Partnership Officer

Are you passionate about providing supporting candidates into work from a variety of backgrounds?

Would you like to work in a role that places the customer at the heart of everything we do, helping to make a positive impact to people’s lives?

An exciting opportunity has arisen with for an exceptional Partnership Officer to join our team.

We pride ourselves in supporting unemployed individuals into employment. We work with a network of employers to assist them to recruit high calibre candidates into their available roles through upskilling and training. This means that candidates have the most up to date knowledge and skills to be able to progress into sustainable employment.

We are looking for a passionate individual to work within our Partnership Team as Partnership Officer to liaise with housing associations, community groups and charities to upskill and support their candidates into work.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Liaising with Housing Association, Charities and Community Groups nationally to offer qualifications and current job roles to support service users into work.
• This role will require travelling to different areas and having the confidence to build those new relationships.
• Conduct awareness session, speaking to candidates and promoting opportunities that the Castleview Group have.
• Support candidates through the Job Application process.
• You will work closely with the ID Department, Booking Co-Ordinator, the Employment Support Officer and Pre-screen Team.
• Work with the Business Development Team to identify suitable employment opportunities to progress candidates into work.
• This role can be working with vulnerable adults so an empathetic approach will be needed.
• Having a knowledge of the unemployment sector and the barriers that candidates can face so we can offer further support if needed.
• Show an appreciation of safeguarding issues and an ability to contribute towards a protective environment.

To be successful in this role you will need:

Skills/Behaviours

• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills both at a written and spoken level.
• IT literate.
• Ability to work across all levels and engage with people accordingly.
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and high-quality work.
• Good personal organisation, time management and administrative skills.
• Self-motivated and effective team player.
• Be able to use own initiative.
• Be able to drive and have access to a car.
• Position subject to an Enhanced DBS check.