Employability Assistant

Medirest Signature; Redcar; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an employability assistant to enhance administration skills and support the Employability Service. The role involves helping customers overcome challenges and achieve employment goals in a rewarding environment. It offers growth, teamwork, and a comprehensive benefits package including generous holidays and commitment to fair wages.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Competitive pension scheme

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Recognition schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Passionate about helping others and improving administration skills.
• Experience in a support role or similar environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to ensure smooth operations of the Employability Service.
• Assist customers by raising aspirations and overcoming employment challenges.
• Support an externally funded employability contract.

Skills

Administration

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Relevant qualifications or experience in administration or support roles

Job description

Looking to improve your administration skills? Look no further! We have a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join us as an employability assistant!

You will have the opportunity to support the team in making a positive impact on the lives of the customers by raising their aspirations and overcoming their challenges and barriers to help them move into employment or have a career change.

This role willprovide support and assistance on all aspects of administration to ensure the smooth running of the Employability Service. This role will also be key in supporting an externally funded employability contract.

If you’re passionate about helping others and want to be part of a friendly, professional team, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and bring your skills to a company that values quality and teamwork.

Claire Simpsonis our hiring manager for this role, so if you fancy an informal chat about the role, why not give her a call on07971 147540.

The closing date for applications isWednesday 16 July 2025, applications will be reviewed throughout the duration of the advert and we may close it early should enough great applications be received. We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy.

Our Employability team is here to support your application. If you need any assistance, please call 0345 065 5656 or [e-mail].

We are committed to paying the real living wage as defined by the Real Living Wage Foundation, which is higher than the government-set national living wage.

Pay award pending minimum 2.2%

Who isBeyond Housing?

Our story began in 2018 and we’d like you to be part of our future. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers and 750 colleagues, we're changing lives every day. Our mission is simple; to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable – that’s just our way of life.

Our offices are more than just the space we work in. We encourage inspiration, creativity and productivity in a relaxed and comfortable environment. We’re looking for peoplewho are travelling in the same direction when it comes to the way we work, live our values and deliver our services. Our reward and recognition offer is pretty impressive too!

We have ambitious plans for further growth and impact, and we need the right people to take this leap with us. It may be challenging at times, but you can be assured that it is going to be rewarding and inspiring. After all, we are changing lives, every day, in all that we do.

Our values and extremely important to us and we want all our colleagues to really live our values every day, we are looking for candidates who show they have the skills to do the role and are aligned with our values.

At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Why choose us?

The team here at Beyond Housing genuinely cares about the work we do to transform the lives of our customers. We think this is a pretty big reason to love your career at Beyond Housing, and that’s why our benefits package shows Beyond Housing genuinely cares about its teams too.

Here are some details of our employment package:

• Generous holiday entitlement (up to 39 days including bank holidays after 5 years’ service) with the ability to purchase more if you wish
• Impressive salaries that match the market rate, with a commitment to an annual cost of living rise
• Commitment to paying the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation
• Competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions, to help you plan financially for your retirement
• Life assurance to look after your loved ones should the worst happen to you, and generous time off for bereavement if the worst happens to your loved ones
• Health cash plan, to claim back basic medical expenses such as optical, dental, and complementary therapies, along with free flu jabs to keep you tip-top
• A much-needed caffeine boost with free tea and coffee (and cordial for when you’re feeling parched)
• Recognition schemes such as weekly ‘Cheers For Peers’, ‘Star of the Quarter’ and our prestigious annual Star Awards event
• Long service awards every 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme and cycle parking (if you’ve got the legs for it)
• Cashback and discounts scheme covering a range of well-known retailers and leisure providers
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle lease scheme to support cost effective green travel