Employment Advisor

2 weeks ago


Burnley, United Kingdom Together Housing Full time

**Newground Together **are a social enterprise and a member of Together Housing Group, with the aim of empowering people to create sustainable communities that are connected, resilient, healthy and prosperous to achieve our ambition; better lives and opportunities for our communities. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

We are looking for an** Employment Advisor (14 Month FTC)** to join the Employment and Skill Lancashire team, in this exciting new opportunity. As an **Employment Advisor (14 Month FTC) **you will be supporting people who are out of work, inactive in the job market and not searching for employment opportunities. You will be addressing barriers they currently have, preventing them from accessing or securing paid employment. Whether that be training and development, or personal barriers linked to their current circumstances.

**Requirements**:
**_ Outline of Key responsibilities for the Employment Advisor (14 Month FTC) _**
- To assist in the delivery of new and existing projects that progress the organisational objectives in relation to employment.
- Work to and achieve set targets, i.e. numbers on non-regulated activity and job outcomes.
- To determine and implement effective approaches which will help our clients develop confidence, overcome barriers and achieve successful transitions.
- Engage with local business and employers to understand business needs and promote our client base and services.
- To actively recruit clients into the employability projects, retain their engagement and encourage them to participate in workshops, job clubs and 1:1’s to raise aspirations, challenge them emotionally enabling them to reach their full potential.
- Identify and harness local, regional and national initiatives that deliver new opportunities access employment/training opportunities. Also, you will deliver group training to develop participants towards employability
- Develop working relationships with other professionals working in the field of employment, welfare and training sector.

**_We are looking for someone who has _**
- Relevant experience or relevant qualifications e.g. IAG level 2 or Coaching or Mentoring qualification
- Experience of working with clients aged 16+ years
- Evidence of effective working with clients who suffer from multiple barriers preventing them from engaging and participating, on short and long term interventions
- Have a proven record in developing contacts and engaging with local business to source employment opportunities
- Experience of problem solving and working on cases until completion and maintaining and managing a varied caseload
- Ability to uses your own initiative and meet performance targets
- Experience of negotiating and advocating successfully one to one, by telephone and in writing, & face to face

**Benefits**
- **You will be working out of the Burnley hub, BB11**:

- **Salary: £25,583 per annum**:

- Annual salary increment increases
- **27 days **annual leave (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + **bank holidays**:

- A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
- You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Working arrangements are flexible in line with our Smart working culture
- **Working at the Burnley hub 4 days a week, 1 day a week working from home.**:

- Wide range of professional, and personal development training opportunities
- Attractive pension scheme
- A range of financial, health and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
- To view the full range of our benefits click on the Employee Benefits Link


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