Employment Specialist

Red 5 People; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Red 5 People is seeking a compassionate careers advisor to support neurodiverse participants in a hybrid role (3–4 days home, 1 day in St Neots). You will help people maintain or find work, liaise with employers, and guide CVs and interview prep across around 40 clients.

Typical engagements run 3–6 months, with four one-to-one sessions daily. The role is a maternity cover until February 2027, with potential to extend or become permanent depending on performance.

Qualifications

• Caseload around 40 participants.
• CV writing and interview preparation support.
• Experience in employability or related roles is common in this field.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to maintain or gain employment, including liaising with employers for returns to work or reasonable adaptations.
• Deliver job search coaching, CV development and interview coaching.
• Coordinate sessions and provide ongoing career guidance over 3–6 month periods.

Skills

Caseload management

Career counseling

CV writing

Interview coaching

Job description

This is a hybrid role (3-4 days a week from home on average and 1 day based in St Neots), supporting people with neurodiversity support needs to either maintain employment, or secure new employment. This is a lovely charity to work for (we have placed 30 plus people who are all still there) The role is a FTC maternity cover until February 2027 with the option to stay on for an additional month working 3 days a week. There is the potential opportunity for it to be made permanent depending on performance and availability.

Typically, you will have a caseload of around 40 participants. They might have been referred to you via the NHS, job centre or referring themselves. The service specifically supports people who are neurodiverse which could include ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia or Tourette’s.

They might be struggling to maintain work, or secure employment (it's about 50-50 on average). The people you support who are employed, but struggling, might be signed off from work, or they could be going through a challenging situation such as a PIP. You will support them through this process, at times liaising with employers on their behalf and discussing returns to work or reasonable adaptions. In instances where someone is unemployed, or seeking a new career, your sessions will focus on a career move. So, job searching, CV writing and interview prep. You will have around four 121 sessions a day with your clients. Usually, you work with people around 3-6 months until they no longer need your support (but this can vary).

Whilst its hybrid, the charity does need people who can be flexible (so not fixed on days from home). Mondays you will always work from their St Neots office, with team meetings every other month. In addition to this you could be attending visits to a local job centre or careers fairs (Peterborough / Cambridgeshire).

You might have worked in the employability field before. You might have worked as a Work Coach, Employment Advisor, Careers Advisor, Recruitment Consultant, HR Advisor or similar. Alternatively, you might have worked in a role supporting others to achieve goals. So you might be a teacher, tutor, recovery worker or similar.