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Employer
Skills Broker – Skills and Employment
4 roles
available
Salary: £40,444 – £45,529
Directorate: Strategy and Inclusive Growth
Grade: F15
Location: East Midlands / EMCCA region
Contract: Permanent
Number of vacancies: 4
About the
role
We are looking
for four experienced and highly motivated Employer Skills Brokers to
join our Skills and Employment team and play a key role in supporting
businesses across the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) region.
This is an
employer-facing role for people who understand businesses, know how the
employment and skills system works, and can turn conversations about workforce
challenges into practical solutions.
As an Employer
Skills Broker, you will act as a trusted adviser to businesses, helping them
identify their current and future workforce needs and connecting them with the
right skills, training, employment and business support opportunities.
You will build
strong relationships with employers, training providers, colleges,
universities, local authorities, business representative bodies and other
partners to deliver solutions that support productivity, recruitment, retention
and growth.
You will manage
a portfolio of employer relationships, undertaking structured skills
diagnostics to understand workforce challenges, skills gaps and growth plans.
You will then broker tailored solutions, including apprenticeships, Skills
Bootcamps, technical education, work placements, workforce development and
relevant funding or co-investment opportunities.
You’ll work
closely with businesses to identify skills solutions, create more opportunities
through apprenticeships, and encourage greater engagement with the skills
system to support productivity and growth.
This is an
opportunity to make a tangible difference to businesses, individuals and
communities across the region, while contributing to EMCCA's wider inclusive
growth ambitions and the Get East Midlands Working Plan.
What you'll
be doing
You will:
- Build and manage trusted
relationships with businesses, becoming a credible first point of contact
for employers seeking support with skills, recruitment and workforce
development.
- Conduct skills diagnostics and
workforce conversations to identify skills gaps, recruitment challenges,
workforce priorities and future growth requirements.
- Translate employer needs into
practical action plans and broker connections with the most appropriate
training, skills and business support.
- Increase employer engagement with
apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps, technical education, work placements
and other workforce development opportunities.
- Help employers understand and
access relevant funding, co-investment opportunities, apprenticeship
funding, levy transfer arrangements and workforce development grants.
- Develop clear business cases that
demonstrate how investment in skills can support productivity,
recruitment, retention, progression and competitiveness.
- Build effective partnerships across
the employment and skills system, including with colleges, training
providers, universities, local authorities and business representative
organisations.
- Gather and analyse employer
intelligence, identifying emerging skills needs and sector priorities, and
share these insights to inform regional skills planning and investment.
- Work with providers and partners to
influence the development and improvement of training provision so that it
better reflects employer demand.
- Manage employer journeys from
initial engagement and diagnostic assessment through to referral,
implementation and impact review.
- Maintain accurate CRM and
management information records, tracking engagement, referrals, progress
and outcomes.
- Produce clear reports, case studies
and evidence demonstrating the impact of skills interventions on
businesses and their workforce.
- Contribute to regional projects,
partnership activity and initiatives that support EMCCA's employment and
skills priorities.
About you
We are looking
for people who combine strong business engagement skills with a good
understanding of the employment and skills system.
You will have
experience of working directly with employers and building trusted
relationships with business leaders and partners. You will be confident having
conversations about workforce challenges, identifying underlying skills needs
and turning those conversations into practical solutions.
You will
understand the employment and skills landscape and be able to navigate
employers through a complex range of provision and funding. This could include
apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps, technical education, workforce development
programmes, levy transfer arrangements and other funded or non-funded training
opportunities.
You'll also
need to be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, bringing
employers, providers and partners together to achieve shared outcomes.
In
particular, we're looking for:
- Experience of business engagement: You will have a proven track
record of developing productive relationships with employers and
understanding their business and workforce challenges.
- Experience of the employment and
skills system: You
will understand how employers, training providers, colleges, local
authorities and other partners work together to support skills and
employment.
- A tenacious and outcomes-driven
mindset: You will
be self-motivated, proactive and persistent, with the ability to take
ownership, overcome barriers and deliver results.
- Experience of undertaking skills
needs assessments, workforce diagnostics or employer consultations and
developing practical action plans.
- Experience of working with training
providers, colleges or education partners to shape or improve provision in
response to employer demand.
- Knowledge of the East Midlands
region and its labour market, economic and skills priorities.
- Strong stakeholder management,
negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent organisation and
prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple employer
relationships and projects simultaneously.
- Strong digital skills, including
experience of CRM systems, Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, reporting and
management information.
- The ability to analyse information,
identify issues and provide clear, practical recommendations.
- A confident and engaging
communication style, with the ability to build credibility with a wide
range of stakeholders.
- The ability to use digital and
AI-enabled tools appropriately to improve productivity, insight and the
quality of support provided to employers.
You will be
educated to degree level or have equivalent experience in a relevant and
transferable role.
Our values
We are
committed to creating a region that is more prosperous, sustainable and fairer,
helping our people and businesses to create and seize opportunities.
Our values
underpin how we work:
Lifting our
region
We put wider
regional outcomes at the heart of what we do and act as passionate advocates
for our place, programmes and priorities.
Working
together
We build strong
relationships, bring people together and are willing to provide constructive
challenge to achieve better outcomes.
Making an
impact
We turn ideas
into action, focus on outcomes and look for opportunities to create lasting
improvements.
Being human
We value
different perspectives, connect authentically with people and recognise the
importance of putting people at the centre of what we do.
Why join us?
This is an
exciting opportunity to join a developing regional organisation and help shape
the employment and skills landscape across the East Midlands.
With four
permanent Employer Skills Broker roles available, you'll be joining a
growing team with the opportunity to work directly with businesses, influence
skills provision, develop strong regional partnerships and contribute to
initiatives that can make a measurable difference to employers and the
workforce.
If you're a
proactive relationship builder who understands business, can navigate the
employment and skills system, and is motivated by turning challenges into
practical outcomes, we'd like to hear from you.
We are
recruiting to four permanent Employer Skills Broker positions.
Closing
date: 11/10/2026
Interview date: w/c 02/11/2026