Employability Skills jobs

Salary: £30k

Location: Basingstoke

Who We Are

Fedcap is a not-for-profit organisation committed to improving people’s economic wellbeing. Delivering a range of employability programmes and services, we passionately believe that good work is part of a healthy life. In the past five years, we’ve supported more than 35,000 people across the UK back into work, helping families get out of poverty and improving their quality of life. We’re part of The Fedcap Group, a pioneering US-charity formed in 1935.

Your Role

As the dedicated Employer Partnerships Consultant to the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installation Programme you will provide a pivotal and valued service within the team by supporting Learners to maximise opportunities to learn from industry experts and secure employment within roles related to their programme of learning. You will build and maintain external relationships with industry specific employers and our customers by focusing on matching skillsets and values with local employment opportunities.

Your Responsibilities

• Be an advocate for Fedcap Learning and the Solar PV Installation Programme, embedding a strong understanding of the benefits of sustainable employment and how this is achieved through a collaborative and entrepreneurial approach between employers, learners and ourselves.
• Be a champion for renewable technologies and raise the profile of net zero career paths and green energy skills with learners and other internal or external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate full ownership of key employer accounts in course-related sectors through building and maintaining of client relationships.
• Engage with local businesses and employment initiatives aligned with course learning objectives to develop a portfolio of live vacancies, guaranteed interviews or other inclusive recruitment opportunities
• Ensuring all course completers are matched with live vacancies, interview opportunities or connected to further learning (especially apprenticeships) as aligned to their employment goals
• Support learners in developing their skills and confidence in obtaining new sustainable employment, including candidate preparation prior to interview or job start.
• Proactively seek ways to build on existing relationships and to create ways to engage employers or other external stakeholders with the programme e.g. giving industry inspiration talks, contributing to Curriculum audit and development, giving donations / discounts on equipment for the programme or to propel our learners into employment (PPE, tools etc)
• Coordinating membership and attendance at the Green Energy Advisory Group (who will support innovation of new programmes, advise on sector developments and create learning networks between large and small businesses invested in addressing the climate crisis.)
• Organising and leading on programme-oriented Recruitment Open Days, Assessment Centres and ad-hoc events.

Your Skills and Experience

You will need to be a self-starter who can demonstrate previous experience of working in a stand-alone role with proactivity and initiative to make things happen and to achieve tangible outcomes.

• Ability to embrace our company values which are Kindness, Respect, Integrity, and Innovation!
• Experience of business development, account management, stakeholder relationship building and sales
• Experience of working in a customer focused and service delivery environment
• Knowledge of the local regional and national labour market, ideally within construction and or net zero / renewable energy (green energy) technologies
• Knowledge of legislative employment regulations including safeguarding

Our Inspiring People

People are always the focus of what we do at Fedcap. And our people are dedicated to inspiring confidence in our customers so they can believe in themselves and a better life for their families. They’re hard working and focused on delivering for our customers because they care and understand the important role they play in their customers’ journeys to a more secure, healthier and happier life. Driven by our strong values and sense of purpose, our inspiring people have formed a diverse and inclusive community.

Here’s what makes Fedcap a rewarding career

• A real opportunity to make a genuine social difference
• An inclusive and supportive culture
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow from day one (including a two-week induction and the opportunity of an Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) qualification for all employees)
• Competitive benchmarked salary plus additional bonus and recognition schemes
• £500 a year to spend with your choice of over 900 retailers
• Pension 5% matched and free life cover (4 x salary)
• Health and wellbeing support with an internal Wellbeing Team and our Employee Assistance Programme (including 24/7 telephone support, counselling, legal and financial information, mindfulness, digital gym)
• Supporting your work/ life fit through a range of flexible working options, 33 days annual leave, buy/ sell holiday scheme, no bank holiday or weekend working!
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• A cycle to work scheme that is open all year long!
• Laptop and mobile phone for every employee!

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Fedcap Employment is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity.

Fedcap Employment is a Disability Confident Leader employer and as such, any candidate with a disability will not be excluded unless the candidate is unable to perform a duty intrinsic to the role, having considered reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability.

INDHP

Mission: To create opportunities for people by designing and delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and creating measurable changes for those who are socially disadvantaged.

Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland delivers employability solutions across the UK to build communities through a blend of local frontline professional teams and like-minded supply chain partners, using innovative and tested ideas developed both locally and internationally.

Our service is designed to give each individual the best opportunity according to his/her abilities and needs. Our programs provide targeted employment supports to a range of underserved groups, including single parents, people who were previously incarcerated and individuals with health, mental health and/or substance use conditions.

Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland joined The Fedcap Group in 2018.

Website: http://www.fedcapemployment.org/