Employment Adviser

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Leeds
Salary
Competitive
Posted
26 Jun 2018
Closes
24 Jul 2018
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
THE COMPANY:

Brewster Pratap are currently working with a well known public sector company, supporting them with finding Employment Advisors in South and West Yorkshire.

The client is on a mission to be the partner of choice for developing people and their communities. This public service provider specialise in skills training for the long-term unemployed, increasing employment opportunities by working with employers and providing youth services

THE JOB:

Hours: 27hours per week based in Leeds.

Employment Advisers are the front line.

The main purpose of the role is to support unemployed jobseekers with finding and sustaining employment, engage with employers and make local communities aware of the benefits of our service. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Meeting with jobseekers, identifying any challenges and barriers with finding employment
• Booking jobseekers to any relevant training courses including customer service, security, hospitality, personal development, IT literacy and many others
• Supporting jobseekers with CV writing and job application process
• Liaising with employers to identify any employment opportunities for the jobseekers
• Outreach work - promoting within the local community

Key to your success in this role is to demonstrate the ability to build rapport, show empathy, motivate people and influence their perception of working.

THE PERSON:
Required skills and experience:

• Able to demonstrate coaching/mentoring experience and persuasion/influencing skills through previous work or social activities
• Experience of working in a customer facing environment (i.e. Customer Services, Hospitality, Social Care, Customer Services, Sales)
• Experience of working in a performance target driven environment
• Willingness to travel locally (e.g. to meet customers/employers).

Desirable Personal Attributes:

Experience of exposure to various customer groups.
• previous experience of a working in a similar role in Welfare to Work or publicly funded services
• any relevant advisory and/or training qualification e.g. Award in Education & Training (formally PTLLs Level 3), NVQ Advice & Guidance or equivalent.
• A degree in relevant subjects or equivalent, e.g. Sociology, Social Care etc.

THE BENEFITS:

to be confirmed

Brewster Pratap Business & Office Support is a division of the Brewster Pratap Recruitment Group focusing on the recruitment of talent in administration, business support, HR, sales, marketing and purchasing jobs in in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. If you are interested in discussing this job in more detail or any other aspect of business and office support recruitment we would really like to hear from you. Please visit our website at (url removed) for more information

More searches like this