Employment Hub Advisor

Hull City Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

LGPS pension

Annual leave + holidays

Career development

Supportive culture

Career opportunities

Job summary

Hull City Council is seeking an Employment Hub Advisor to join the team on a full-time, permanent basis. The role focuses on developing and supporting a caseload of clients through targeted employment and enterprise programmes, using diagnostic tools and partnership input.

You will prioritise activities, create action plans, help with funding applications, engage with young people and deliver workshops, while accurately recording activities and contributing to management reports.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a caseload in employment support.
• Ability to support funding applications with external agencies.
• Ability to identify client development needs and liaise with providers.
• Experience engaging young people through outreach activities.
• Experience developing and delivering employability and enterprise skills.
• Ability to record activities and advise on budgets.
• Ability to present at meetings and promote programmes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a caseload of clients eligible for targeted support programmes.
• Prioritise activity and set an action plan with the client to support employment/enterprising journey.
• Identify client support needs and liaise with other providers when required.
• Proactively engage with young people via the Young Peoples Employment Hub Champion.
• Develop and deliver employment and enterprise skills programmes.
• Attend meetings, network and deliver workshops; advise on programme aims.
• Record client activities accurately and advise clients on budgets.
• Ensure monitoring systems are up to date for accurate management reports.

Skills

Client engagement

Budgeting

Networking

Workshop delivery

Public speaking

Job description

Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Proposed Interview Date: Monday, October 5, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Gillian Oaten Contact Number: 01482 613347 Job Description Summary: This is a Full Time Permanent Position Interview will take place on 5 & 6 October 2026

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Effectively develop and support a caseload of clients focusing on those that are eligible for the targeted support programmes, by means of using diagnostic tools, and the use of specialist support when required.
2. Prioritise activity and agree an action plan with the client to support the development of their employment/enterprising journey including help with funding applications by referring to appropriate financial support agencies.
3. Accurately identify client support and development needs, identifying support required to improve their capacity to become enterprising employees or to develop an enterprising idea and if need be liaise with other providers such as those delivered by HCAL.
4. Proactively identify and engage with young people with the Young Peoples Employment Hub Champion via a range of engagement activities who might be interested in employment and entrepreneurship, which will involve them dealing with confidential information on a regular basis.
5. Develop and deliver, with the aid of relevant partners, employment and enterprise skills programmes relating to the Big 13 Enterprise skills to enable the individual to become a more enterprising person.
6. Attend and present at relevant meetings, networking and events to promote the programme and provide support to companies attending. Assisting in the delivery of workshops including online, individual and group training sessions and where appropriate advise clients on the programme’s aims and objectives.
7. Record client activities in a timely and accurate manner using appropriate systems and advise clients on budgets.
8. Ensure that monitoring systems are kept up to date in order that management reports that are provided to a variety of audiences including HCC and JC+ (programme funder) are accurate.

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Compensation Grades: GRADES 7. Pay Ranges: £32,597.00 - £35,412.00

Job Classifications: 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced & Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post), OSP - Other Support Staff (School WorkForce Census)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process. By joining our team you will be making a tangible difference to the lives of people in Hull. Working with people who are as passionate about our place and public services as you are.

https://www.hull.gov.uk/jobs/welcome-hull-city-council/introduction-working-hull-city-council