Employment Advisor in Bristol

Join us as an Employment Advisor! The role involves attracting, registering, and guiding participants towards successful placements. Utilizing diagnostic skills, individual and group coaching, and optimising available funding, you will empower individuals to secure sustainable employment. You must have a full UK driving license as the role requires travel. You will operate across various locations, including fixed sites and community venues ensuring accessibility for all. Meeting targets and adhering to program obligations and processes is essential in this role.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with the Job Centre Plus and other relevant partners through regular telephone contact, visits, and newsletters as appropriate to ensure participants are aware of our services and to allay any concerns they may have with accessing or utilising our services.
• Sign participants up to the programme following system and process guidance (e.g., accurate and timely completion of documentation).
• Explain our service offering (details of the programme) including ensuring the participant understands their rights and responsibilities (e.g., complaints & feedback process), whilst registering the participant in accordance with contractual obligations and eligibility criteria.
• Identify, clarify, and manage participant expectations of the process including data protection, confidentiality and ground rules of the programme and the relationship to achieve buy-in to the programme.
• Develop and manage participant's job goals using creative techniques and deep level questioning as necessary for the participants needs to assist with diagnosis and progression.
• Engage and empower participants whilst delivering group training sessions, with the aim of progressing them to achieve sustainable employment.

Requirements

• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum.
• Experience of working in a performance target driven environment. Examples include working as an Employment Advisor on a similar contract, being a Recruitment Consultant, or having experience in business development, sales targets in a retail business or call centre, etc.
• Technical skills include strong administration skills, good computer/technology skills, basic numeracy skills and good written communication/record keeping skills.
• Personal interests include an interest in people and willingness to learn.
• Personal circumstances include willingness to travel locally (e.g., to meet participants/employers).
• Full UK driving license as role requires travel.

Benefits

• CPD – Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills.
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out.
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period.
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays.
• 5-10 sick days per year paid.

Equal Opportunities

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination. Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.