Grade 10
Location: Ty Elai, Dinas Isaf Industrial Estate, Tonypandy, with delivery across Rhondda Cynon Taf
Contract: Fixed Term (subject to programme funding)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Employer Liaison Officer to join our new Connect to Work programme.
This exciting role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of a person-centred employment service, supporting individuals with disabilities, health conditions, and other complex barriers to access and sustain meaningful employment. Working closely with local employers, participants, health services, community organisations and employability partners, you will play a key role in creating inclusive employment opportunities that transform lives.
If you are passionate about social inclusion, building employer partnerships and helping people achieve their employment aspirations, we would love to hear from you.
As an Employer Liaison Officer, you will develop strong relationships with employers across Rhondda Cynon Taf, promoting the benefits of inclusive recruitment and helping businesses access a diverse and talented workforce. You will identify employment opportunities, support tailored job matching, and provide ongoing support to both employers and participants to achieve sustainable employment outcomes.
Working as part of the Connect to Work team, you will contribute to a supported employment approach that focuses on rapid job search, personalised support, integration with wider services, and long-term job retention.
- Develop and maintain productive relationships with employers across a range of sectors.
- Promote inclusive recruitment practices and support employers to recruit and retain individuals with disabilities and health conditions.
- Identify, develop and customise job opportunities that match participants' aspirations, skills and strengths.
- Work closely with Employment Mentors and Key Workers to support effective job matching using a place-and-train approach.
- Provide support during recruitment, onboarding and throughout employment to maximise job sustainment.
- Collaborate with health services, community providers and employability teams to provide integrated support.
- Represent Connect to Work at employer events, community forums and partnership meetings.
- Maintain accurate records and performance data in line with programme and DWP requirements.
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of service delivery.
- Experience of engaging and negotiating with employers to create employment opportunities.
- Experience of supporting individuals who face barriers to employment.
- Experience of partnership working with statutory, voluntary and community organisations.
- Experience of maintaining databases and recording outcomes.
- Knowledge of supported employment approaches, including SEQF and IPS frameworks.
- Understanding of the support needs of disabled people and other priority groups.
- Excellent communication, networking and relationship-building skills.
- A commitment to delivering person-centred, outcome-focused services.
- Experience of working on DWP or other grant-funded programmes.
- Knowledge of welfare reform, employment and benefits issues.
- Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Welsh language skills.
At Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, your work will directly contribute to improving people's lives and strengthening our communities. We are committed to supporting our employees through excellent training and development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, wellbeing support, generous annual leave, and access to a range of staff benefits.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
Care Experienced Leavers – Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities.
The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.
