Employment Specialist (Camden/Westminster/Haringey/Kensington Chelsea/Lambeth)

Seetec Business Technology Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in employability services is seeking an Employment Specialist in London. The role involves supporting individuals, particularly those with health support needs, into sustainable employment while achieving delivery targets. Applicants should have diverse experiences and an engaging personality. Competitive salaries and benefits are offered, including extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off

2 Volunteer Days

Company Pension Scheme - 5% Employee 5% Employer

Health Insurance Allowance

Annual Pay Review

Enhanced Maternity/Adoption and Paternity Pay

Free access to BenefitHub for discounts

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of the local labour market.
• Experience working with people with multiple and complex needs.
• Full IT literacy with Microsoft Office and modern digital technologies.

Responsibilities

• Achieve performance targets and KPIs.
• Manage caseloads of referred customers with learning disabilities.
• Co-produce personalized action plans to enable progress.

Skills

Knowledge of local labour market

Experience with learning disabilities

IT literacy

Target driven

Delivery of services to standards

Education

Level 3 Award in Employability Services Sector or equivalent

Job description

Job Role

Are you passionate about working with people and being part of their journey to find employment? If yes, then this could be the ideal role for you as we're recruiting an Employment Specialist to join our amazing team!

The role of the Employment Specialist is to achieve delivery targets by working with participants to identify employment opportunities and support them into sustainable employment. The participants you'll work with will mainly require health support needs. You'll deliver our approach providing person-centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with referral partners and relevant local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Our ideal candidate will have knowledge or experience of employer needs and employer engagement and experience of working in a target driven environment. We are, however, open to various backgrounds and experiences as we are able to provide superb on-the-job training. We're not looking for someone who ticks every box, just so long as you have an engaging personality, are comfortable working with a diverse group of people, and can provide a warm and welcoming experience to help our participants in their first steps back into employment.

This is a rewarding role that will allow you to utilise your current skills to influence, support and encourages others to build a future and will also allow us to become better with your unique experiences.

All new colleagues will be offered to enrol on a Level 2 Employment Apprenticeship and have the prospect to move into other apprenticeship levels.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary range £33,000 to £40,700 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% Employee 5% Employer
• Health Insurance Allowance
• Employer Paid Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
• Annual Pay Review
• Enhanced Maternity/Adoption and Paternity Pay Arrangements
• Free access to BenefitHub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tax Saver Commuter Tickets
• Refer a Friend Scheme

There's also the opportunity to progress your career! Interested? There's an easy to apply route below to upload your CV!

If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 595200 .

Seetec Group is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally with our Employee Owners. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.

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Location: You will cover one of the following locations (Camden/Westminster/Haringey/Kensington Chelsea/Lambeth). There will be a hybrid approach to working
Hours: 37 hours a week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 5pm, Friday 8.30 am to 4.30pm
Closing Date: 15 July 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Meet, and strive to exceed personal performance targets, Key Performance Indicators and all Quality and Compliance measures.
• Progressively manage a caseload of referred customers with a learning disability using a variety of appropriate strategies to help them overcome barriers to gaining employment.
• Learning disability awareness and self development/knowledge to provide specialist support to customer group
• Undertake in-depth assessments using a suite of tools to fully understand a customer's circumstances, preferences and holistic barriers to progression to employment
• Achieve the Customer Service and Quality Standards required on the programme.
• Co-produce personalised tailored Action Plans featuring SMART targeting to enable positive and timely progression.
• Use an integration framework of local specialist services to obtain support to address specific issues (e.g. substance misuse, anger management, debt advice, health and vocational training).
• Use social prescribing to develop and improve customer circumstances (e.g. healthy eating classes, smoking cessation and social groups).
• Work with multiple agencies to develop holistic approaches to support customers. With customer consent undertake case conferences with external agencies to jointly optimise support packages.
• Fully understand the local labour market to source suitable job opportunities
• Undertaking direct marketing to employers using digital and electronic formats e.g. email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Identify the specific recruitment needs of each employer and undertake tailored pre-screens and group assessments.
• Co-produce effective in-work support plans with participants and employers, based on an assessment of need, providing practical support to ensure a smooth transition into work. When appropriate facilitate job carving opportunities.
• Be mindful of Health & Safety within the customer's workplace and actively promote and report (if appropriate) to ensure a safe working environment for all customers.
• Develop an understanding of specialist signposting services in the local area/region, building knowledge in areas such as specific disabilities, housing, benefits etc.
• Maintain IT files and customer records to the required compliance and quality standards.
• Work from local hubs and community outreach locations (sometimes alongside other services e.g. housing, health and primary care centres) to increase service accessibility.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• A good working knowledge of the local labour market in the specified geographical locations
• Experience of working with people with multiple and complex needs in particular those with learning disabilities.
• Fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes to include 365 products and modern digital technologies, i.e. Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business
• Experience of working in a target driven environment
• Experience of delivering services to meet contractual and quality standards

Desirable

• Knowledge of SEQF standards
• Level 3 Award in Employability Services Sector or equivalent
• Knowledge of the employability industry
• Knowledge of the recruitment industry
• Experience of working with people in the provision of information, advice & guidance'
• Full driving licence to enable deployment across a specified geographical area (region), when required

Additional Information

SEETEC is one of the UK's leading providers of employability and health services, supporting thousands of people to move into employment each year. Committed to empowering people to better their lives, Seetec supports individuals from all walks of life to enter and progress in the world of work. We create and source jobs and opportunities, and by focusing on people's strengths we raise aspirations and help them overcome their barriers to work and develop the skills that employers are looking for. Together, we open up a world of opportunity to individuals and organisations, supporting them with their aspirations today so they can thrive in the future.

Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.

Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of Ex-Offenders can be found on our website under About us

Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.