Careers Adviser

-Location
- Newcastle Upon TyneAdvertising Salary:

- £25,131.00 - £27,196.00 per annum FTECareers Site Advertising End Date
- 03 Nov 2024**About the role**:
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**Trainee & Qualified Careers Advisers across Newcastle & North Tyneside**

**Job type**:Permanent full time roles (part time will also be considered)

Do you want to support people to change their lives? Are you looking for a new challenge or wanting to change your career? If yes, have you considered the role of a Careers Adviser at Education Development Trust?

At EDT we provide the support, training and qualifications needed for you to become a fully qualified Careers Adviser. This role will deliver the National Careers Service contract within local communities to a wide range of adults. Employing a person-centered approach, we help individuals recognise their strengths and skills, improve their employability, and explore and manage their available career opportunities. Working together, we support people to take positive steps in achieving their career goals.

As an organisation EDT provide a wide range of services that help transform the lives of people around the world. Our National Careers Service contract provides world class Careers Advice and Guidance to more than 100,000 adults annually across a range of community settings within England.

**Key duties**:

- Provide careers advice and guidance in a one-to-one setting or group workshops to support customers with their career aspirations.
- Help customers identify and consider the range of choices available to them and outline possible ways forward, using a range of tools and resources.
- Undertake administration duties to ensure that all delivery evidence is complete and compliant in line with contract and quality standards.
- Meet targets for number of customer appointment, percentage of customers into learning and work to support contract delivery commitments.
- Produce an action plan for employment, education, and training to help customers achieve their goals.
- Discuss with customers how to overcome any barriers to reaching their goals and signpost them to other agencies for advice where appropriate.
- Attract new customers and partnerships to the service, e.g. community organisations, Job Centre Plus, training and Higher Education providers.
- Demonstrate genuine curiosity in the customer, their needs and their aspirations.

**The right person**:

- Enjoy working with people to help them achieve their ambitions.
- Comfortable working in a target driven environment.
- Have a professional and friendly attitude.
- Have an open-mind and be non-judgmental.
- Want to make a difference and be able to bring out the best in others.
- Be approachable and articulate.
- An ability to organise, prioritise and be methodical.
- Have excellent administration and IT skills.
- Produce work to a strong written standard.
- Committed to studying towards a Careers, Information & Guidance qualification if you don't already hold the Level 4 qualification in CIAG.**All day in person Interview/assessment day**:will take place on 11 November (location to be confirmed), 2nd stage interviews will take place at a later date over Microsoft Teams.**Interview Process**:
**Salary & Benefits**

**£25,131.00 per annum for Trainee Advisers (raising to the £27,196 once qualified).**

**£27,196.00 for Qualified Advisers who hold the level 4/6 CIAG qualification.**

Benefits include:

- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rota)
- Matched Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Discounted gym memberships
- Health care cash plan
- Retail discounts
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Wellbeing App

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**About the organisation**:
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- Education Development Trust has first-rate credentials in providing services that bridge the gap between education, training and employment. We have been a leading careers service provider in the UK for over 20 years and have a successful track record of managing programmes delivering careers, employment and skills support.- To find out more about the careers service at Education Development Trust, please click here.
- Please Click here to see our Annual Impact Review for 2022/2023, which highlights the ways in which our work has impacted lives around the world - and the progress we have made since 2021/2022.