Employment Advisor Grimsby - REEDEA0608

Standguide Group; Grimsby; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave 33 days

Birthday day off

Health plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Will-planning

Cycle to Work

Sick pay

Professional training

Employee-owner benefits

Pension

Online GP

Death in service

Job summary

Standguide is recruiting an Employment Advisor in Grimsby to attract, register and guide participants toward successful job placements. You will use diagnostic skills, individual and group coaching, and funding optimization to empower people to secure sustainable employment.

No prior Employment Advisor experience is required; comprehensive training will be provided. The role emphasizes building trust with job seekers and employers and helping individuals realise their potential.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with the Job Centre Plus and other Partners to ensure participants are aware of services and reassure them about access.
• Sign participants up to the programme following system and process guidance with accurate documentation.
• Explain the service offering and ensure participants understand their rights and responsibilities while registering according to contract and eligibility.
• Identify and manage participant expectations regarding data protection, confidentiality, and programme rules to gain buy-in.
• Develop and manage participant job goals using coaching techniques for diagnosis and progression.
• Deliver group training sessions to engage and empower participants toward sustainable employment.

Job description

Salary: £26,780 per annum rising to £28,325 after completion of a successful probation period

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs pw)

Location: Grimsby – DN31

Standguide is an employee-owned organisation, which means our employees have a voice in the business and a shared interest in its long-term success.

Alongside a rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference, we offer:

• 33 days paid annual leave, including bank holidays, increasing to 38 days after five full years’ service


• An additional paid day off for your birthday


• Company health plan following successful completion of probation


• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling and wellbeing support


• Will-planning support and access to a secure digital vault


• Cycle to Work scheme


• Company sick pay, subject to eligibility


• A broad range of internal training and continuing professional development opportunities


• Access to employee-owner benefits, subject to eligibility and qualifying service


• Workplace pension scheme


• Online GP access


• Death in service cover

Make a difference through meaningful employment

Join us as an Employment Advisor! The role involves attracting, registering, and guiding participants towards successful placements. Utilising diagnostic skills, individual and group coaching, and optimising available funding, you'll empower individuals to secure sustainable employment.

You don’t need previous Employment advisor experience, as full training will be provided. What matters most is your ability to build trust, work positively with people and employers, and help individuals recognise and achieve their potential.

About Standguide

For more than three decades, Standguide has supported individuals and employers across the UK. We provide employment, skills and support services that help people overcome barriers, develop their potential and move towards sustainable employment.

As an employee-owned organisation, we’re committed to investing in our people, delivering high-quality services and creating positive outcomes for the communities we support.

What you’ll do

As an Employment Advisor, you'll:

• 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, clarifies, and manages the 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.

Previous experience or training in the Individual Placement and Support approach would be an advantage, but it isn’t essential.

Overseas equivalent qualifications will be considered.

We welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience and recognise the valuable insight this can bring to the role.

Equality and accessibility

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our employees, applicants and customers.

We’ll consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Please contact [e-mail] if you need the advert or application information in another format or require an adjustment at any stage.

All applicants will be assessed fairly against the published criteria for the role.

Pre‑employment checks

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, confirmation of the applicant’s right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS check.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us. Any information disclosed will be considered fairly and individually, taking account of its relevance to the role and the circumstances involved.

For a copy of the full job description and person specification, please email [e-mail].

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme