Employment Officer - Newry

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team in Newry as an Employment Officer.

As an Employment Officer, you will work as part of a team to support people with a learning disability to access a range of employment and training opportunities, to develop their skills and confidence and to progress towards their employment goals and aspirations.

You will have the ability to generate a range of high quality paid employment opportunities through engagement with employers and effective promotion of Mencap services.

This role requires an enthusiastic, driven and self- motivated individual. You will have excellent time management and communication skills, as well as the ability to work effectively within a team. You will be able to demonstrate effective negotiation and mediation skills.

If you are looking for an exciting and varied role with the opportunity to develop and promote Mencap’s vision and values, we would love to hear from you.

This is a fixed term contract until March 2019 for 30hours per week (additional hours may be available as and when required)

This post is part-funded by The European Social Fund and The Department for the Economy.