Employment Team Leader (Reading and Oxford)

The number of 16-24 year olds looking for work remains over 1 million, or 21.9% of the workforce; never has it been a more challenging time for students to find work and establish their career path. Further Education Colleges are recognising the importance of equipping their students with the necessary skills to find employment, but many are also recognising that their knowledge of what it means to look for work in the local labour market is often out dated and not their area of proficiency. Increasingly therefore, Colleges are considering buying in expertise to ensure they are prepared to meet the Government’s expectations as well as improving the prospects of their students.

Recognising the complimentary expertise that recruitment experts Reed and awarding body NCFE could offer FE Colleges to support student career aims, The REED NCFE Partnership has been established to offer a flexible solution for colleges looking to support their students from learning into work. We have the skills and expertise to equip students for the labour market, helping them to secure a job and tracking their progress after leaving college.

Reed-NCFE are currently recruiting for an experienced Team Leader/Manager to join one of the Leading Further Education Providers in Reading and Oxford. You will be based from either location but willing to travel to both locations.

When it comes to B2B service sales, you know what it takes to deliver exceptional results. Winning new business. Growing existing accounts. You’ve proved you can do all of that. Now take on a more challenging and rewarding role: help students and unemployed adults find their way into work.

Your part in all of this? By developing strong working relationships with local employers, you’ll be in a position to promote products and services that bring new employment opportunities for people on our programmes. It’s about providing clients with a wholly professional and consultative approach as you forge a reputation as a trusted business partner who can deliver real commercial benefits.

You’ll bring powerful networking and presentation skills, as well as the ability to work within a multi-functional team and monitor delivery against Service Level Agreements. You are also a proficient IT user, with strong knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

In return, we offer a structured career path that empowers high-performers like you to progress rapidly to more senior roles. You can also look forward to comprehensive training and support to gain qualifications, as well as benefits including pension, employee assistance programme, childcare vouchers, company discount scheme and more.

Key Competencies for this role include -

• Previous track record of sales success in business to business service sales role.

• Previous experience of working in a welfare to work organisation would be an advantage.

• Experience of understanding and successfully delivering a complex multi-faceted sales proposition through genuinely listening and consulting with target audience.

• Demonstrable success in both winning new business and in successfully servicing and growing existing accounts.

• Team Leader experience - Developing Individuals, Mentoring and Coaching.

• Employer Engagement Experience.