4Front Partners
Our Employer Engagement Events
Practical, discussion-led sessions designed to help you build stronger relationships with employers, and get better results from your programmes.
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots Between Providers, Employers and Real Outcomes
Across the UK organisations are working hard to support people into employment, but too often, employer engagement feels fragmented, inconsistent, or overly transactional. At 4front Partners, we’ve spent over 20 years working across employment, skills and workforce development.
We’ve seen what works... and what doesn’t.
These events bring together practitioners, providers and partners to share ideas, challenge thinking, and explore more effective ways of working with employers. This isn’t just another conference. It’s a space to step back, reflect, and leave with practical ideas you can actually use.
What You’ll Get From the Day
- Practical tools to strengthen your employer engagement approach.
- Insight into what employers actually want (and what they don’t).
- Real-world examples and shared challenges from across the sector
- Conversations around AI, tech and innovation in delivery.
- Time to connect with peers and build meaningful relationships.
Walk away with ideas, clarity, and renewed confidence in your approach.
Why These Events Matter
In our experience, the same challenges come up time and time again:
- The system is complex — for both providers and employers
- Multiple programmes competing for attention in the same space
- Employers feeling “sold to” rather than supported
- Inconsistent approaches to employer engagement across teams
- Limited training for practitioners having business conversations
These sessions are designed to openly explore these challenges, and more importantly, what we can do differently.
Employer Engagement Events
Who Are These Events For?
These events are ideal for anyone who works with employers as part of their role, including:
- Employment support providers
- Adult education and skills teams
- Third sector organisations
- Local Authorities
- Jobcentre Plus teams
- Programme managers and delivery staff
If your work relies on building relationships with businesses this is for you.
Why Join Us?
Over the past 20+ years, we have:
- Supported scores of providers to develop effective engagement strategies
- Trained hundreds of practitioners to confidently work with employers
- Advised governments on labour market strategy
- Helped businesses improve inclusive recruitment approaches
We don’t just talk about employer engagement, we work in it every day.
EVENT SPONSOR
Our headline sponsor ICONI provide bespoke programme delivery and case management systems for all sorts of programmes that help people find and secure employment. Their groundbreaking software development approach means they can build a functioning Case Management System in hours rather than weeks. They are an organisation dedicated to helping providers like you to be more efficient and successful in programme delivery.