Employment Advisor

Suffolk County Council; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Annual leave 25 days

Cycle to Work

Employer pension

First Aid Mental Health

Wellbeing day

Volunteer day

Job summary

Realise Futures in Ipswich is seeking an Employment Advisor to deliver intensive and tailored support to help participants achieve professional and academic goals and secure fulfilling work.

You will engage with employers, provide high-quality Advice, Information and Guidance to jobseekers, and play a key part in delivering the Restart contract from our Ipswich team. 37 hours per week, permanent role, starting as soon as possible.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Advice, Information and Guidance to prospective candidates.
• Ability to work as part of a high performing team in Ipswich.

Responsibilities

• Deliver intensive and tailored support to help participants achieve professional and academic goals and secure employment.
• Engage with employers and promote the service to the local community.
• Provide high-quality Advice, Information and Guidance to jobseekers to help them access opportunities.

Skills

Advice delivery

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

• Realise Futures
• Address: Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5NZ
• Salary: £27,150 per annum
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent.Required as soon as possible
• Reference: 0884

Location: Ipswich.

Job Ref: 147-25.

Realise Futures is looking for an Employment Advisor.

Would you like to be a valued member of a high performing team?
Do you have experience delivering Advice, Information and Guidance to prospective candidates?
Are you ambitious and want to be the best?

Want to be part of a team delivering the Restart contract for Realise Futures?

If the answer is yes! Then this could be the role that you have been searching for!
A fantastic opportunity is available to deliver real and lasting change, working as an Employment Advisor with our team at a based in Ipswich for 37 hours per week.
You will be at the forefront of the scheme, delivering intensive and tailored support to help a diverse range of participants to achieve their professional and academic aspirations and ultimately to find fulfilling work and outcomes that offer satisfaction and longevity.
Working as part of friendly and supportive team, you will be an excellent communicator who is solution focused, organised, highly motivated and an inspiration to your participants.
Our purpose is to support unemployed jobseekers (our participants) with identifying, applying for, and sustaining employment.

You will engage with employers and make the local communities aware of the benefits of our service.
Participant experience is integral to the success of our business and providing them with excellent service is at the very core of the Employment Advisor role.

If you truly want to make a difference, then reach out to us now!

To find out more

For an informal discussion regarding this role please email Emma Manning on [e-mail]

To download a copy of the full job description, please visit our website

About us

The purpose of Realise Futures is to improve the wellbeing, mental health and employability of disabled and disadvantaged people whilst contributing to the economy in our communities. Realise Futures operates as a hybrid company combining commercial trade with personal and government funded public services.

Our aim is to create opportunities for people to succeed in work, learning and life throughfour company departments, Learning Coaching and Advice, Employment and Inclusion and RF Works (seven distinct Social Businesses) and Central (internal core infrastructure).

We provide professional and tailored opportunities that support people to realise their potential.
As one of the largest Community Interest Companies in the East of England, we employ approximately 230 staff, 40% of which have a declareddisability.

Realise Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people, and children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Our benefits

• flexible working arrangements (where business needs allow)
• performance related pay increase system as part of the appraisal process
• 55p per mile expenses (cars, first 10,000 miles, excluding commute)
• an Appreciation Award if successfully nominated: £150 per individual OR £500 shared across your team
• an Annual Colleague Awards event at our AGM
• 25 days annual leave (in addition to recognised bank holidays) unless working less than 52 weeks a year
• an additional day of paid leave around your birthday
• an additional paid wellbeing day
• an additional paid volunteer day
• 3 days additional annual leave after 3 years’ service – unless working less than 52 weeks a year
• an additional day’s paid leave on the day that you celebrate a 5-year work anniversary with Realise Futures
• a disability leave policy that is separate from Sickness Absence
• a confidential counselling service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to you and members of your immediate family
• Trained First Aid Mental Health First Aiders
• a Cycle to Work scheme
• an occupational pension scheme.

RealiseFuturesCIC
A company operating across Suffolk and Norfolk combining commercial trade of products and services alongside work placements, employment and training opportunities. The primary aim of the business is to improve and promote the economic and social wellbeing of those who are disadvantaged and/or disabled.

The company is organised in four divisions, Learning and Development, Employment and Inclusion and RF Works (seven distinct Social Businesses) and Central (internal core infrastructure). Together they provide professional and tailored opportunities that support people to realise their potential.

Realise Futures: Enhancing People’s Lives.