Job Details:   Job Title: Work Programme Employment Advisor 

Location: Buxton, Derbyshire

Intially Ongoing contract Role (with a view to become permanent)

Starting Salary: Between £17k - £19k per annum (Negotiable)

Overview:
Our East Midlands based client is a highly prestigious Training Provider organisation who support and advise business organisations across key areas of the East Midlands region. The organisation is growing very rapidly, with numerous Training Centres within the region including Buxton where this role is based.

This organisation is now looking to appoint a Work Programme Employment Advisors to work in their Nottingham centre, initally on a temporary contract basis. This could leasd to a Permanent role, and is therefore a fantastic opportunity to join a prestigious training organisation.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

Working to agreed contractual job outcome targets and agreements deliver a successful programme of support to unemployed individuals through encouragement and motivation and helping to break down barriers. 

SCOPE OF JOB

Recruit unemployed adult clients onto the Work Programme

• Employer engagement
• To work to job outcome targets set by the funding organisations

• To prepare all clients for engaging in sustainable work through a variety of key processes and activities, whilst identifying solutions to challenges faced by the client.
• To work within the quality framework

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ideally a Learning and Development qualification @ Level 3
• Basic / Key skills at level 2
• Basic counselling certificate – Desirable
• CRB enhanced

EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of assessment and quality processes
• Good level of communication and administration skills
• 2 Years experience of DWP programmes for the unemployed
• Experience of working with clients with a wide range of support needs and barriers
• Ideally minimum 2 years experience in employer/client engagement role

DUTIES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with new clients and carry out thorough initial assessment and induction onto programme.
• Identifying barriers and ensuring they are addressed with meaningful actions set on the client’s action plan
• Match client to suitable workplace for work experience taking into account preferences of sector and learning needs
• Be available to canvass new companies with a view to them participating in the work based learning route and taking clients on work experience. 
• Meet targets and deadlines in line with contract requirements and share this information with other team members and management when required
• Provide advice, guidance and support to clients to enable them to meet their program aims and objectives utilising outside agencies where necessary