Careers Advisor

Shaw Trust; Bowden; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave per year (plus

2 days paid volunteering leave each

An enhanced pension scheme after 6

Life Assurance at 3 times your annual

Learning and development opportunities

Diversity networks access

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working from day one

Job summary

Shaw Trust in Havering, East London, is recruiting for a multi-purpose Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) role supporting young people in schools, NEET cohorts and those at risk.

You will deliver school-based CIAG, provide targeted support to raise aspirations and help learners progress into sustainable education, training or employment, while benefiting from generous leave, pension and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Deliver high-quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to young people.
• This multi-purpose role combines CIAG in schools with targeted support for vulnerable learners.
• Proactive in helping students explore options and progress into learning, training or work.

Responsibilities

• Provide school-based CIAG to students in Havering and surrounding areas.
• Support vulnerable young people to raise aspirations and achieve sustainable progression.
• Collaborate with education partners to improve opportunities for learners.

Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

To provide high-quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to young people in secondary schools, colleges, and those who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET. This multi-purpose role combines school-based Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) with targeted support for vulnerable young people, helping them to explore options, raise aspirations, and progress into sustainable learning, training, or employment.

Location

You will be based in Havering, East London

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [e-mail]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.