Employment Advisor – YJG

Groundwork; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Groundwork London’s Youth Jobs Guarantee programme aims to place and fund wages for around 1000 young people over 18 months. You will support youths referred by JCP into subsidised placements, guiding them through six months and into lasting employment.

You will perform initial assessments, create SMART action plans, and work with Employer Liaison Team to secure roles. Strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail and client focus are essential.

Qualifikationen

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

Aufgaben

• Conduct initial assessments with clients and develop SMART action plans.
• Broker candidates into subsidised roles secured by the Employer Liaison Team.
• Support participants throughout their six-month placement and into sustained employment.
• Manage key outcomes, track targets, and ensure contract compliance.
• Handle your caseload autonomously while contributing to the wider team.

Kenntnisse

Employer engagement

Caseload management

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Job Purpose

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.

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

Language English

Job type Project Officer

Work location Groundwork London’s offices and project locations

Region Groundwork London

Working hours 37.5 per week

Role type Full time

Contract type Fixed Term (Paid) - Fixed Term for 2 years