Employer Engagement Officer

• Employer Engagement Officer
• Up to £30,000.00 per annum, experience-dependent
• Full-time, Hybrid based in Greenwich

Benefits:

25 days of annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off, Pension contributions, Employee Assistance Programme, Death in service benefit, Career development opportunities, Opportunities for professional development and networking, a dynamic and supportive working environment, plus more.

Our Employer Engagement Officer will be based within our University Placements team, responsible for building and sustaining the employer relationships that create placement opportunities for MSc students across our university partners.

The role demands a high degree of self-direction and professional resilience. You will thrive on taking ownership of your pipeline without external motivation. You reflect honestly on what is and is not working, as well as maintaining consistency and professionalism.

Our ideal candidate brings a genuine curiosity about different industries, takes satisfaction in creating an opportunity that genuinely fits a student’s background, and understands the difference between a placement that works and one that simply fills a box.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, develop and maintain an Employer pipeline.
• Develop and maintain substantive knowledge of the sectors relevant to MSc
• Informed on early career hiring trends, sector-specific hiring cycles and the economic and regulatory factors which influence employer appetite for placement students.
• Employer advocacy and relationship management.
• Student employer matching.

Essential Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrated experience building professional relationships from scratch, following up consistently over time, and bringing those relationships to a productive outcome — in any professional context
• An informed understanding of the visa and work authorisation framework for international placement students, or a clear ability and willingness to develop this quickly
• Professional resilience and self-motivation: able to sustain consistent, high-quality outreach over an extended period without requiring external encouragement
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication: able to produce a professional outreach message, hold a credible conversation with a senior employer contact and brief a student clearly on a specific opportunity
• Collaborative working: able to share employer intelligence effectively with the Student Engagement team and contribute to a joined-up approach to student preparation and matching

Twin Group is an award-winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation, apprenticeships and employment services.

The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK.

Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a standard or an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, depending on the role itself.

• All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a one-hour on-line safeguarding training prior to commencing employment.

We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Disability Confident Employer

Disabled applicants should indicate in the Equality of Opportunity section of the application form if they wish their application to be given consideration under the Disability Confident scheme.

If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place.

We ask all applicants if they want to be considered under this scheme. By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed.

Access to Work Scheme

You can apply for Access to Work if you need support to get back to work. You can apply using the online service or apply by phoning Jobcentre Plus on: Telephone: 0800 121 7479 or Textphone: 0800 121 7579