Employment and Skills Coach

5 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Sovereign Housing Full time

We have a fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking **Employment and Skills Coach **to join our team in Bristol.

This is a full time, permanent role with a mix of working from home, at the office and out with our customers.

The starting salary is £30,000 to £35,000 depending on your experience.

**The Role**:
This is an incredibly rewarding role in which you'll coach residents to achieve their work aspiration, either gaining qualifications or returning to, or finding better work.

It's a real opportunity to help residents to maintain their tenancies, maximise their opportunities and improve their quality of life as well as support the development of our employment and skills service in the community.

**You'll be**:

- Providing information, advice and guidance services to a caseload of identified or referred residents, supporting them to access employability provision, training, work-placements, sustainable work and better work opportunities
- Developing a service offer and effective network of support agencies and providers who will contribute to and support the delivery of the Thriving Communities strategy, creating positive opportunities for progression of our residents
- Implementing a blended approach of advice and guidance by utilising a combination of digital, phone and direct delivery to maximise engagement, support and progression to residents
- Developing personalised needs-led action plans in partnership with residents that outlines personal needs and goals, enabling them to develop the skills they need to seek, secure and sustain employment
- Effectively utilising internal and external commissioning and partnership opportunities to maximise the support available to residents, including our internal grants and digital learning offers

**What we're looking for**:

- You should have demonstrable experience from a similar role with good knowledge of the local labour market.
- The skills and passion to work with customers in a solutions focused way, creating and supporting the delivery of action plans that create positive and sustainable change
- Effective collaboration, the ability to quickly build positive relationships with residents as well as the job centre and other local employment support networks
- An enjoyment of understanding residents needs and hopes for the future, helping to extend their thinking about what they can do to sustain their tenancy through employment while achieving their work goals
- A flexible and positive attitude with the ability to self-manage, prioritising and managing multiple caseloads
- Experience in mentoring and coaching people to realise and achieve their potential

A full UK driving licence and access to your own transport is essential as some travel throughout the region may be required.

**What you can expect from us**:
As a member of the Communities** **Team you will be part of a friendly, motivated and supportive working environment.

We invest in our people, and you will be able to develop your skills and be part of something that makes a real difference to people's lives. This role can give you the opportunity for a career within a successful and diverse organisation.

Some of our benefits:

- £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
- Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
- Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and life cover
- Flexible working

**About us**:
It's an exciting time to be a part of the team as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England. Our purpose is to to provide good affordable homes in thriving communities that people love for generations.

We invest for the long term, in individual homes, our customers and work with partners to make a lasting difference to our neighbourhoods. Sovereign Network Group's financial strength will enable us to meet housing needs, regenerate places and build on the existing strengths in our communities.

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.



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