Maximus
Employment Advisor, UK
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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.
To conduct a range of recruitment and development activities, to enable and inspire candidates to achieve the highest levels of independence throughout the candidate journey, by meeting and exceeding performance targets for individual activity and job outcomes through to sustained employment, in compliance with legislation, contract and provider guidance, and Maximus Quality procedures.
- Maximising programme outcomes by meeting and exceeding targets relevant to the focus of the role
- Accurate identification of candidate support needs (both pre- and post-employment).
- Creating and delivering candidate Action Plans which facilitates overcoming the identified barriers within budget and to the appropriate standard.
- To assign the candidate to the most appropriate element of the Maximus service or that of another service partner.
- To support candidates to identify their barriers to gaining employment and sustaining employment.
- To manage the candidate experience, inspire and gain commitment to overcome barriers through successful delivery of development plans at all stages of the candidate journey through to sustained employment.
- To meet or exceed KPIs and performance targets as set by the Line Manager
- To ensure contract compliance by accurate data entry, completion of contractual and internal documentation and/or provider guidance
- To make effective use of appropriate resources to ensure commerciality and value for money
You may be required to perform one or more of the activities below as required
- Deliver a menu of appropriate development activities to create a pipeline for employment opportunities and which addresses the candidate’s barriers to gaining or sustaining employment.
- Use a range of recruitment activities to match and market candidates to relevant vacancies and/or potential employers.
- Build strong relationships with referral partners, employers and contractors to generate a flow of suitable candidates to meet or improve employment opportunities and generate new business.
- Providing mentoring support, advice and guidance for both candidate’s employers to ensure sustained employment, incorporating reasonable adjustments where appropriate
- Determine the most appropriate occupational direction through core and job skills assessments, producing assessment reports, and either take actions or ‘sign posting’ the candidate to the appropriate service based on the recommendations
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Additional Responsibilities
- Supporting the local management team with activities for successful delivery of the business plan, this could include, generating pipelines of employment opportunities, increasing flow of vacancies and/or referrals, maintaining external relationships to securing repeat or generating new business or forecasting outcomes against budget.
- Supporting the line manager by leading and developing a small team, planning activity, monitoring progress against targets and KPIs as set by the line manager
- Acting for the line manager in their absence
Preferred Skills And Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt to a wide range of communication and learning styles.
- Strong interpersonal skills, specifically around listening, questioning, and building relationships.
- Influencing skills that promote commitment and action.
- Customer focused with a strong commitment to customer care.
- Disability Capability
- Computer skills
- Numeracy and literacy skills to facilitate management reporting.
- Strong team player with a positive and flexible approach to both work and colleagues.
- Creative problem-solving skills and a positive approach to challenging and overcoming limiting beliefs.
- Ability to plan and organise workload to meet required targets and deadlines.
- Experience of people development in an individual and group environment
- Experience of working to structured targets and deadlines
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Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working in role where, sales, promotional or influencing skills are required.
- Welfare to Work Sector specific qualification eg The NVQ L3 in Employment Related Services Presentation skills
- Ability to network develop partnerships.
- Experience of Gmail
EEO Statement
MAXIMUS is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal wellbeing and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.
We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for interview. Your Guaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team.
Where reasonable, MAXIMUS will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.
Minimum Salary
£ 26,700.00
Maximum Salary
£ 28,800.00
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