 2001, people are our business and our greatest asset.

In addition to the personal rewards and salary remuneration, RTWS is committed to work life balance principles and offers a range of flexible working practices, additional benefits and a non contributory pension scheme.

If you think you posses the values and determination required for these posts we would be delighted to hear from you.  To apply and find out more about a rewarding career with RTWS please request an application pack by emailing info@rtws.org or calling 0141 646 0500 and stating which post(s) are of interest.  Please note CV’s will not be considered without a completed application form.

Closing date for returning completed applications is 4.45pm on Monday 13th July. 

Interviews will be held on  Wednesday 22nd July.

Job Reference:   EAL030709

Closing Date:     13-Jul-2009

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