Employer Partnerships Executive

Resurgo Trust

Resurgo s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you organised, a great communicator and problem-solver and passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment? Then this role is for you.

We re looking for a new Employment Partnerships Executive to join us for this London-based role. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to help us deliver our high-impact employment outcomes and support even more young people into work or further education.

The important stuff

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: Monday – Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £28,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate)

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Thursday 27th February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times.

In this role, you ll be responsible for:

Equipping and Supporting Spear Centres

• Spend time in Spear Centres to build a presence and trust with the Spear coaches, in order to provide better employment support for trainees.
• Provide additional support to Spear Centres outside of London as they develop their own employer network and local employment events.
• Serving as a liaison between Resurgo, the employer and Spear Centres in collecting and sharing job descriptions, trainee CVs, interview feedback and handover documents for successful hires.

Account Management and Administration

• Conduct due diligence checks on potential employers.
• Sustain links with corporates, employers and charities in order to generate employment opportunities for young people.
• Research and compile the weekly employment email with current vacancies and opportunities (which includes all new Spear Streamlined Centres) and contribute Job of the Week to the weekly Spear Bulletin.
• Manage bespoke recruitment processes and logistics.
• Monthly reporting for national employer partners.
• Attend select online and in-person youth employment events on behalf of Resurgo and the Spear Programme.
• Support the wider Corporate and Employer Partnerships team in administrative tasks.

Support the Coordination of Employer Events

• Help to deliver central (London-based) Hire Me events with mass employment opportunities.
• Equip Spear Centres to run their own local employment activities/events, including effective review processes after the events.
• Track success of central and local events and the impact on education, employment and training (EET) statistics.
• Work with the Employer Partnerships Manager to develop and coordinate employer-related events, such as Coffee and Connect, or organise site visits for employers to a Spear training room or an insight session with a Spear coach.

Spear Alumni Network Coordinator

• Develop and run an alumni network/platform for Spear completers, keeping them updated with further job opportunities and creating a continued sense of community.
• Work with the Resurgo Church Partnerships team to build a pipeline into the Spear Ambassadors group, giving Spear completers a voice in the continuous development of the Spear Programme and encouraging Spear completers to invite those they know to join Spear.
• With the Comms team, identify opportunities for Spear completers to become Brand Ambassadors who promote our work, ensuring success stories are celebrated and feeding into funding applications and reports.

Active participation in and support for Resurgo s team and mission

• Help build and develop Resurgo s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo s operation and for the success of its mission.

This role will suit you if you are:

• A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo s mission to transform urban communities.
• Passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment.
• An excellent communicator with strong relational skills and the ability to develop a rapport with and positively influence a range of audiences.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to complete administrative tasks to a high standard.
• Self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure.
• Good IT skills, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (Salesforce desired, but training will be provided, if needed).

Desirable

• Experience in coaching and training delivery, and a desire to grow in this.
• Knowledge of the current employability landscape / experience in HR or recruitment processes.

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities.
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including our 5-day Coaching for Leadership (valued at £3,000).
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work.
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues.
• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays.
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat.
• Excellent Health Insurance Benefits.

A couple of things to note:

This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)