Careers Adviser

**The Role**

As a Careers Adviser, you will join our supportive and hard-working team in Workington. We work with both unemployed adults as well as with young people to provide careers information, advice and guidance and personal support to those at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training).

**Key responsibilities of the role may include**:

- Providing personalised 1:1 careers advice and guidance
- Working with groups to enable young people to gain a better understanding of the world of work and the options available to them. This includes the planning and delivering of sessions.
- Collaborating with employers and training providers to support young people to make the transition from education into work and training.
- Proactively managing a caseload of participants
- Delivering dynamic personal development and career management courses to groups;
- Supporting participants to identify and develop transferable skills
- Supporting customers with the use of appropriate online resources
- Maintaining an awareness and understanding of the local labour market and building and maintaining external relationships to help support participants into suitable employment, education or training
- Completing documentation to the required standard and within required timescales
- Following up with customers to ensure advice given has made a difference.
- Achieving contractual performance targets.

These posts are permanent. The hours of work are 37 per week, however requests for part time hours will also be considered**.**

**About You**

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate:

- An enthusiasm for working with, and supporting, young people and/or adults
- The ability to thrive in a busy and varied work environment
- Experience of working with adults or young people, on a 1:1 basis or in groups;
- Previous experience of delivering Careers Information, Advice and Guidance;
- The ability to manage a caseload of individuals;
- The ability to identify, establish and maintain effective working partnerships for the benefit of customers
- The ability to keep accurate and up to date records with a good attention to detail. This includes data entry on electronic systems
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to respond to demanding pressures and to meet deadlines
- An ability to work on own initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving

**Our Benefits**

We are passionate about people and support our employees to do what they do best through a dynamic and supportive working environment with opportunities for continued professional development to work across multiple contracts.

We also offer a great benefits package, including 26 days annual leave, rising each year to a maximum of 33 days; Enhanced sick pay; Enhanced pension contributions; Life assurance cover; Access to counselling service; Access to medical health plan and the opportunity to work flexibly across home and office locations.

**Why Inspira?**

Inspira is the leading Organisation delivering Personal Development and Career Management for Young People and Adults in the North West. Through our work we help local people into work, improve their skills and open new opportunities. Our aim is to support disadvantaged people, help local communities to reduce inequalities which in turn will influence healthier, safer, and more sustainable local economies.

We inspire young people and adults to find their purpose and reach their potential to **Be Bold, Be Relevant and Be Resilient**.

**Next Steps**

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

Pay: Up to £28,922.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 205