Employer Engagement

Job Description

Working within Catch22’s Employability division, you will build employer relationships and secure suitable vacancies for National Jobs Guarantee participants, working closely with Career Coaches and Team Leaders to progress applications, interviews, offers and confirmed job starts.

You will be accountable for individual KPIs, accurate and timely vacancy information, realistic forecasts and corrective action on stalled opportunities, while contributing employer intelligence and relationships to Catch22’s wider organisational Employer Engagement Strategy.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Proactively identify, approach and build relationships with employers across the designated London contract area through prospecting, visits, networking, referrals and sector-based engagement.

Use a consultative approach to understand workforce needs, recruitment challenges, skills requirements and opportunities to recruit young people through the National Jobs Guarantee.

Secure a consistent pipeline of genuine, high-quality and accessible paid roles, including opportunities for progression, that meet programme requirements and participant needs.

Obtain clear job descriptions, locations, hours, pay, start dates, essential criteria, selection arrangements and onboarding requirements; challenge unsuitable or inaccessible opportunities.

Promote inclusive recruitment, reasonable adjustments and fair selection processes, supporting employers to remove unnecessary barriers for young people.

Work closely with Career Coaches, Team Leaders and Trainers to understand participant strengths, aspirations, readiness and support needs, and agree appropriate matching and recruitment routes.

Coordinate employer introductions, recruitment events, applications, interviews and timely feedback, maintaining momentum from vacancy identification through confirmed job start.

Help employers understand programme expectations, onboarding processes and available support, and coordinate practical arrangements with colleagues and partners.

Maintain active contact with employers during recruitment and early employment, resolving issues or escalating risks promptly; work with Career Coaches delivering six-month in-work support.

Build long-term employer relationships that generate repeat suitable opportunities and support progression into sustainable employment.

Take personal accountability for agreed employer engagement and employment outcome KPIs, including qualified employer opportunities, suitable vacancies, participant submissions, interviews, offers and verified job starts.

Maintain a current, evidence-based CRM pipeline, accurately recording employer contacts, vacancy details, ownership, next steps, recruitment activity, forecast start dates and actual outcomes.

Review conversion rates and stalled vacancies, explain variances against targets and take proactive recovery action in discussion with the Employer Engagement Lead.

Coordinate proactively with other Employer Engagement colleagues to prevent duplicate approaches to employers and share suitable opportunities across teams.

Ensure all employer engagement and recruitment activity complies with contractual requirements, safeguarding, equality and diversity, data protection, health and safety and Catch22 policies.

Use sound judgement when assessing vacancy suitability, employer credibility, participant safety and fairness of selection; escalate concerns promptly.

Represent Catch22 professionally at employer forums, community events and partner meetings, maintaining a responsive and high-quality employer service.

Seek feedback, share market intelligence and contribute to continuous improvement of employer engagement and job-start conversion.

What good looks like

Take personal accountability for agreed KPIs covering employer approaches, suitable vacancies, candidate submissions, interviews, offers, confirmed job starts and contribution to sustained employment outcomes.

Maintain complete, accurate and timely employer and vacancy records, including employer and vacancy identifiers, recruitment stages, forecast job-start dates and confirmed outcomes.

Review vacancy-to-interview and interview-to-start conversion, explain variances against targets, provide evidence-based forecasts and implement timely recovery actions.

Contribute to Catch22’s wider organisational Employer Engagement Strategy through shared employer intelligence, coordinated employer approaches and transferable opportunities.

Suitable, accessible employer opportunities progress consistently into applications, interviews, offers and verified job starts against agreed targets.

Employers receive a responsive, consultative service and are confident in the suitability and preparation of participants.

Vacancy and employer pipeline records are accurate and current; realistic forecasts, next steps and conversion risks are visible to the Employer Engagement Lead.

Recruitment is fair, safe and compliant; strong working relationships support six-month in-work support, sustained employment and hub outcomes.

Qualifications

Five GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above, or relevant professional experience

Additional Information

Salary: Up to £39,000

The salary shown reflects the band for this role, with the final offer taking account of experience and relevant skills.

Checks: Enhanced DBS check

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Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume ofinterest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media. 

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.

Compensation: 33272 to 39000 (GBP) (YEARLY)