Aaron Middlehurst Email & Phone Number

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Gb

Ashton-Under-Lyne, England, United Kingdom

Leading on several areas including; digital inclusion and skills, pre-employment programmes, apprenticeships, higher level skills, grant programmes, economic strategy and strategic forums, careers and job events, health and work projects and business support programmes.* Providing effective day-to-day leadership and management of the staff within the team.* Developing links between employment and skills work at Tameside Council and other partner organisations in the borough and at GMCA level.* Leading on a range of projects related to employment and skills, including the apprenticeship strategy, post 16 strategy and more.* Developing and implementing effective and innovative programmes of work that support the Council’s employment and skills priorities, providing effective support or leadership to relevant working groups* Ensuring that the employment and skills work is appropriately and effectively communicated to internal and external audiences.* Identifying and bidding for external resources to grow service delivery.* Provide robust advice to the Head of Employment and Skills, officers and Elected Members across the authority on employment and skills matters.* Ensuring that Tameside is at the forefront of good practice in relation to key employment and skills issues.* Building good working relationships with representatives from partner organisations, especially local educational institutions and local businesses.* Examining and developing any appropriate opportunities for securing external resources.

Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for engaging local services to support participants to address barriers to employment and identify appropriate support/training opportunities. Through regular reviews with our operations team, I identify gaps in provision and/or the accessibility of current services and source additional or alternative local solutions to meet these needs. Responsible for managing and quality assuring external provision ensuring that it is accessible and supports participants in their progression towards employment. • Regularly engage with stakeholders to build relationships and engage services that meet the needs and barriers of our participants, with the aim of accelerating progression. • Manage a portfolio of external agencies and partners to ensure they provide the highest level of service for participants in line with quality and/or performance KPIs and SLAs. • Liaise with the managers and local operational teams to assess needs of our Participant caseload. Identify emerging needs, long waiting lists, or gaps in provision which may impact the customer journey towards work and quickly implement additional or alternative provision where required.

Tameside

• First point of contact for all local integration regarding the GMCA Work & Health programme in Tameside with specific responsibility to develop integration plans with Local Authority Leads.• Brokering and managing relationships with the Borough level Eco-system/Social Prescription Networks• Ensuring services are transparent and report into identified local Integration Boards and helping establish a multi-agency support team approach to service integration• Managing a portfolio of external agencies and partners to ensure they provide the highest level of service for participants• Building and maintaining strong relationships with JCP, providing relevant management information to support their monitoring of both flow and eligibility• Liaising regularly with JCP Work Coaches and other referral agents (External Local Signposting Organisations) to ensure accuracy of referrals• Facilitating welcome sessions for new participants, as agreed with JCP• Provide feedback to JCP colleagues to demonstrate “good news stories” of progression and/or outcomes• Support JCP in identification of disengaged participants and undertaking activity to evaluate and respond to any trends leading to disengagement patterns.• Arranging and delivering Community Engagement Events, and supporting to deliver Disability Confident events• Arranging and facilitating focus groups with participants to drive continuous improvement• Working directly with partner organisations/ voluntary sector groups to identify and share online resources with “Digital Champions”• Arrange and facilitate sessions with voluntary sector organisations on “EcoSystem Live” and encouraging sign-up• Proactively seek to engage services that meet the needs and barriers of our participants, with the aim of accelerating progression.

