Directorate: City Director

Section: JET

Grade: Level 8

Actual Salary: £31,364 - £33,945

Hours: 37

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.

This is a temporary post for 12 months.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council play a significant part in assisting local economic recovery by supporting individuals into employment via commissioned large-scale programmes.

This involves supporting those who require expert employability support and/or those with barriers requiring additional specialist support and interventions.

We are currently accepting applications from individuals who want to join us and be a part of our Jobs, Enterprise and Training (JET) service.

We would like to hear from individuals who have proven success in terms of meeting targets and experience in Recruitment Consultancy, Employer Engagement, or Employability.

The purpose of this role is to actively promote the city councils Employment and Skills offer to employers across the Stoke and Staffordshire region.

You will identify and engage with employers to offer tailored recruitment solutions to meet their needs and ensure that activity is co-ordinated to achieve the required outcomes for customers and employers.

You will deliver a high quality, tailored service with employers with customers’ needs in mind, whilst remaining focussed on contractual requirements and KPI’s at all times.

You will be responsible for identifying opportunities with employers across Stoke an d Staffordshire where you can secure employment, work experience and apprenticeship placements for our customers, whilst also identifying any other workforce development needs.

The Employment Broker will maintain the on-going relationship with employers, and develop a comprehensive offer to employers to ensure their short and long-term requirements are met, along with those of our customers.

If you have any questions regarding these roles, please feel free to contact Kelly.Tomlinson@stoke.gov.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.