Employment Consultant Permanent NEW

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability sectors.

Job Title:  Employment Consultant 
Location: Ipswich – Must be flexible with travel across local hubs and community centres
Salary: up to £32,000 (Depending on experience)  
Package: Excellent Holiday Entitlement, Pension + Much More!
Type: Full Time, Permanent

Are you passionate about supporting people to turn their lives around?

We are seeking a motivated person, to support individuals with disabilities and/or health-related support needs to overcome barriers and progress into sustainable, meaningful employment.

The Role:

• Manage a caseload of participants with disabilities and/or health conditions, providing tailored, person-centred employability support to help them overcome barriers and progress into sustainable employment.
• Undertake detailed assessments to understand individual circumstances, strengths, and barriers, using this information to create structured Action Plans with clear SMART targets.
• Deliver motivational 1:1 and group-based support to build confidence, develop skills, and improve employability and job readiness.
• Develop a strong understanding of the local labour market to identify suitable job opportunities and support effective job matching.
• Proactively engage with employers to understand recruitment needs, source vacancies, and support pre-screening, assessments, and candidate matching.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with referral partners, employers, and external agencies to ensure a coordinated and holistic support approach.
• Work in partnership with specialist support agencies, and signpost your participants as needed, including health, housing, debt etc.
• Provide in-work support to participants and employers to support successful job starts, progression, and sustained employment outcomes.
• Use digital platforms and direct marketing approaches to engage employers and promote participant opportunities.
• Maintain accurate case records and ensure all reporting, compliance, safeguarding, and contractual requirements are met, working towards and exceeding KPIs and performance targets.

Criteria:

• Occupational experience of supporting those with multiple and complex needs – especially learning disabilities.
• A strong working knowledge of the local labour market.
• Experience of working within a target-driven environment, with experience of working towards KPIs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Must be IT literate.
• Must be flexible with travel.

Please note:

KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.