Manchester

I performed this role as additional duties alongside my primary position.. To represent the views of MGC staff by providing effective information sharing and consultation with other representatives, work colleagues, HR and Management and take the lead representative role in chairing the meetings.• To chair the ECC meetings, ensuring each representative contributes/ expresses any views, in relation to the issues discussed at the meeting. • Work in conjunction with staff, other representatives, SMT and HR to set the agenda for each meeting.• To identify any additional action that may be required in relation to specific agenda items and allocate responsibility to other representatives, as and when required. • To represent their ECC at meetings with the Chief Executive and other Lead representatives. • To prepare for (reading papers; gathering feedback where necessary from staff) and attend regular ECC meetings. • Contribute to issues raised at the ECC meetings.• Be able to identify with business issues as part of the information and consultation process.• To fairly and objectively represent the views and opinions of all parties, even where this may conflict with their own personal feelings or beliefs.• Consult with their representative area and obtain their views and opinions on the issues discussed.• Ensure that when information is disseminated to colleagues, that this reaches all staff represented and is fully understood by all.• Deal sensitively, and where necessary confidentially, with information from colleagues, other representatives, HR and Management.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for working with organisations in the private, charitable and voluntary sector to identify and source suitable work placements/job vacancies. I support the employer’s recruitment, workforce development and business needs and promote and sell other Growth Company products and services to meet those needs.• Developing and implementing a range of activity which produces leads and creates the opportunity to sell products and services to employers. • Generating mail shots and flyers and complete follow up calls• Cold calling both in person and via phone or email• Attending and organising local networking events, recruitment fairs, conferences to promote benefits of the programme • Sourcing and secure suitable placements/vacancies for SFE customers.• Liaising with employers and other organisations to source placement opportunities that may lead to sustainable employment• Supporting learners on placement and monitoring their progress• Undertaking Health and safety assessments and updating Health and safety information for placements and working with the hosts to ensure suitability of placements• Working closely with customers to further develop placement opportunities• Working Closely with advisors to support customer aspirations for work experience/jobs• Meeting all customers and pre screen ensuring suitability for placement• Arranging interviews and meetings as appropriate• Working with customers to promote positive behaviours associated with work to optimise experience of the placement• Understand and maintain current knowledge of the local labour market and utilise this knowledge to further the aims of the programme.• Keeping accurate records in line with contract requirements• Support the Business objectives by ensuring targets are met• Develop ongoing relationships with hosts who have used services previously, ensuring that repeat business is generated.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Employed on the government Work Choice Programme at Remploy ES Huddersfield. My role focused on increasing the employment opportunities for customers through training, development and identifying potential job roles for them in the local area. Main duties involved developing structured action plans including CV writing, application support, employer liaison, vacancy submissions, interview techniques and general confidence building. Also account managed the Kirklees area, building and maintaining relationships with local and national employment partners to create guaranteed opportunities for Remploy customers. National account partners include ASDA, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks & Spencer and G4S. Also worked on FND (Flexible New Deal) for Remploy Glossop on an initial 4 month contract before the branch closed.• Maintaining and building strong relationships with Job Centre Plus and referral partners, generating a flow of suitable candidates.• Increasing local employment opportunities, managing national and regional account relationships in the Kirklees area.• Conducting a wide range of recruitment and development activities including delivering training sessions, CV workshops and mock interviews.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Account management and business development, client visits to review current and future staffing requirements, face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates, negotiating and mediating with both clients and candidates, managing contractors on a day to day basis, conducting reference checks and verifying UK right to work identification, advising candidates on interview techniques and CV presentation, taking job specifications, advert copy writing and production, researching job leads and identifying potential business, dealing with ad-hoc incoming phone calls, identifying key contacts and winning new business.• Worked on the most successful social housing recruitment team outside London.• Account Manager/Consultant for leading UK charities including the YMCA and The Salvation Army Housing Association.• Account managed around 30 clients placing both contract and permanent staff.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Architecture Design Recruitment was a specialist provider of qualified staff to the design sector. Running all aspects of the company including B2B marketing, IT and website design, client networking, job advertising and business development, working on both permanent and contract recruitment, face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates, client visits and business networking meetings (e.g. Chamber of Commerce), negotiating and mediating with both clients and candidates, managing contractors on a day to day basis, conducting reference checks and verifying UK right to work identification, advising candidates on interview techniques and CV presentation, taking job specifications. advert copy writing and production.• Quickly established the business as a specialist provider of architecture and design staff in the North.• Worked with leading UK architectural practices including BDP, Arup and Sheppard Robson.• Membership of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates, negotiating and mediating with both clients and candidates, conducting reference checks and verifying UK right to work identification, advising candidates on interview techniques and CV presentation, taking job specifications, advert copy writing and production, working towards monthly individual targets.• Established the architecture and design desk and helped to build new client relationships for the construction team.• Sourced and set up relevant niche advertising for the architecture and design sector.• Networked with local clients and developed new business for the architecture and design desk.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Client visits to review current and future staffing requirements, face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates, negotiating and mediating with both clients and candidates, conducting reference checks and verifying UK right to work identification, advising candidates on interview techniques and CV presentation, taking job specifications, advert copy writing and production.• Re-established client relationships that had not been actively worked for over a year in the Yorkshire and North East regions.• Account managed for leading UK architectural practices such as Aedas, BDP and Capita Symonds.• Achieved my Certificate in Recruitment Practice (CertRP) through external study and became a Member of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals (MIRP).

Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Client visits to review current and future staffing requirements, face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates, negotiating and mediating with both clients and candidates, conducting reference checks and verifying UK right to work identification, advising candidates on interview techniques and CV presentation, taking job specifications and advert copy writing and production, working towards both individual and team targets. • Establishing the new architecture desk for the South West region and building the client and candidate database.• Worked on both the North West and Midlands regions due to departures in the business.• Gained considerable knowledge of the architecture and design sector and the processes of recruitment.

Oldham, United Kingdom

Responsible for the integrity of the stores stock file, perpetual Inventory and investigations into discrepancies and stock loss, stock ordering and delivery checks, key holder for for high value stock storage facility, use of in-house computer systems and databases, overseeing the implementation of promotions and pricing in store, due diligence checks on current prices and recent price changes, advising business/domestic customers on store products, number of hours per week working in technical and customer service installing hardware/software and repairing customers equipment.• Maintained inventory records and prepared reports.• Performed activities to monitor and maintain inventory control of merchandise and materials.• Evaluated inventory levels and notified purchasing agent when reorders were necessary.

Manchester, United Kingdom

As Deputy Manager of a 24 hour Spar Store I was responsible for running the opposing shifts to the Store Manager. Duties including managing up to 5 staff, rotas, banking, cashing up, stock ordering, dealing with customer complaints and ensuring the security of the branch.

Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom

As Frozen Food Supervisor I was responsible for the integrity of the stock file for the frozen food section, perpetual inventory and stock ordering, stock rotation management, supervising stock assistants in regards to merchandising/deliveries and health and safety in the warehouse.

Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom

I intially started work at the service station part-time during my studies but went full time as a Shift Manager in the summer of 1994.As a keyholder I was responsible for opening and closing the station and making sure the forecourt was secure at all times. General duties including operating the till, serving customers, cashing up and the end of the shift, stock replenishment and ordering, monitoring the petrol levels and ensuring the store was clean and tidy.

A-Level

Activities and Societies: College Football Team, College Theatre Group.COURSES * Media Studies * Computer Studies * Theatre Studies

Nvq Level 3 Diploma In Employment Related Services, Pass

MODULES * Develop interactions with advice and guidance clients * Manage or support equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion *.

Certificate In Recruitment Practice (Certrp), Pass

MODULES * Understanding the recruitment marketplace * Essential legislation & procedures * The relationship with the business community *.

Nvq Level 2 In Business Administration, Pass

Nvq Level 2 In Retail Operations, Pass

Gcse

Activities and Societies: Student Councillor, House Captain (Medlock), Prefect, School Football/Cricket/Athletics Teams.COURSES * English.