Training Advisor - Employability

NPT Pass; Wales; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the United Kingdom is seeking a passionate Training Advisor - Employability. The role involves managing a caseload of learners, delivering vocational training, and supporting their qualifications. Ideal candidates should have experience in working with young people and be committed to their development. This position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits including a 22.4% employer pension contribution.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Employee Assistance Programme

Local Government Pension Scheme with 22.4% employer contributions

Discounted gym membership

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering/assessing courses with young people.
• GCSE (or equivalent/higher) in Maths and English grade C and above.
• A1/V1 awards/ TAQA and/or internal verifier awards.
• NVQ Level 4 in Advice & Guidance or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of learners, ensuring progress.
• Create and deliver relevant learning materials.
• Assess and verify qualifications as per requirements.
• Support identification of work placements.

Skills

Experience with young people

Delivering/assessing courses

Understanding of local labour market

Basic understanding of learning needs

Education

GCSE in Maths and English grade C or above

A1/V1 awards or equivalent

NVQ Level 4 in Advice & Guidance or equivalent

Job description

Details of the job are provided below. Further information is available in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job details

Job reference REQ04817 Date posted 05/11/2025 Application closing date 14/11/2025 Location Tir Morfa Salary £31,022.00 - £33,699.00 per annum Package Generous holiday entitlement, Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme with 22.4% employer contributions, discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure and excellent development opportunities. Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Education and Schools Attachments Training Advisor - Employability REQ04817 JDPS.docx Reasons to Work for Neath Port Talbot Council.pptx

Contract: Fixed Term Grant Funded until 31/03/2026

Location of post: Tir Morfa Centre, Marine Drive, Sandfields, SA127NN

About the role

We are currently seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Training Advisor - Employability. NPT Skills & Training Unit operate within Neath Port Talbot and across South Wales, delivering work based learning programmes, providing vocational training and learning. We work within schools and specialist units, with post 16 young people and employed apprentices across several sectors. NPT Skills & Training are constantly developing their provision and are a growing team, providing many opportunities for staff to develop their own skills, experience and progress internally. Staff development programmes are available to staff to further enhance their career.

As a Training Advisor - Employability, you will be required to manage caseload of learners/pupils/young people undertaking a variety of courses, qualifications and workbased learning programmes offered by Skills & Training across various industry sectors. The post holder will ensure that all learners are given appropriate training, support and guidance in order to achieve their qualifications and other key performance indicators in place to meet the programmes objectives and outcomes. This will involve working and teaching in schools, NPT training centres, external organisations and at employers premises.

The post holder should have a good knowledge of different types of Industries and associated careers, local labour market and skills needs in order to deliver highly engaging, relevant and exciting courses/qualifications to young people.

Your daily routine will require you to:

• Create/Design/plan and/or deliver appropriate learning materials and resources to support course/qualifications delivered at Skills & Training.
• Undertake teaching sessions with learners in line with their individual learning plan and achieve these within the allocated timescale, assessing and/or verifying qualifications in line with awarding body requirements.
• Manage a caseload of learners, ensuring learners make progress, are reviewed and progress from their programme
• Support with identification of work placements, complete job searching and facilitating employment-related activities such as visits off site, guest speakers etc.
• Manage all documentation associated to your activities and caseload, ensuring that targets and deadlines are met timely.

About you

You will need to have a good understanding of local employers and labour market trends to support employability development. You should have experience of working with young people and have a basic understanding of the typical barriers faced by young people and be able to support those who may have additional learning needs/disabilities/health or neurodiversity conditions.

Do you have:

• Experience of delivering/assessing course and or qualifications with young people/pupils in either a school or post 16 environments.
• GCSE (or equivalent/higher) in Maths and English grade C and above/Level 2
• A1/V1 awards/ TAQA and/or internal verifier awards or equivalent or a commitment to work toward them
• NVQ Level 4 in Advice & Guidance or equivalent or a commitment to work towards them.

We would welcome those with experience in the following roles:

• Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work life balance
• Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 22.4% employer pension contribution
• Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
• Utilise the cycle to work scheme with upto 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
• Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
• Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.

If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Michelle Akerman on

This post is subject to an enhanced with both adult & child barred list DBS disclosure

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children and young people are protected.

Welsh Language skills are not required.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.

We look forward to welcoming you to TeamNPT.