Prison Employment Advisor

Career Connect; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A social impact organization in Manchester is seeking an enthusiastic Prison Employment Advisor to support the CFO Evolution contract. In this role, you will engage with individuals on remand or serving sentences to promote their learning and employment opportunities. Ideal candidates are confident communicators with experience working with vulnerable groups. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in the community and comes with training to excel in the role.

Qualifications

• Experience helping offenders or vulnerable groups to progress.
• Comfortable working in a prison environment.
• Ability to work towards individual targets.

Responsibilities

• Engage offenders in learning, training, and employment opportunities.
• Work one-on-one or in groups with participants.
• Collaborate with partner organizations for optimal results.

Skills

Effective communication

Proactivity

Attention to detail

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident Prison Employment Advisor to help us deliver the CFO Evolution contract in the North‑West. The contract works with offenders in custody and Through the Gate to help them address their resettlement goals.

The job involves working with people on remand or serving custodial and community‑based sentences, supervised by the National Probation Service, to engage them in learning, training and employment opportunities, either through one‑to‑one or group work.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to people and communities.

You’ll need to be :

• confident and proactive
• a good communicator with a non‑judgemental approach
• effective at working with partner organisations to ensure the best results for our participants
• comfortable working on databases and have a strong attention to detail

We are especially looking for applicants who have experience of helping offenders or other vulnerable groups to move forward in their lives. If you’re someone who can really connect with people to help them to progress, work in a prison environment, embrace the quality and compliance requirements of the contract and have the skills to work towards individual targets, we’d love to hear from you.

We’ll give you all the training you need to do the job and to get established in the new role.

Are you ready to join a high‑performing team and make a contribution to changing lives?

A full job description can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

The closing date for this vacancy is 08 / 01 / 2026.

Interviews are expected to take place on 16 / 01 / 2026 via MS Teams.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding a vacancy please contact :

We can organise a time to speak to answer any queries.

The CFO Evolution is Forest Bank delivered by the HMPPS CFO programme. To learn more about the work of HMPPS CFO please visit CreatingFutureOpportunities.gov.uk.