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The Dream Career:

Community Recruitment Consultant

The Location:

M62 Corridor covering Leeds – Manchester including Kirklees and Huddersfield

Working from home and in the community

The Hours:

Full time

The Salary:

£24,000 + bonus approx. £2k per year

The Job Role:

We have a wonderful opportunity available for somebody who loves making an impact and a difference in their local community.  Our client delivers training programmes to children who have disabilities and additional needs and due to growth within the organisation, require a Community Recruitment Consultant to join their team.

The successful candidate will work from home but spend approximately 3 days a week working in the communities around the M62 corridor including Leeds, Kirklees, Huddersfield and Manchester. This is the perfect opportunity for somebody who has a passion for working with children, perhaps within education or training – but this is not essential.

Due to rapid growth within the organisation our client requires a Community Recruitment Consultant to attract young children to attend play sessions through community outreach and engagement.

Key duties for this role include the following;

• Attracting participants to play sessions
• Actively working with community groups, charities, organisations, schools and food banks to encourage participation in the groups
• Making strong referral partnerships in the local community
• Working closely with parents and guardians to ensure appropriate support is provided
• Presenting to groups of parents and guardians at schools, organisations, charity groups etc
• Attending sessions when required
• Attending parent/guardian forum meetings
• Meeting SLAs and targets

Key duties required for this role are as follows;

• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate to children and adults
• Resilience
• Proactive approach to work – as well as building relationships in the community there are targets and SLAs to hit
• Confidence to speak in front of groups of people
• Experience working within the community
• Ideally experience working with children in education or training

For further information about this brilliant role please contact rebecca@benchmarkrecruit.co.uk / 07714771600