Restart - Employability Trainer - (Exeter)
Job Role
Are you driven by helping people unlock their potential and move confidently towards employment? We’re looking for a passionate Employability Trainer who thrives on motivating others and making a genuine difference.
In this rewarding role, you’ll deliver dynamic, high quality training both in the classroom and online, empowering participants with the confidence, skills, and mindset needed to secure sustainable employment. Your sessions will be engaging, practical, and learner focused covering everything from interview success and impactful job applications to recognising and articulating transferable skills.
You’ll bring learning to life through creative, high impact activities such as mock interviews, employer informed workshops, and sector specific preparation that reflects real‑world opportunities. Beyond delivery, you’ll actively support learners to develop and achieve meaningful action plans, tailoring your approach to overcome individual barriers.
Working collaboratively with colleagues, you’ll help promote training opportunities, share best practice, and ensure every participant receives the right support at the right time. Quality, compliance, and safeguarding will sit at the heart of your work, ensuring a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for all.
You’ll have experience in employability, personal development, or skills training, with the confidence to deliver engaging sessions both face‑to‑face and virtually. Strong digital capability, excellent communication skills, and a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset are essential. Most importantly, you’ll be motivated by helping people move forward and achieve lasting change.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging, high‑quality employability training that supports Participant progression
- Adapt training methods to meet individual and group needsIdentify new training needs and contribute to the development of new provision
- Meet performance targets and all quality and compliance standards
- Collaborate with the wider training team to deliver mock interviews and work‑readiness activities
- Work with Employer Relationship Teams to deliver employer‑led events and sector‑based training
- Prepare Participants for specific employment opportunities through responsive training solutions
- Promote training courses and support Employment Advisers with Participant action plans
- Design and deliver train‑the‑trainer and corporate training where required
- Maintain accurate, compliant training records and complete risk assessments as needed
- Participate in continuous improvement, self‑evaluation, and peer observationsAct as an employee owner, championing best practice and company values
- Work flexibly, including travel, and take responsibility for own professional development
- Adhere to all company policies including safeguarding, Prevent, data protection, EDI, health & safety, and ITUndertake other duties appropriate to the role
Skills and Experience
- Excellent understanding of the barriers unemployed job seekers face when seeking employment
- Knowledge of the employability sector and the delivery of employability skills and personal development programmes
- Proven ability to design and deliver training both face‑to‑face and remotely using a range of digital platforms
- Demonstrated use of motivational techniques to support individual growth and development
- Strong IT capability using Microsoft Office, including Microsoft 365 applications and digital tools such as Microsoft Teams
- Background of working within a high‑performance, target‑focused environment
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training (formerly PTLLS) or Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (formerly CTLLS)
- Track record of delivering provision in line with contractual requirements and quality standards
- Ability to analyse and report on training needs and delivery through IT systems
- Full driving licence
Benefits
- Salary £26,000 - £29,545 per annum (pro rata, dependent on experience)
- 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, and birthday day off (additional days can be purchased)
- 2 volunteer days
- Pension: 5% employee, 5% employer
- Health cash plan, including 3× salary life assurance
- Annual pay review
- Refer a friend scheme
- Free access to BenefitHub – online portal with a wide range of retail discounts, cycle‑to‑work scheme and additional voluntary benefits
Location
Exeter
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37 hours a week. Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 5 pm, Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Closing Date
23 June 2026
Equal Opportunity Statement
Seetec Pluss is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. Seetec support the recruitment of ex‑offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of “Ex‑Offenders” can be found on our website under “About us”. Seetec Pluss is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values. Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check.
