National Careers Service Adviser

Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. We believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

Purpose: To provide impartial information, advice and guidance to National Careers Service customers using various modes of delivery, empowering customers to achieve their career management goals, whilst evidencing all job and learning outcomes and support given. The National Careers Service provides free careers information, advice, and guidance to both young people (from the age of 13) and adults predominately through face-to-face delivery within the community, website, webchat, and telephone helpline. The Service vision is for individuals to enjoy more rewarding working lives and to create a culture where career development and acquiring new skills are the norm.

Essential: You will have:

• Hold, as a minimum, Level 4 Diploma in Careers Information and Advice or NVQ 4 in Advice & Guidance or willing to undertake and complete training within 12 months of starting.
• Experience in delivery of careers advice to adults, individually or in groups, employed and unemployed.
• High level of competency, effective operation and use of ICT including its wider application e.g. use of social media.

Location: You will be based at venues across Coventry, but may be required to cover venues in Warwickshire.

Employee Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year.
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate.
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes.
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network).
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation:

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career. We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.