Employability Mentor/Trainer

jobs24.co.uk; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an Employability Mentor/Trainer, where your passion for helping others can shine. In this impactful role, you'll deliver engaging training courses, provide one-on-one support, and connect individuals with job opportunities. With a commitment to enhancing skills and building confidence, you'll play a vital part in transforming lives across the UK. This position offers a supportive environment with a focus on personal growth and development, ensuring that you make a meaningful difference in the community. If you're ready to inspire and empower others, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

CPD - Internal Training

Generous Pension Scheme

Company Health Plan

25 Days Annual Leave

8 Bank Holidays

Paid Sick Days (5-10 per year)

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in training or teaching.
• Full UK Driving License required for travel.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training and one-to-one support for job seekers.
• Conduct assessments to identify customer skills and strengths.

Skills

Teaching Skills

Training Delivery

Job Search Assistance

Communication Skills

Customer Support

Education

Level 2 English and Maths

PTTLS or equivalent

PGCE or PGDE (desirable)

Tools

PCs

Laptops

Tablets

Online Job Sites

Job description

For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses. Do you enjoy helping others? Are you passionate about teaching and helping people find jobs? If so, we're looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team of Employability Mentor/Trainers. In this role, you'll play a key part in helping people gain the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the workplace. You'll deliver engaging training courses, help people build their skills, and connect them with exciting job opportunities. If you're passionate about helping others succeed, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

• Deliver a variety of training and one to one support designed to prepare the customer for securing employment including via work placement/trial that will lead to employment.
• Train customers in specific employability and functional skills in line with the requirements of the local labour market, and specific employers. Relevant customer documentation to be completed in line with company procedures.
• Carry out inductions and the basic assessment of the customers to identify their transferable skills, strengths, and experience. This will include, where appropriate, a work skills assessment for literacy and numeracy.
• Provide one to one support for our customers, job search sessions, exploring the local labour market and securing interviews with employers.
• Provide ICT focused job search skills, including using PCs, Laptops and Tablets to apply for jobs online, produce electronic CVs and attach them to online job applications, completing application forms online, using online web-based job sites including Find a Job.
• Work with employers, training providers and other agencies to strengthen the service we provide to our customers, including booking them in to deliver a session on the course.

Minimum Requirements

• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum.
• PTTLS or equivalent trainer/teaching qualification.
• Appropriate training qualification for example, PGCE, PGDE would be desirable.
• Experience of delivering training and/or teaching people of all ages (minimum 1 - 2 years).
• Previous experience of working with individuals claiming income support and incapacity benefit and the barriers they face.
• Knowledge of Jobcentre Plus programmes and incentives for unemployed people.
• Full UK Driving License as this role requires travel.

Benefits

• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills.
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out.
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period.
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays.
• 5-10 sick days per year paid.

Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide. Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination. Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.