Project Officer

Grade F £31,022 to £34,434

Contract Fixed Term until 31 July 2027

Interview date: to be confirmed

For further information about this role, contact: Adam.Lea@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role:

Salary - £31,022 pay award pending

We are seeking a proactive and relationship driven Employer Engagement Officer to join our Employment and Skills service, supporting local residents who are unemployed or economically inactive to move into sustainable work.

This role is central to strengthening partnerships with employers, identifying job opportunities, and ensuring that residents have clear pathways into employment. You will work closely with Employment Advisors, training providers, and local businesses to match candidates to vacancies, promote inclusive recruitment, and help employers access available support programmes.

You will actively plan and deliver engaging employerfocused activity such as job fairs, dropin sessions, and targeted sectorbased recruitment events, while gathering valuable labour market insight and employer feedback to shape responsive local programmes.

Additionally, you will maintain accurate records, contribute to performance reporting, and ensure all activity champions equality, diversity, and inclusive growth, helping create sustainable employment outcomes for the community.

About You:

You will be passionate about helping people into work and confident engaging with a wide range of employers. You’ll bring strong communication skills, commercial awareness, and a solution focused approach.

We're looking for someone who has experience in employer engagement, recruitment, business development, or similar.

A knowledge of local labour markets and business needs, as well as the ability to understand and match candidate skills to employer requirements and a commitment to supporting residents facing barriers to employment is crucial for this role.

You must have excellent relationship building and networking skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with partners and colleagues.

You must have strong organisational skills and the ability to work in a fastpaced environment.

About Us:

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement / covering letter discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk