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Post No. POSN003105 - Employment Support Advisor
Fixed Term \xe2\x80\x93 March 2024 with further extensions potentially until 2025
Newport City Council are recruiting 2 Employment Support Advisors for the delivery of the Shared Prosperity Fund, Work & Skills projects. We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for experienced candidates or people with transferrable skills, who can work with long term unemployed, economically inactive, participants suffering from in-work poverty or very low skills including, ESOL, basic skills and digital literacy. We want them to offer support to eliminate barriers, improver skills and qualifications and assisting them to secure sustainable employment.
The roles will entail the following tasks: -

• Liaising with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders to offer bespoke support packages to participants.

• Delivering initial appointments that include, diagnostic assessments, action planning and rapport building.

• Managing a caseload of up to 50 participants, ensuring that all administration, quality, compliance, and performance targets are consistently achieved.

• Offering In-Work Support so participants have regular contact and assistance during the first 6 months of employment.

• Identification of barriers and assessment of needs, so SMART action plans are created that will enable participants to achieve positive progression.

• Access a range of qualifications and support to eliminate barriers and secure sustainable employment and other project outcomes.

• Offer advice and guidance and employment support including CV writing, interview skills, careers advice and job searching.

• Tracking of distance travelled and progress towards operational outcomes.

• Working within a team and with partner organisations to ensure that participants receive excellent employment and learning support.

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for experienced employment advisors or candidates with the transferrable skills needed to deliver consistent results on the projects.
For further information, please contact Karl Rudakov at karl.rudakov@newport.gov.uk
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from the minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
Our values \xe2\x80\x93 Courageous, Positive and Responsible
Ein gwerthoedd \xe2\x80\x93 Dewr, Cadarnhaol, Cyfrifol