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The Growth Company (GC) Education and Skills team are looking for a Resourcer who will be managing the end-to-end candidate recruitment process to fill a range of Apprenticeships in order to meet and exceed business plan targets in terms of both start volumes and achievement/retention. Managing a quality end-to-end recruitment process focused on understanding the skills/experience, support needs and career aspirations of candidates and matching them to the most appropriate opportunities in order to achieve high customer satisfaction, retention and achievement rates and to fill programmes.

This role requires the successful candidate to hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle. The role requires you to work out of one of the local offices at least one day per week.

Interviews will also be held W/C 25 November 2024 and W/C 2 December 2024.

As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, GC Education & Skills are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels and work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

* Arrange appropriate advertising of all Apprenticeship vacancies to generate applications from the right candidates to successfully fill the range of Apprenticeship standards offered by GC – Education and Skills.

* Plan, organise and attend internal/external recruitment events (which may be held in the early evenings) and promote provision to generate interest from candidates with the right skills/experience and aspirations to match the opportunities on offer,

* Conduct quality-driven IAG interviews and assessments for early offer, immediate candidates to ensure learners are put onto the right programme and that all programmes are appropriately filled.

* Provide relevant Information, Advice and Guidance to enable the candidate to make an informed choice about their career/qualification, and to maximise the number of learners staying on programme and achieving their qualifications before progressing in work or further education.

* Carry out interviews for learners coming towards the end of their programme to help them progress to the next level or move to another positive destination.

* Manage all candidates in the pool until they are placed onto a programme in the shortest possible time to provide a high level of customer service and to maximise recruitment outcomes.

* Manage the end-to-end resourcing process for employer vacancies in a timely manner to provide a high level of customer service and maximise recruitment.

* Identify opportunities for the uptake of other group products which will support the group to achieve its business plan targets.

About You:

* Ability to influence and provide effective candidate solutions.

* Driven by results, balanced with a real people focus and desire to provide quality IAG to ensure the best outcome for the learner.

* Enthusiasm and commitment to the work-based learning route and its benefits to individuals/employers.

* Relentless drive to achieve excellent candidate outcomes and satisfaction.

* Has methodical and determined approach to providing the service and achieving targets

* Strong information, advice and guidance skills.

* Excellent organisation skills with great telephone and face to face manner.

* Written and oral communication skills.

Skills Required:

* Ability to communicate and motivate employers and individuals to influence and build relationships.

* Maths and English A-C/4-9 GCSE.

* IT skills, e.g. use of Microsoft Office suite (word, excel, power point and outlook). Also, knowledge of BKSB software package would be desirable.

* Proven experience of using data capture systems.

* IAG level 2 qualification or working towards desirable.

* Knowledge of the education environment, nationally and in the Greater Manchester area.

* Awareness of the differing needs of various target audiences e.g. 15-year-old schools, 19+ long-term unemployed.

* Knowledge of learner support needs and the types of support available to learners on different programmes.

* Previous recruitment/resourcing experience desirable.

* Experience in working within a recruitment or apprenticeship provider environment desirable.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.

If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy