Employer Liaison Officer

Salary:      £9,800 – £14,700 per annum

Hours:      15-22.50 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term to 30th June 2022

Operational area:   Sussex & Surrey

Location:  Hastings/ Rother

Groundwork South have been working in Hastings and St Leonards over the last four years and currently are delivering innovative partnership projects across Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve (HCPNR) and Combe Valley Countryside Park including Hidden Hastings Heritage and the development of the new straw bale constructed Visitor Centre, ‘The Bale House’.

Greener Futures is an exciting new CHART (Connecting Hastings and Rother Together) project being delivered by Groundwork South in Hastings Town Centre and Central St Leonards, North East Hastings, Ore Valley and Hollington. Over the next two years Greener Futures will support residents who are the most vulnerable/furthest from being able to access employment to move closer to the labour market/access work and also support any CHART area residents who wish to get involved in volunteering on green space improvements to boost their health and wellbeing.

CHART is a Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Programme. It delivers the CHART CLLD Local Development Strategy which supports projects to bring a fresh approach to tackling deep-rooted problems in deprived communities within Hastings and Bexhill. The ProgrammeI uses European Structural and Investment Funds and Groundwork South has been awarded £195,799.67 to deliver Greener Futures across identified CHART areas in Hastings and Rother.

The Groundwork South Youth, Employment and Skills team support unemployed people to progress into apprenticeships and jobs across the South of England. Our teams of Groundwork Achievement coaches, Employment Advisors and Trainers work with clients to identify their employment aspirations and overcome the barriers to securing those goals.

The Employer Liaison Officer role supports the Senior Employment Advisor in developing and maintaining relationships with employers across the capital with the aim of securing employment roles and opportunities for clients.

Main Duties:

Under the direction of the Senior Employment Advisor, identify and broker suitable employment and apprenticeship opportunities in response to the identified employment goals of job-seekers engaged on Groundwork South’s Youth, Employment & Skills programmes in Hastings / Rother areas:

  • Researching potential employer leads.
  • Supporting the Employment & Skills team by ensuring online promotional information and resources are current and relevant.
  • Supporting the Senior Employment Advisor to build direct relationships with large employers capable of offering multiple vacancies including hospitality, retail and care provision.
  • Working with the wider Groundwork South team to identify opportunities to build relationships with employers in our target green economy, low carbon and resource sectors.
  • Working with the wider Groundwork South team to build relationships with our Borough partners and the employers delivering funded local employment commitments.
  • Providing advice and support to our Employment Contract Advisors in seeking out individual vacancies suitable for their clients.

In return we offer:

  • 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays
  • A contributory pension scheme
  • Scope to continuing development of your professional skills

A job application pack can be downloaded below. Please send to Louise Bucknell on louise.bucknell@groundwork.org.uk. For more information regarding the post, please contact Teresa Flower at teresa.flower@groundwork.org.uk.

Closing Date: 8th December

Interview Date: w/c 14th December

Application Pack:

GS-Employer-Liaison-Officer-JDPSTC v4

Application Form

How to Apply

CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response.

Groundwork South is committed to transforming people’s lives and places through social, economic and environmental action. In terms of development and delivery of these projects, we work across three business themes, Parks & Open Spaces, Youth & Employment and Greener Living & Working.

We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment, we have been awarded the Disability Confident Scheme Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application. We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery.

Groundwork South is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age. A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy may also be made available to candidates on request.