Employment Advisor
- Recruiter
- Alderwood
- Location
- Southampton
- Salary
- 25500.00 - 29000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 29 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 08 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
As an Employment Advisor you will play a vital role in the success of the programme. You will be in charge of managing a caseload of customers, working with them to create and follow an individualised work plan towards sustained employment.
Key responsibilities:
- Take responsibility and accountability for customers as assigned and working with them through to employment.
- Assessing the customer's starting position to decide how to best meet their needs.
- Building rapport and a positive working relationship with each customer.
- Address customer's barriers to employment, providing challenge, advice, and guidance where appropriate to develop customers capability
- Identify, structure, and recommend vacancy and training solutions, working in close consultation with the team and other third parties for specialist signposting services
- Maintain customer records to a required quality standard
- Meeting KPI's and targets
- Develop relationships and networks with key stakeholders such as: Employers, Job Centre teams and funding providers
No prior experience is necessary, but we are looking for the following soft skills:
- A passion for working with people
- Experience of working in a customer focused, target driven environment.
- Some exposure to supporting and coaching to individuals with the ability to constructively challenge where needed.
- A level of independence and professionalism to work independently;
- Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills;
- Performance and target focused
- Positive outlook with a determination and drive to want to make a positive difference
Whats in it for you?
The team is constantly growing and there will naturally be progression opportunities created. Working hours are 9:00am-5:30pm with 1 hour for lunch, 37.5 hours per week. You will be provided with a laptop, smart phone, Printer/scanner and headset. Salary ranges between GBP25,500 - GBP29,000 depending on experience.
Benefits include:
- Professional and accredited IEP Level 2 qualification
- Pension at 5% employee and 10% contribution from Employer
- Vitality Health cover
- Travel insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 days annual leave
- GBP200 per year to spend on /health & Wellness
If you are interested in this role please contact Nathan Rothwell at Alderwood Recruitment for an informal chat on and if you would like to apply for the role please email your updated CV.