Employment Advisor

Ad Warrior Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Groundwork London is seeking an Employment Advisor to support the Youth Jobs Guarantee across London. The role involves delivering quality advice and guidance to young jobseekers, conducting initial assessments, and helping clients achieve sustainable progression into work through subsidised placements.

You will work within Groundwork London’s Employment and Skills teams, manage a caseload, maintain compliance, and contribute to ambitious outcomes over the 2-year fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering information, advice and guidance to job seekers.
• Ability to complete initial assessments and develop SMART action plans.
• Experience in engaging employers and brokering opportunities for young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality IAG to Youth Jobs Guarantee referrals.
• Conduct initial assessments and design SMART career plans with clients.
• Broker participants into subsidised roles and support them through placement and beyond.
• Meet programme targets and ensure adherence to contract compliance and procedures.

Skills

IAG delivery

Client engagement

SMART goal setting

Job description

Employment Advisor - Youth Jobs Guarantee

Location: Groundwork offices and locations across London.

Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years

Salary: £29,000-£32,000

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

The Groundwork London Employment and Skills teams support unemployed Londoners to progress into work across the capital. Our teams of Employment Advisors and Trainers work with clients to identify their employment aspirations and overcome the barriers to securing those goals.

Groundwork has secured contracts to deliver the Youth Jobs Guarantee in Central and North London. Through the contracts, we will place and contribute to the wages of circa 1000 previously long term unemployed young people over the next 18 months. Your role will be to support YP's referred by JCP into the waged placements we secure for them, to support them throughout their 6 month placement and into sustainable employment.

We are seeking an inspiring and motivated Employment Advisor to work as part of the YJG team, providing quality IAG to clients referred to the programme from JCP.

You will support young people who have been unemployed for at least 18 months. Your role will include completing an initial assessment with clients, devising SMART action plans to support progression and brokering them into the subsidised roles secured by our Employer Liaison Team, then supporting them throughout their placement and into sustained employment on completion.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills, good attention to detail and be client focused. You will need manage the key outcomes of the programme and meet the targets. Alongside these qualities you will have the ability to understand and follow compliance process requirements for the contract. You will be self-reliant in managing your caseload and also contribute to the success of the wider team.

Groundwork has a long and exceptional track record in developing and delivering programmes of this similar nature to Youth Jobs Guarantee. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to change the lives of hundreds of young unemployed Londoners.

This contract goes live from 23rd November 2026, and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to commence in post on or as near this date as possible.

Please contact us if you have:

• Demonstrable success in employer engagement.
• Experience of working with long term unemployed job seekers and understanding their support needs.

Accepting applications up until Midday, Monday 2nd November 2026