Iag Officer

**Peterborough**:
**Associate**:
**£120 per day**:

- Job Description

**Dunstable, Peterborough & Remote***:
**Full or part-time**:
**£26,000 - £30,000***:

- Job Description

**Who are we looking for?**:
Our Careers Information, Advice & Guidance Advisers provide a direct IAG service to 16-24-year-olds who are enrolled on study programmes across our provision through a mixture of 1:1 and group interventions, which is confidential to the individual and meets the highest standards of equality of opportunity.

The IAG Adviser will support learners from the start of their time with TCHC to progress to their next steps and will provide impartial and accurate information, advice and guidance on the education and training qualifications and employment activities within their local areas and beyond, linked to their career aspirations. The role will ensure the maintenance of accurate client records, support contract KPIs and meet matrix criteria that enable young people to progress.

This role will require travel, between two education and training centres and to work with colleagues across the new IAG team and the centres themselves. At each centre, you will have a caseload of young people some with SEN who you will support and advise through your sessions and 1-1’s with them.

**What are we looking for?**:
**Qualifications**:

- Minimum Level 4 Diploma in Careers Information and Advice **(Essential)**:

- Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development **(Desirable)**

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**Main Tasks & Responsibilities**:

- Manage learner caseloads, supporting the achievement of personal and team targets, including requirements for the contract.
- Identify the short, medium and long-term skills, learning and goals to meet the individual needs of learners, ensuring that learners have an IAG development plan, which includes IAG SMART actions for both learners and where appropriate adviser.
- Recognise and record and if appropriate build on previous work experience and educational attainments and continually support learners to progress to ensure that realistic career aspirations can be set and achieved.
- Record all interactions with learners and
- Engage and motivate learners.
- Research and look into progression opportunities for your caseloads.
- Work with colleagues to assist learners’ progression towards qualifications, and movement into the next steps.
- Work in partnership with community National Careers Service provision.
- Monitor and record the onward progression of learners and update destination data for the organisation.
- Attend meetings and where required travel to external events and training to support CPD.
- Engage with local schools to support recruitment for centre programmes, working with centre managers.
- Engage with potential work experience opportunities for young people to engage with, while on the programme.
- Roles will work flexibly between sites and is a prime requirement of staff and at times opportunities to work from home for administration activity within the role (Hybrid)

**Skills, knowledge and abilities**:

- Confidence in using a diverse range of presentation, facilitation and communication skills.
- Respect for and understanding of Safeguarding, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Data Protection policies.
- A passion to inspire, motivate and lead by example to support people to achieve qualifications and career aspirations.

**Experience**:

- Experience in providing quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance to clients.
- Developing careers/employability workshops/Experience in developing and maintaining excellent relationships with partners and stakeholders.
- A background in working with unemployed and/or disadvantaged young people.

**Personal attributes**:

- An empathy with the learner group and experience of overcoming complex barriers.

**Note**:These responsibilities serve as an initial outline for the tasks that the post holder will initially be expected to perform. Changes may occur over time to accommodate evolving job requirements and adapt to shifting circumstances.