Careers and Employment Advisor - Wandsworth, London

Join our Lifelong Learning team and help adults build skills, confidence and opportunities through high-quality education! As a Careers and Employment Advisor, you will empower adult learners to recognise their potential, build confidence and take purposeful steps towards employment or progression in a competitive job market. Working within Wandsworth Council Lifelong Learning, you will provide tailored information, advice and guidance, helping learners identify suitable career pathways, develop employability skills and overcome barriers to work. You will manage a caseload of learners, develop individual action plans and work collaboratively with tutors, colleagues and employers to create meaningful opportunities that lead to employment, further learning, volunteering or other positive destinations.

In this varied role, you will work directly with adult learners, tutors, colleagues, employers, community groups and partner organisations to support progression into employment, further learning or other positive destinations. You will:

• Provide high-quality, learner-centred information, advice and guidance to adults progressing towards employment, further learning or improved work readiness.
• Work with learners to identify career goals, barriers to employment and agreed next steps through individual action plans.
• Support learners with CV preparation, job applications, interview preparation, job-search techniques and confidence building.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with employers to identify vacancies, work-related opportunities and progression routes.
• Match suitable learners to vacancies and opportunities, taking account of their skills, interests and readiness.
• Maintain accurate enrolment, eligibility, learner records and progression evidence in line with service requirements.
• Engage new learners through outreach, referrals, events and partnership activity, promoting Lifelong Learning programmes to community groups, council services and partner organisations.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Experience of delivering employability support to adults, including job applications, CV writing, interview preparation and confidence building.
• Providing advice and guidance to adults and supporting progression into employment.
• Working with employers, developing effective relationships and signposting or matching candidates to suitable employment opportunities.
• Delivering one-to-one support sessions, workshops or group activities linked to employability, progression or careers development.

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with learners, employers and partner organisations.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to teamwork, partnership working and service development, with a commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and safeguarding.

If you meet the above criteria and would like to make a difference by empowering adult learners to recognise their potential, we encourage you to apply. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Joss New.

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

Shortlisting Date: by 18 September 2026

Interview Date: TBC

There will be an initial online interview with a panel and then successful candidates will be asked to attend an in-person interview at the centre and complete some general assessments. We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.