Va55 - Qualified Careers Adviser

**Location**: JCP Newbury **Team**: National Careers Service **Salary**: £26,398 to £31,554 per annum (depending on experience) **Closing Date**: 08th May 2025

**Job Title**: Qualified Careers Adviser

**Location**: Newbury (Job Centre Plus) / Hybrid

**Salary**: £26,398 to £31,554 per annum (depending on experience)

**Hours**:Full-time (37 hours per week)

**Contract**: Permanent

**Reports to**: Area Manager

**About CXK**

CXK empowers people to succeed in employment, education, and training. The charity strives for a fairer society where everyone can grow and realise their potential. “The CXK Way” embodies the following core values:

- Ethical - We work with professionalism, honesty, and integrity
- Passionate - We reach out enthusiastically to all who need out support
- Innovative - We inspire, enhance, and improve
- Collaborative - We engage, support, and share with others

You can click here to learn more about us.

**The National Careers Service**

The National Careers Service provides free, professional careers information, advice, and guidance to help you make decisions about learning, training, and work at any stage of your career. The service is available to anyone living in England and aged 13 or over.

Through the National Careers Service, anyone can access professional careers advice and support for free via webchat, on the telephone, and face-to-face with a qualified careers adviser in your local area.

Skilled careers advisers can provide support on any aspect of your career journey.

**The Team**

As part of the National Careers Service team in the Southeast, you will be part of a small cohort of highly experienced and qualified Careers Advisers provide Careers Information, Advice, and Guidance (CIAG) by various methods including, Face to Face, Telephone and Virtual (MS Teams) appointments. The success of team is their excellent communication and ability to support each other on a daily basis.

**The Role**

As a qualified Careers Adviser, you will be responsible for the daily delivery of Careers Information, Advice, and Guidance to adults on a range of opportunities, including learning, career paths and employment.

As a Careers Adviser you will use your experience of working with people within the community from a variety of backgrounds using various methodologies to empower customers as they seek to overcome barriers to progression and make informed career decisions about their futures.

From time to time, you will be required to attend CXK Head Office (Ashford, Kent) for meetings, events and other organisational activities.

**Skills and Knowledge**

**Minimum Criteria**
- IAG qualification at Level 4 or above
- A commitment to undertake all necessary training for the role including Career Progression Development (CDP) as directed
- Education to at least A level standard (or equivalent)

**Essential Criteria**
- Experience of working towards and achieving targets and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) with regular reviews, to meet the delivery needs of the charity
- Experience of direct work with face-to-face collaboration with people in a formal or informal setting
- Experience of Microsoft products and ability to use them effectively, including Outlook, Excel, Word, MS Teams, and use of PowerPoint
- Experience of working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Ability to build effective and professional relationships with partner agencies and organisations
- Efficient data inputting skills that show an attention to detail and an understanding of the impact of this work
- An awareness of the issues affecting people, particularly the impact of social and economic disadvantage on personal motivation, confidence, and ability to progress through education, employment, and training
- Full UK drivers’ licence and use of own vehicle for work purposes to travel across county to support the charity needs as directed by the Area Manager

You can read more via the Person Specification here

**Employee Experience**

As a National Careers Service Careers Adviser, you will be providing impartial Careers Information, Advice, and Guidance (CIAG) opportunities to a high-quality, professional standard of service for all adults and young people (over 13 years) living in England, including, learning, employment and career progression options. Careers Advisers are required to be flexible, operate within the scope of the contract and attend venues in the delivery of the service as agreed with your line manager.

**Benefits of working with us**

Our employee benefits include:

- 30-33 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme (matched by CXK up to 10% depending on length of service criteria)
- Benenden private healthcare cover
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Training and development programmes and opportunities
- Mental and physical healthcare initiatives

and more

**Recruitment Timeline**

**Vacancy closing date**: Thursday 8th May 202