Talent Associate

The Role

As a Talent Associate, you’ll be the connecting point between homeless people looking for jobs and their transformative journey into work.

Helping someone make this life transition requires a unique mix of support, focus, and hustle. 

You’ll work directly with the homeless people - onboarding them into Beam Recruit, the team within Beam tasked with finding people jobs, and preparing them for the world of work.

You’ll also contribute to the operational design of a model which can take Beam from working with hundreds to tens of thousands of people each year.

You’re comfortable picking up the phone to cold leads and presenting to a wide range of employer partners in different industries, building a brand that establishes Beam as a leading player in diversity recruitment. 

Responsibilities

• Supporting people using Beam into life-changing jobs that provide a route out of homelessness  
• Brokering and growing employer partnerships that create new opportunities for some of society’s most disadvantaged 
• Co-designing an operational model that can help thousands of people enter work 
• Working to ambitious KPIs that increase our social impact 
• Building a strong, respectful and professional working relationship with people using Beam 
• Producing detailed case notes and assessments

Requirements

• >1 year high-quality professional experience in a start-up, social enterprise, highly-regarded company, or the recruitment sector
• Experience working with vulnerable individuals - or huge enthusiasm to excel in that field (don't worry, you’ll be enrolled into a thorough training programme when you join)
• Good level of articulacy and comfortable presenting within a partnerships, sales or account management setting
• Entrepreneurial, get things done attitude
• Thrives under pressure and in fast-paced environments
• Highly adaptable, personable and excited to work with people from diverse backgrounds
• Committed to promoting equality of opportunity in London - and far beyond

Compensation & Perks

• £25-35k - we're open to hearing from a broad range of experiences
• Additional EMI-qualifying share options in Beam
• Work-hard, play-hard culture with an annual mini-break 
• Brand new MacBook Air or PC
• £250 annual wellbeing budget
• £200 annual learning and personal development budget
• Perkbox perks - discounts and freebies at top brands
• 'Beam team talks' with some of the UK's leading tech entrepreneurs

Both the Operations Executive and Talent Associate roles are exciting entry points into a career at Beam.

The Operations Executive role is a more internal-facing role, for people who would like their primary focus to be working with vulnerable people.

The Talent Associate is more an external-facing role, for people who would like their primary focus to be business development and sales.

If you'd like to be considered for both, you do not need to apply for both. Simply apply for the one you consider the best fit and mention you're open to both roles in your covering email and at interview.

Applications for the role are considered on a rolling basis.