Employment Coordinator

ENABLE Scotland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employability organization in Aberdeen City is seeking an Employment Coordinator to help individuals overcome barriers to work. The role involves providing guidance and support to clients, managing workloads, and building relationships with employers. Applicants should have strong communication skills, a commitment to helping others, and the ability to work autonomously. This position offers a generous salary and excellent benefits along with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Drive and commitment to support individuals in securing quality employment.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Natural aptitude for building professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to individuals with barriers to employment.
• Manage workload to help clients achieve job goals.
• Build relationships with employers to create job opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Relationship building

IT literacy

Job description

About The Role

Employment Coordinator – Aberdeen City

Do you have a passion for helping people? Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills? Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland? Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job? Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role, as an Employment Coordinator, is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment. This role is based within schools across Aberdeen City, supporting young people from S3 to S6, to introduce employability skills, identify career goals and secure a positive destination post school.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid. Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work. We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce. We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and, following a period of significant growth, we are looking to grow our team. We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role. We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you. Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post. For further information please see our full job pack. Please note there is a pay award pending for Enable Works staff.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain a positive destination, including high quality, well paid jobs
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Confident communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each client’s individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous, so you will be trusted to make the right decisions for your clients. Therefore you need to manage your workload well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans
• Blue Light Card

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability. Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles. The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed. Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.