Employment Coach

AKG; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

AKG Employment Coach role based in Lincoln requires coaching individuals to progress into careers. You will provide employability sessions, interview guidance, and job-search support while maintaining detailed records in the AKG CRM system.

You will use assessments to tailor plans, understand local labour market opportunities, and engage with employers to open interview opportunities. The role involves achieving monthly targets and traveling locally as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience providing one-to-one coaching or guidance to individuals.
• Experience in the employment and skills sector with delivery to targets, quality standards and compliance.
• Experience using motivation and action planning techniques to progress participants into sustainable work.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one coaching and guidance to help participants progress into employment.
• Deliver employability sessions and interview skills advice; support job search methods and confidence building.
• Maintain participant records using the AKG CRM and keep regular contact to stay motivating and on track.
• Use assessments and skills analysis to tailor guidance and identify interventions.
• Know local employers and labour market opportunities to encourage interviews and placements.
• Travel locally and utilise digital channels (phone, video, email) to support participants.

Skills

One-to-one coaching

Target-driven delivery

Strong communication

Time management

Empathy

Local labour market knowledge

Recruitment processes

Digital communication tools

MS Office proficiency

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Employment Coach

Company: AKG Salary: from £31,000 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Lincoln Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 2 Nov 2026 Closing date: 11 Nov 2026

As an Employment Coach, you will be supporting individuals to progress into their chosen career paths by providing advice, support and guidance by use of assessments and implementing tailored support plans, which would need to be smart, tailored to individual needs.

Working with participants face to face, you will coach and support their journey to employment by providing employability sessions, interview skills advice, job search method, re-building participant confidence following a period of unemployment and identifying correct interventions that will remove barriers and enable them to regain employment as monthly targets will be a part of your role for you to achieve.

You will maintain participant records using the AKG CRM system and record regular contact with your participants, keeping them motivated and focused for the duration of the programme.

Working with diagnostic screening, assessments and skills analysis will be critical to the guidance you provide, allowing participants to consider all options available to them to gain employment.

To be familiar with the local area labour market, training opportunities and relevant support agencies is essential for success in the role. You will get to know the local employers in your community, understanding what they are looking for in an employee and encouraging them to interview your participant.

• Experience in providing one-to-one support or coaching and positively influencing other people’s professional or personal development.
• Experience of working in the employment and skills sector and delivering to specified targets, quality standards and compliance measures is essential.
• Experience of using motivational and action planning techniques to manage the progression of participants into sustainable work opportunities.
• The empathy it takes to engage with all sorts of people, and the confidence to challenge them if you need to.
• The ability to handle complex cases at the same time in an environment where you will have targets to achieve.
• The need to be organised and be able to manage time effectively and ensure monthly targets are achieved.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire others.
• An influencing approach, especially when it comes to bringing other people around to your way of thinking.
• The need to have a good understanding of the local and regional labour market.
• A practical understanding of the recruitment and selection processes.
• You should be comfortable to do some local travel, and using a range of digital channels including phone, video conferencing and email.
• Good administration, IT and good experience of using MS office software.
• Desire to work in a newly formed organisation where there is a need to be both creative and pragmatic.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Summary

As an Employment Coach, you will be supporting individuals to progress into their chosen career paths by providing advice, support and guidance by use of assessments and implementing tailored support plans, which would need to be smart, tailored to individual needs.

Working with participants face to face, you will coach and support their journey to employment by providing employability sessions, interview skills advice, job search method, re-building participant confidence following a period of unemployment and identifying correct interventions that will remove barriers and enable them to regain employment as monthly targets will be a part of your role for you to achieve.

You will maintain participant records using the AKG CRM system and record regular contact with your participants, keeping them motivated and focused for the duration of the programme.

Working with diagnostic screening, assessments and skills analysis will be critical to the guidance you provide, allowing participants to consider all options available to them to gain employment.

To be familiar with the local area labour market, training opportunities and relevant support agencies is essential for success in the role. You will get to know the local employers in your community, understanding what they are looking for in an employee and encouraging them to interview your participant.

Essential requirements

• Experience in providing one-to-one support or coaching and positively influencing other people’s professional or personal development.
• Experience of working in the employment and skills sector and delivering to specified targets, quality standards and compliance measures is essential.
• Experience of using motivational and action planning techniques to manage the progression of participants into sustainable work opportunities.
• The empathy it takes to engage with all sorts of people, and the confidence to challenge them if you need to.
• The ability to handle complex cases at the same time in an environment where you will have targets to achieve.
• The need to be organised and be able to manage time effectively and ensure monthly targets are achieved.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire others.
• An influencing approach, especially when it comes to bringing other people around to your way of thinking.
• The need to have a good understanding of the local and regional labour market.
• A practical understanding of the recruitment and selection processes.
• You should be comfortable to do some local travel, and using a range of digital channels including phone, video conferencing and email.
• Good administration, IT and good experience of using MS office software.
• Desire to work in a newly formed organisation where there is a need to be both creative and pragmatic.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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