Employment Advisor

Trigon Recruitment Ltd; Boston; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A national training provider is seeking an Employment Advisor in Boston to assist unemployed customers in securing jobs. This role involves managing a caseload, creating action plans, and using various techniques to identify barriers to employment. Candidates should possess strong organizational skills and be target-driven. This is a rewarding role with a supportive culture and low attrition rates.

Qualifications

• Experience in a coaching or advising role, preferably in employment services.
• Ability to create and manage an action plan for customers.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Work towards a job start target each month.
• Achieve sustained job outcomes each month.
• Manage a caseload of customers and support them into work.
• Create a smart and robust action plan for each customer.
• Fully coach, motivate, inspire and develop customer employability skills.
• Actively apply for roles with customers.
• Fully preparing customers for job interviews.

Skills

Organised and able to manage a caseload of job seekers

Target driven

Tenacious

Driven

Empathetic

Motivational

Inspir­ing

Job description

Role: Employment Advisor

Location: Boston

Salary: £31,000

Role Overview

Trigon Recruitment are recruiting for a reputable national training provider for an Employment Advisor. This role will carry a caseload of customers who are unemployed and referred by Job Centre Plus. An Employment Adviser will use a variety of techniques including effective diagnosis/initial assessment to identify barriers to employment, individual and group coaching, developing paper based marketing tools such as CV’s, supporting and improving interview techniques, speculatively approaching employers with and on behalf of the customer to source vacancies and maximising on any participant funding available to achieve sustainable employment.

Main Duties

• Work towards a job start target each month
• Achieve sustained job outcomes each month
• Manage a caseload of customers and support them into work
• Create a smart and robust action plan for each customer
• Fully coach, motivate, inspire and develop customer employability skills
• Actively apply for roles with customers
• Fully preparing customers for job interviews
• Ensuring all paper based employability tools such as covering letters, CV’s, speculative letters are in place
• Carrying out benefit calculations
• Signposting where applicable to partner agencies
• Liaising with employers to source exclusive job opportunities
• Fully updating the organisation database in a timely manner

Key Skills and Attributes

• Organised and able to manage a caseload of job seekers
• Target driven
• Tenacious
• Driven
• Empathetic
• Motivational
• Inspir­ing

This is a very rewarding role for the right candidate which requires a very capable and multi‑skilled individual to be successful. The organisation is well established and has a wonderful culture and ethos with low attrition rates.