Employment Specialist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Leave allowance

LGPS pension

Career development

Employee assistance

Cycle to Work

Family-friendly benefits

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is recruiting four fixed-term Employment Specialist posts to deliver the Connect to Work programme over two years in Gloucestershire. The role focuses on one-to-one support for residents facing barriers to work, including disability and long-term health conditions, through vocational profiling and personalised employment plans.

Post holders will build relationships with local employers and support organisations to create inclusive vacancies.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with health conditions or disabilities.
• DBS check required and right to work for at least six months.
• Fluent spoken English for customer-facing role.
• Able to build relationships with participants, employers and support organisations.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support to individuals facing barriers to work.
• Develop vocational profiling and personalised employment plans.
• Build relationships with participants, employers and partners.
• Identify inclusive vacancies and support employers to fill them.
• Use local labour market knowledge to match strengths to jobs.
• Work across Gloucestershire in various localities.

Skills

Experience supporting people with健康

Employment policies & welfare services

Negotiation & influence

Partnership building

Customer focus

Job description

Four fixed-term Employment Specialist posts within the Gloucestershire Employment and Skills Hub, delivering the Connect to Work programme over two years. The core of the job is one-to-one support for residents facing barriers to work, including disability and long-term health conditions, through vocational profiling and personalised employment plans. Post holders also build relationships with local employers and support organisations to create inclusive vacancies, and lived experience is valued alongside professional experience. Sponsorship is not offered, so candidates must hold a right to work covering at least six months and speak fluent English.

What the job involves

• One-to-one support for individuals facing barriers to work, such as disability or long-term health conditions
• Build strong relationships with participants
• Carry out vocational profiling and agree personalised employment plans with participants
• Work with local employers and support organisations to create inclusive job opportunities
• Use knowledge of the local labour market to match people's strengths with real jobs
• Work in localities across Gloucestershire

What’s required

Experience

• Experience of supporting people with health conditions or disabilities, through professional or lived experience

Skills & knowledge

• Solid understanding of employment policies and welfare services
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Partnership-building skills
• Customer-focused approach

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check
• Right to work covering at least six months' employment
• Fluent spoken English for a customer-facing role

Other

• Self-motivated and driven by outcomes

What’s offered

• Flexible and agile working
• 25.5 days' annual leave, rising to 30.5 days after five years' continuous service
• Option to buy 10 additional days' leave a year
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme and in-house occupational health
• Employee discount scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• Family-friendly benefits and employee networks