Employment Adviser

Job description

**Are you looking for a job that will make a difference? Are you performance oriented and love helping people? We have great news for you. We found you a job at Get Set UK.**

**Why Get Set UK?**
Get Set UK is bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity - 83% of our employees love working for Get Set UK and find their job rewarding and inspiring.
We are a high-performing people services provider, delivering a range of exciting government funded programmes that are aimed at supporting people to find employment and gain qualifications.
Our mission is to support and enable individuals to maximise their employment and career potential.

Join us and work for a fast
- growing company that values people and works for people
We will offer you training, support, and promotion opportunities and, most importantly, a career with purpose.

**Job Purpose Employment Advisor**
- To deliver quality welfare to work services to programme participants.
- To ensure compliance with all DWP and ESF contractual requirements throughout the
- company.
- To work with wider teams to support participant progression.
- To provide outstanding in work support services to optimise job retention and sustained
- outcomes.
**Key Responsibilities **Employment Advisor**
- Assess needs and barriers of participants through SMART action plans and needs
- assessment.
- Source participants from contract award areas via outreach locations
- Support participants into training and employment.
- Work within Jobcentres and local authority and a range of community associations.
- Track and record customer outcomes and activities on the CRM system.
- Assist customers to become job ready by coaching and providing employer led advice
- and guidance.
- Work to targets and deadlines as set out by contract profiles.
- Work alongside the Recruitment Managers to support work ready participants into
- employment.
- Provide ongoing support to participants post recruitment (in work support).
- Signpost participants to a range of organisations to assist with Health, drug and alcohol,
- housing and finance advice.
- Deliver a high-quality service in line with Get Set UK’s delivery model.
- Ensure compliance and accuracy with all aspects of service delivery.
- Will have previous welfare to work experience working on DWP/ESF Funded contracts or having demonstrable set of transferable skills to work in a target driven environment with focus on Quality and Compliance.
**Competencies **Employment Advisor**
- Must have strong communication, conflict management and negotiation skills
- Must be resourceful and innovative with a positive outlook
- Must be target driven and confident to work in a target driven environment
- Must be a team player and supportive of colleagues
- Must be empathetic to vulnerable and at risk adults and have a strong desire to help
- Be able to demonstrate previous experience in a target driven environment.
- Have experience dealing with challenging priority groups.
- Have an employment focused approach to their work.
- Can create SMART action plans and conduct individual needs assessments
- Can demonstrate a high level of accuracy and contractual compliance in their previous roles.
- Computer, data entry and MS Office skills

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £20,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ilford, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)
**Experience**:

- Employment advice: 1 year (preferred)
- IAG: 1 year (preferred)
- Sales: 1 year (preferred)
Reference ID: EA-Ilford