Employer Relationship Consultant

Employer Relationship Consultant

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Job Introduction

Employer Relationship Consultant

Turn employer conversations into real opportunities

You will build relationships with employers and turn them into vacancies and sustainable jobs for Get Set UK participants.

This is a commercially focused role for someone from recruitment, employer engagement or B2B sales who knows how to open conversations, understand business needs and turn relationships into results. We can teach you the employability context. You need to bring the commercial confidence, organisation and persistence to create opportunities and follow them through.

Before you apply: the essentials

To be considered, your CV must clearly demonstrate:

• Experience in recruitment, employer engagement or B2B sales, with evidence of building relationships that have led to vacancies, placements, sales or other measurable outcomes.

• Evidence of working towards targets and being accountable for performance.

• Experience developing and managing multiple employer, client or business relationships, with consistent follow-up.

• Strong communication and influencing skills, including understanding customer needs, managing expectations and progressing opportunities.

• Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to learn and adapt to other software and digital systems.

Your CV should show what you achieved, not simply what you were responsible for. Tell us about relationships developed, opportunities created, targets achieved and outcomes delivered.

Useful, but not essential

• Experience in employability, skills or a related sector.

• Knowledge of employability programmes and employment support.

The real job

Your job is to develop employer relationships that create genuine employment opportunities.

You will identify and engage employers, understand their recruitment needs and maintain a realistic vacancy pipeline. You represent Get Set UK externally, so credibility matters. Employers need to trust that you understand their business and will put forward people with a realistic chance of succeeding.

You will work with colleagues and participants to make sensible matches. A vacancy alone is not the outcome. You need to balance what an employer wants with the skills, circumstances and readiness of the people we support.

Not every vacancy will be suitable. Not every employer conversation will convert. You need the judgement to recognise a good opportunity, the confidence to manage expectations and the persistence to keep developing relationships when plans change.

You will follow opportunities beyond the introduction, tracking job starts and whether employment is sustained.

Alongside employer outreach and meetings, you will keep CRM records accurate, track activity and outcomes, coordinate with colleagues and follow up consistently.

What success looks like

You build an active employer network that produces genuine vacancies rather than conversations that go nowhere.

Your pipeline is current and credible. Employers receive responsive, professional support. Participants are matched thoughtfully. Your records are accurate and compliant, and you stay close to opportunities through to their outcome.

Ultimately, you can point to people starting and sustaining employment because of employer relationships you developed.

The working reality

You are operating between employer expectations, participant reality and performance pressure.

You will juggle outreach, employer meetings, candidate conversations, CRM administration, internal coordination and outcome tracking. Employers will change their plans. Opportunities will fall through. Priorities will compete.

You need to be comfortable with targets, persistent follow-up and being accountable for impact rather than activity alone.

What you will get

You will receive structured training, management support and regular feedback, alongside:

• Commission bonus

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

• Pension contributions

• Employee ownership share scheme

• Health and wellbeing support

• Gym discounts

• Development opportunities

Some benefits depend on eligibility or length of service.

About Get Set UK

Get Set UK delivers employment, skills, apprenticeships, health and justice services, helping people overcome barriers and progress towards meaningful, sustainable employment. We are part of Palladium, a global group operating across more than 90 countries, combining strong local delivery with international scale, knowledge and reach.

Our values are Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Be Inspiring and Own It. They guide how you work with employers, participants, colleagues and partners.

Eligibility and inclusion

You must have the full right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

This role is subject to appropriate safeguarding and vetting checks.

Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment.

If you know how to build business relationships, create opportunities and follow them through to results, apply today.

Additional information 

We reserve the right to close applications early, so we encourage early applications. Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals and are committed to supporting physical and mental wellbeing at work. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. This role is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks and a commitment to safeguarding learners and clients. Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.

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