Career Returners

Would you like to contribute to our mission of building a fairer and more inclusive working world and making career breaks a valued part of a lifetime career? Join our Career Returners team! We’re looking for a Head of Employer Partnerships, a newly created role. This is a senior leadership position responsible for expanding our global network of employer partnerships, delivering tailored solutions that meet the evolving needs of our employer partners and fostering strong, long-term relationships. We can offer hugely rewarding work and a welcoming and supportive working environment, with a friendly and informal team who all work remotely. The role is 4-5 days. It's home-based but you will need to be based in or around London to attend occasional meetings and events. The ideal candidate will have the right to work in the UK, plus: * Significant experience in leading on the design and delivery of talent management programmes or similar initiatives * Experience with securing internal buy-in and resources for projects and programmes * Team leadership experience * A shared passion for our mission * A consultative and empathetic approach * A shared passion for our mission * A consultative and empathetic approach Of course, we welcome applicants who have taken a career break, but this is not a requirement! If you’re successful and you’ve taken a career break of 2+ years, we’ll provide you with coaching support through the transition back to work. Applications are particularly welcomed from ethnic minority candidates. For more information on the role and how to apply see: https://lnkd.in/eDmtuyBY Apply ASAP, latest by 4 August 2024. Please do share with your networks. #talenthiring #careerreturners #hiring

🎧 "I listened to these wonderful podcast stories to give me a boost before my interviews!" 🎧 "An exciting podcast explored in an authentic and professional way - a great tool for my return to work journey." 🎧 "These podcasts detail the whole process back to work and break the journey down into enough detail that the listener can understand how to follow a similar trajectory. Inspiring and interesting! 📢 We're excited to launch a new bonus episode of our Career Returners Podcast this week - Be Brave Quicker! Members of our returner community often tell us that listening to these return-to-work stories helps to build their motivation to keep going through the ups and downs of the journey back to work. Hear how Joanna navigated a career change after a 7-year break and successfully begun her next career chapter as a qualified financial planner, together with advice from our coaches Karen Danker and Liz Mearns. Here's a taste of Joanna's advice for future returners hitting self-doubt: “You’ve done it before you can do it again. These are skills that don’t go anywhere, they are embedded. They feel deeply rooted at the moment, but it’s like riding a bike… they do come back to you” Many thanks to our Episode Sponsor St. James's Place Financial Adviser Academy. Find a direct link to this episode and all 19 episodes from Series One and Two on our website:  https://lnkd.in/ey4jZYss You can also subscribe to the Career Returners Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://lnkd.in/eRjGnfgh) or follow on Spotify (https://lnkd.in/dzKyrYZx). #InspireYourReturn #careerreturners #careerreturnerspodcast #careerpodcast #careerbreak

The Women in STEM Ireland campaign launched today, online and in the Irish Independent! We are proud to have partnered with Mediaplanet to showcase the diversity of careers in STEM, spotlighting female role models and inspiring career journeys. In this article our CEO Julianne Miles MBE talks about the importance of ending the career break penalty for women returners to STEM and shares 10 Steps to Become a Returner-Inclusive Employer. #WomeninStemIE2024 #INWED #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay #IrelandWomeninSTEM #EndTheCareerBreakPenalty https://lnkd.in/dgJfysxz

Back in February we joined our friends at Timewise and several other organisations for a meaningful discussion about the importance of part time work in the UK. We’re excited to see how that’s turned into an interesting new podcast which launched this week. You can listen to episode 1 of the podcast here. https://lnkd.in/eWY4CeSC

🇮🇪 Irish Minister Paschal Donohoe today launched our new partnership returner programme with the Government of Ireland, the Civil Service ARC (Assisted Return to Career) Programme: "With the launch of this Programme, we are making a significant stride in our commitment to improving market outcomes for those facing employment barriers." 🌟 Our CEO Julianne Miles MBE said: “We are delighted to be partnering with the Civil Service to lead the way in Ireland in tackling the Career Break Penalty through the ARC Programme." 🌟 The programme is led by Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery & Reform, working together with Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, An Roinn Cosanta | Department of Defence Ireland, Department of Social Protection, publicjobs.ie and Office of the Revenue Commissioner. The pilot programme aims to support those who have taken time out of work for at least two years, for caring, health or other reasons to re-launch their careers, update their skills, and gain experience in a supportive environment. There are opportunities across Ireland for people in HR, Finance and Accounting, and ICT roles. Participants will benefit from paid and mentored 6-month work placements, starting on 30 September 2024, in one of the participating Government Departments. They will receive specialised coaching from our Career Returners Ireland team to support their return to the workplace. We're co-hosting an online Information and Engagement Event on the programme for people interested in applying on Thursday 13 June at 10am. You can register to attend here: https://lnkd.in/dT7vtgP9 The closing date for applications is Thursday 27 June. For more information and details on how to apply, see here: https://lnkd.in/dg6r4bBZ Please do share within your Irish networks. Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/dVECQyzh #careersthatmatter #returnship #irishjobs #careerreturners #EndTheCareerBreakPenalty

