Employment Advisor

Overview:
**DWP Restart (Thanet) Employment Advisor**

The Forward Trust is a growing Matrix Standard, ERSA Employability Awards 2020 Highly Commended vocational training, skills and employability provider. As part of Reed in Partnerships supply chain in CPA 5B (Home Counties) we are delivering DWP Restart in Thanet and looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed Advisors to oversee and deliver this new and exciting service.

What you will be doing?:
**What will you be doing?**

As Advisors working to our Team Leaders you will be supporting unemployed individuals to progress into an exciting career by providing information, advice and guidance, employability support, job search, confidence building and interview skills support. We have great systems for you to use and you will be using our management information system, and provide regular contact to keep them focused, motivated and confident to gain sustainable employment. Our Skills Trainer role will provide non accredited or qualifications to clients based on our experience of providing high quality adult education services.

We have a dedicated employer engagement team with great employer partners to help you access those roles for your clients or customers.

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

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, go getting and very practical individuals who are committed to delivering high quality information, advice and guidance and progressing clients into good quality employment that will help them succeed in their lives. We want people who genuinely care about the people they are supporting and not just going through the motions.

What we offer:

- Training opportunities and career development
- Flexible working
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)