Matt Cookson Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

let's do what your doing already... but let's do it a bit better

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Skills Brokerage, Business Development & Consutlation across AEB, Apprenticeships and ESF

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

4 and a bit years

South Yorkshire

• Managing a team of employment advisers to provide coaching and support to our job-seekers, as well as liaising with the team on weekly review’s and daily one to one's in order to give the team focus and direction and ensure our targets were achieved. • Presenting to customers in our job focused training sessions, in order to identify the training needs of customers, generate new business leads with employers and arranging interviews for our customers. • Liaising with staff in order to… Show more • Managing a team of employment advisers to provide coaching and support to our job-seekers, as well as liaising with the team on weekly review’s and daily one to one's in order to give the team focus and direction and ensure our targets were achieved. • Presenting to customers in our job focused training sessions, in order to identify the training needs of customers, generate new business leads with employers and arranging interviews for our customers. • Liaising with staff in order to create daily, weekly & monthly management reports relating to the contracts KPI's.Outreach Worker* Working on ESF Families contract within South Yorkshire* Developing the ESF families contract by increasing participation onto the provision.* Working within the local communities.* Direct marketing to the public and attending community events* Presenting to other organisations within South Yorkshire Show less

Yorkshire & The Humber Region

• Established strong relationships initially with new employers and then managed and maintained that effective relationship to ensure vacancies where continually received and filled.• Won new regional and national accounts, with the objective of developing an optimized relationship and return.• Analyzed market trends, Built Key accounts and then targeted those specific employers while implementing sales and recruitment techniques such as cold calling and site visits.• Held open and… Show more • Established strong relationships initially with new employers and then managed and maintained that effective relationship to ensure vacancies where continually received and filled.• Won new regional and national accounts, with the objective of developing an optimized relationship and return.• Analyzed market trends, Built Key accounts and then targeted those specific employers while implementing sales and recruitment techniques such as cold calling and site visits.• Held open and effective lines of communication, ensuring all advisers are notified of pre-screening sessions, group interviews and pipeline vacancies etc.• Communicated with advisors on any in-work support issues and provide constructive feedback.• Recorded and mantained high quality records using our in-house information systems. • Prepared customers for interview & gave effective feedback on interview outcomes and any ways to improve.Other key responsibilities: • Lead a high quality team within all 4 branches of South Yorkhsire.• Sett development / performance targets & was able to take corrective action when these where not acheived • Was an integral part pf implementing new strategies, employer consultation and designing sustainability packages. Show less

South Yorkshire

I worked at Wiseability on both the FND and work programme contracts. As an Employment Consultant my role was to gain permanent, sustainable employment for jobseekers that face various barriers to work. Within my role, I was promoting our services to employers and Local councils, setting up SLA’s with large employers whilst account managing their recruitment needs. The role consisted of meeting daily, weekly and monthly KPI’s on Vacancy’s sourced, Interviews arranged, Job outcomes… Show more I worked at Wiseability on both the FND and work programme contracts. As an Employment Consultant my role was to gain permanent, sustainable employment for jobseekers that face various barriers to work. Within my role, I was promoting our services to employers and Local councils, setting up SLA’s with large employers whilst account managing their recruitment needs. The role consisted of meeting daily, weekly and monthly KPI’s on Vacancy’s sourced, Interviews arranged, Job outcomes achieved etc.I was also managing all the quality procedures, collating senior management reports and generating all relevant payment documentation, while making sure it was in-line with all data protection standards.In my time with WISE, I also created many of the marketing templates and supporting documents that are still in use today. Show less

Derbyshire & East Midlands

Delivering both Funded and Commercial bespoke training packagers to employers across the UK - didn't have a clue but learned alot

Sheffield

Worked across a number of contracts such as; T2G, E2E, ESOL, Apprenticeships, and New Deal.