Overview
Employer Account Manager – Skills, Training & Employment
A role that makes real impact!
Every week, thousands of people walk into Jobcentre Plus wondering how they’ll get back into work. Employers are hiring, but don’t always know how to reach the right people. Training exists, but often doesn’t connect to real job outcomes.
As a Recruitment Consultant Skills, Training & Employment at Get Set UK, you’re the bridge.
You’ll bring employers, training, and people together – and you’ll see the results of your work in real job starts, changed lives, and successful employer partnerships.
This is a fast-paced, people-facing, outcome-driven role where your energy and presence matter.
You will be responsible for overseeing the Sussex and Hampshire region.
What you’ll be doing
This role brings together four exciting strands of work:
Engage and motivate large groups
- Deliver employer-led sessions inside Jobcentre Plus to 20–60 people at a time
- Present sector insights, live vacancies, training routes and job opportunities
- Build strong relationships with Work Coaches and JCP leaders
Build employer partnerships
- Win and grow employer relationships across key sectors
- Generate a steady pipeline of vacancies, interviews and job starts
- Promote training routes that lead directly into work
- Represent Get Set with employers, partners and at events
Drive performance and results
- Hit monthly KPIs across vacancies, interviews, job starts and sustained outcomes
- Manage a structured, accurate pipeline
- Forecast and plan ahead to keep performance strong
- Move fast, solve problems, keep momentum
Support people into sustainable employment
- Provide pre-interview and post-offer support
- Prepare people for sector expectations, interviews and early employment
- Work with tutors and internal teams to ensure readiness
- Stay invested in the participant’s journey end-to-end
Why this role suits the right person
This is a high-impact, high-visibility role .You’ll thrive if you enjoy presenting, influencing, building relationships and driving outcomes.
You must have:
Essential Experience
- Proven B2B sales or business development experience
- A strong track record of hitting performance targets
- Confidence presenting to large groups (20 – 60 people)
- Strong pipeline and CRM management in a fast-paced environment
- Understanding of labour market needs across multiple sectors
Desirable
- Experience in employment and skills programmes like Restart, JETS, FCFJ
- Recruitment experience or experience generating interviews and job starts
- Experience working with Jobcentre Plus, ideally delivering group sessions onsite
- Experience in Skills & Training programmes (AEB, Bootcamps, ASF, FCFJ, Apprenticeships, Traineeships)
- Knowledge of key sectors (Hospitality, Construction, Education, Digital, Health & Social Care, Security)
You’ll enjoy this role if you:
- Are confident presenting to large groups
- Are energised by business development and employer engagement
- Love turning opportunities into outcomes
- Believe in skills as a pathway to work
- Are proactive, resilient, and ready to Own It
- Feel driven to help people go further and do better
And you’ll fit perfectly at Get Set UK if you live our values:
Be Ambitious – for yourself, your participants and your employers
Be Inspiring – motivate groups and build belief
Be Proud – deliver high-quality work and strong results
Be Considerate – show care in every interaction
Own It – take responsibility for your performance and impact
If this feels like you, you’ll succeed here.
Apply today
If you’re ready to combine employer partnerships, training insight, large-group delivery and meaningful social impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and join a mission-led organisation where your ambition, pride and ownership directly change lives.
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We reserve the right to close applications early. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome all applications. Get Set UK is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status. Our aim is to support and maintain the physical and mental health of all people at work.
If you do need any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and recruitment process, please let us know at the outset and we will work hard to provide the right solution for you.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners/clients and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful appointment to this role will require satisfactory completion of recruitment checks.
Get Set UK does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Get Set UK will consider these CVs as gifts and will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.
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