Employment Advisor

As an Employment Advisor, you will sit within the Adult Learning, Skills and Employment team, delivering high-quality, person-centred employment support to residents facing a range of barriers to work. You will work across the employment programmes within the service, supporting a varied caseload of residents to secure and progress in employment.

Reporting to the Employability & Progression Manager, you will manage and support a caseload into employment by providing high-quality information and guidance. You will conduct initial assessments to produce tailored action plans, maintain regular meaningful contact with beneficiaries, and conduct regular reviews of agreed actions. You will be able to demonstrate and encourage a positive mindset among beneficiaries by adopting a strengths-based approach to their journey into employment.

You will deliver person-centred support spanning one-to-one guidance, CV and interview preparation, and contribute to the planning and delivery of group workshops and employment preparation sessions. You will develop a working knowledge of the local employer landscape, and will contribute to ensuring the service meets the performance targets and KPIs that underpin our funded programmes.

You will have at least 1 year’s experience working in a similar post supporting individuals facing barriers back to work and/or training and education. You will have experience of working in an evidence-based practice and working to set targets. You will also be responsible for maintaining accurate, up-to-date beneficiary records on our internal systems and contributing to weekly/monthly caseload reporting.

How to apply

Please send a completed CV, covering letter (no more than 2 pages explaining how you meet the key accountabilities and the personal specification), the applicant monitoring form and the additional information form to recruitment@high-trees.org with ‘Employment Advisor’ in the subject line.

We will only consider complete applications, please ensure all four requested documents are present in your submission.

First online interviews will be the held week commencing 3rd August, with a second in-person interview week commencing 10th August. If you are unable to make these dates, please state so in your cover letter.

If you have any questions about the role or High Trees, please contact recruitment@high-trees.org