Job Description
Employment Advisor
Summary
* The Employment Advisor is tasked with delivering high-quality, client-focused employment and skills support to unemployed adults and young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET). This role is crucial in providing professional career advice, identifying barriers to employment, conducting workshops, supporting job search activities, and collaborating with internal teams, partner organizations, and local employers. The advisor will manage a caseload, track client progress, meet performance targets, and support the delivery of employment and skills programs across the Borough.
Responsibilities
* Provide high-quality information, advice, and guidance to unemployed adults and young people, assisting them in identifying career options, training opportunities, and pathways into employment.
* Support clients in all aspects of their job search, including CV writing, application forms, interview preparation, exams, and tests.
* Deliver one-to-one and group sessions in schools, colleges, community venues, outreach settings, job clubs, job fairs, and employability programs.
* Identify personal barriers to employment and collaborate with specialist services to help clients overcome these challenges.
* Develop personalized action plans and monitor client progress towards goals.
* Provide mentoring, coaching, and motivational support to prepare clients for the workplace.
Essential Experience
* Experience working with adults and young people facing multiple barriers, including long-term unemployment, SEND, homelessness, care-experienced individuals, or those involved in the justice system/at risk of becoming NEET.
Essential Qualifications
* Level 4 qualification (or above) in Careers Information, Advice & Guidance (CIAG), or equivalent experience in careers, employability, welfare-to-work, regeneration, social work, teaching, or a related field.
Additional Information
* Working hours: 37 hours per week
* Location: Various locations with agile working – Litchfield Street Library (office) and community venues across Walsall Borough
* No home working
* Enhanced DBS with barred list required for the role
* Bi-weekly payment schedule
The role closes soon, apply ASAP.
Requirements
The Employment and Skills Team have successfully delivered employment support to local people for over a decade. We are looking for two enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to help deliver on the award winning Walsall Works programme and other grant funded employability programmes targeted to support unemployed and economically inactive residents