🎉 BIG NEWS! We’re excited to announce that we’re developing an online community for career returners worldwide to supercharge our mission, set to launch later this year! 🌐 Using the power of tech, our goal is to create a vibrant space where returners can connect, share, engage, learn and get support. We’ll personalise and amplify the free support and connection we provide to our Career Returners Professional Network (currently 9,400 members), expand our network community into new regions and extend and strengthen employer engagement. We know from our Career Returners Indicator 2024 that 90% of our network have suffered a hit to their confidence. Feelings of isolation and uncertainty about what to do next are common. Our free-to-join online community platform will lower these barriers: 🤝 Together we will bring together local and global sub-groups to create confidence-boosting relationships with like-minded returners, building motivating return-to-work support groups. 🤝 We will provide tailored advice, resources and expert insights to support along the return-to-work journey. We will facilitate live events, forums, webinars and discussions. Our online community platform will also benefit our current and future employer partners who are welcoming and inclusive of returners: 🤝 We will boost engagement with employers to better highlight their culture, values and opportunities for returners, so opening new employment doors, multiplying the number and range of opportunities we offer to returners. This is a major investment for a social impact business, but we’re confident that it will enable us to rapidly scale our impact and fuel change: 🌿Changing Individual Lives: getting many thousands more returners back into fulfilling jobs 🌿Changing Organisations: developing more returner-inclusive employers and breaking down recruitment bias 🌿Changing Society: making career breaks a valued part of a lifetime career and removing the Career Break Penalty As we develop this online community, we will be getting input from our returner network to shape a community that best meets their needs, so we can build something amazing together. Look out for more news as we get closer to launch over the coming months! #OnlineCommunity #CommunitySupport #careerreturners #returntowork #womenreturners #techforgood #EndTheCareerBreakPenalty

Great to see our partnership with The Very Group on its Career Reinvention Programme, Bridging the Gap in Technology, feature in a new report from the Association of Convenience Stores and the Retail Sector Council: Retail - Opportunities for Everyone. As well as a case study on this pathway for returners to get back into tech after a career break, the report includes a broad variety of other case studies highlighting work that retailers are doing to provide employment opportunities for the otherwise overlooked parts of society. Read the full report at https://lnkd.in/dErThtfE Diversity in Retail #diversityinretail #careerreturners #diversityintech Dave Lafferty

Energy was bouncing off the walls today as over 70 women returners joined our London Networking Event, the final part of our hybrid Back to Your Future Conference! It was fantastic to see in practice the powerful boost of making connections, as return to work support groups were formed and important links were made with returner employers. MANY thanks to .. the brilliant Tace Heuston who co-hosted with our CEO Julianne Miles MBE and Head of Coaching Karen Danker .. organiser-supreme Laura Dent and all the J.P. Morgan team for perfect hosting of our community in such an inspiring venue … the wonderful returner champions who joined us from our employer partners Sarah Mavius FDM Group, Gee Foottit CMgr FCMI DipPFS St. James's Place Financial Adviser Academy, Alexander Trusty Moody's Corporation, Workday We’re looking forward to continuing to work together to support our highly-talented returner attendees as they get back to fulfilling work! #careerreturners #womenreturners #EndTheCareerBreakPenalty

🎉 We can’t wait to welcome back our returner attendees to Day Two of our Women Returners Back to Your Future Conference 2024! We have a packed agenda today to provide inspiration, advice and connections, all geared towards getting ready for a successful return to work job search. Our Employer Panellists - Tace Heuston, Gee Foottit CMgr FCMI DipPFS , Sarah Mavius, Lorraine Toole, Alexander Trusty - will be talking to Upasna Bhadhal, giving their invaluable perspective on why they target returners as a talent pool and how to succeed as a returner candidate. Victoria McLean, CEO of City CV | International Career Consultancy | Hanover Group will support with expert advice on CVs and LinkedIn and Maharukh Dalal, one of our Lead Coaches, will lay out our framework for a powerful returner introduction. And we’ll be joined today in our online venue by 6 fantastic returner champions, our Employer Sponsor Partners: J.P. Morgan (Lead Sponsor), EDF, FDM Group, Moody's Corporation, St. James's Place Financial Adviser Academy and Workday. We’re looking forward to hearing about their organisations and returner opportunities, as they talk live in their virtual booths and then chat with our returner attendees in small group sessions. If you’re joining us, we’ll see you very soon! #WRConf #womenreturners #careerreturners #returntowork #returnship