Job Description

The Growth Companyxe2x80x99s (GC) Employment team is hiring an Employment Advisor to provide guidance and training for unemployed individuals, helping them progress into employment, training, and education. As part of the Restart Scheme, you will offer personalised support for up to 12 months to help people find local jobs and overcome employment challenges.We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a range of individuals; from people who have found themselves recently out of work, to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health and debt.Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and deliver advice, guidance, and training for unemployed individuals.
• Operate referral and liaison procedures with agencies (e.g., JCP, colleges, employers).
• Establish and deliver one-to-one and group activities, including assessments and job search sessions.
• Provide one-to-one interventions at induction, assessment, and follow-up appointments.
• Refer customers to internal and external agencies for further support.
• Plan and deliver training and other interventions for each customer.
• Facilitate group learning to improve employability.
• Report safeguarding concerns and participate in team activities like tender writing and developing new services.

About You:

• Ideally working in training, guidance, advice & counselling environments.
• Previous experience working with vulnerable customer groups.
• Working to targets with excellent knowledge of the local labour market, methods of recruitment and awareness of growth industries.
• Good knowledge of welfare to work and the customer base.
• Knowledge of guidance and national standards.
• Rapport building skills, professional and articulate.

Skills Required:

• Must have previous experience working within sales, customer service, welfare to work industry.
• The ability to work under pressure in a high-performance environment.
• Well-developed IT skills, including MI systems, spreadsheets and diary management, email, data security.
• Work to Key performance indicators and challenging targets.
• Ability to network and promote the organisation.

LocationMansfieldBusiness Area Logoemployment.jpgCompany LogoWork Company (ESF)CompanyEmploymentContract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to xc2xa328,420 per annumAdvert Brandemployment.jpgClosing Date14/04/2025Ref No4426Documents(Word, 38.38kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. Wexe2x80x99re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

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