Overview
Are you looking for a rewarding role that will allow you to utilise your current skills to influence, support and encourage others to build a future? If so, this might be the position for you. We are recruiting for an Employment Adviser to join our team. You will provide advice and support to guide and encourage participants to overcome barriers to employment and achieve realistic job goals. You will manage a caseload of participants, acting as their coach and mentor, and be the principal trusted contact to build strong positive relationships, guide, motivate, challenge, encourage and help customers obtain sustainable employment. Our ideal candidate will have excellent customer service skills, be target driven and a motivational adviser. You should have initiative and motivation with the ability to seek out solutions to problems and work under pressure without day-to-day supervision. We are seeking someone who can provide first-class customer service, driven by our aim to empower lives and improve communities.
Responsibilities
* Excellent people person with very competent communication skills
* Organise and conduct job-search
* Identify any potential barriers to employment
* Ensure all paper-based employability tools (covering letters, CVs, speculative letters) are in place
* Manage a caseload and act as coach and mentor to participants to support progression to employment
Qualifications and Experience
* Essential: A good working knowledge of the local labour market in the specified geographical locations
* Essential: Basic knowledge of self-employment
* Essential: Fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes
* Essential: Experience of working in a target-driven environment
* Essential: Experience of delivering services to meet contractual and quality standards
* Desirable: Knowledge of the employability industry
* Desirable: Knowledge of the recruitment industry
* Desirable: Experience of working with people in the provision of information, advice & guidance
About Seetec and the role
SEETEC is one of the UK's leading providers of employability and health services, supporting thousands of people to move into employment each year. We are committed to empowering people to better their lives and support individuals from all walks of life to enter and progress in the world of work. We create and source jobs and opportunities, help people overcome barriers to work and develop the skills employers are looking for. We are recruiting for a number of Employability contracts to support the unemployed back to work. The role contributes to the UK\'s economic recovery and the Restart Scheme, part of the government\'s Plan for Jobs strategy and the expansion of the Work and Health Programme (WHP). We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment in line with the Prevent Duty and the promotion of modern British values.
Dependent on the role, you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. We support the recruitment of ex-offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our policy statement on Ex-Offenders is available on our website under "About us". SEETEC 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. We are an employee-owned company delivering services across the employment, skills and rehabilitation sectors. We focus on empowering lives and improving communities through our people and expertise.
Salary, Benefits and Career
Salary range: £26,500 to £29,545 per annum (dependent on experience). Benefits include:
* 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with option to buy additional days)
* 2 Volunteer Days
* Pension - 5% Employee, 5% Employer
* Healthcare Cash Plan, including 3 x salary life assurance
* Annual Pay Review
* Refer a Friend Scheme
* Free access to BenefitHub for discounts and additional voluntary benefits
Location and Hours
Location: This is an office-based role, working in Ellesmere Port
Hours: 37 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Friday 8.30 am to 4.30 pm
To apply, upload your CV through the easy route below or contact our Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 595200 for more information.
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