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Trainee & Qualified Careers Advisers across Huddersfield & Dewsbury
Job type: This is a full-time (37 hours per week) fixed-term contract until the end of September 2026
This role will be onsite 4-5 times a week
Do you want to support people to change their lives? Are you looking for a new challenge or wanting to change your career? If yes, have you considered the role of a Careers Adviser at Education Development Trust?
At EDT, we provide the support, training, and qualifications needed for you to become a fully qualified Careers Adviser. This role will deliver the National Careers Service contract within local communities to a wide range of adults. Employing a person-centered approach, we help individuals recognise their strengths and skills, improve their employability, and explore and manage their available career opportunities. Working together, we support people to take positive steps in achieving their career goals.
As an organisation, EDT provides a wide range of services that help transform the lives of people around the world. Our National Careers Service contract provides world-class Careers Advice and Guidance to more than 100,000 adults annually across a range of community settings within England.
Key duties:
* Provide careers advice and guidance in a one-to-one setting or group workshops to support customers with their career aspirations.
* Help customers identify and consider the range of choices available to them and outline possible ways forward, using a range of tools and resources.
* Undertake administration duties to ensure that all delivery evidence is complete and compliant in line with contract and quality standards.
* Meet targets for the number of customer appointments, percentage of customers into learning and work to support contract delivery commitments.
* Produce an action plan for employment, education, and training to help customers achieve their goals.
* Discuss with customers how to overcome any barriers to reaching their goals and signpost them to other agencies for advice where appropriate.
* Attract new customers and partnerships to the service, e.g., community organisations, Job Centre Plus, training, and Higher Education providers.
* Demonstrate genuine curiosity in the customer, their needs, and their aspirations.
The right person:
* Enjoy working with people to help them achieve their ambitions.
* Comfortable working in a target-driven environment.
* Have a professional and friendly attitude.
* Have an open mind and be non-judgmental.
* Want to make a difference and be able to bring out the best in others.
* Be approachable and articulate.
* Have the ability to organise, prioritise, and be methodical.
* Have excellent administration and IT skills.
* Produce work to a strong written standard.
* Be committed to studying towards a Careers, Information & Guidance qualification if you don't already hold the Level 4 qualification in CIAG.
Deadline: midnight, Sunday 27 July
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