Employment and Skills Advisor - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds City Council

Leeds City Council
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Fixed Term 31/03/2025


Leeds City Council's Employment and Skills Service are currently looking to recruit an Employment & Skills Advisor who can help deliver the aim to support a healthier, greener and more inclusive economy that works for everyone.


Connecting people and opportunities, promoting access to jobs, training and careers guidance and supporting employers with their recruitment and skills needs.

Helping to improve the skills and employment prospects for Priority Wards.


We are looking for someone who is experienced, dynamic, inspiring, self-motivated with the ability to engage, support and encourage target groups, and building and maintaining relationships with community organisations and other Council services.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.


About you
As an Employment & Skills Advisor you will bring to the role:

  • Holds a minimum Level 3 IAG qualification or Level 3 AET Qualification
  • Ability to deliver flexible employability support
  • Ability to promote and market programmes/services
  • Experience of working with and addressing barriers experienced by customers
  • Experience of working in a range of community settings and a wide range of stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes

About the role


The Employment and Skills Advisor role will provide support via information, advice, guidance and service brokerage which engage a range of identified customer groups and assists them to progress into sustained further learning and/or work opportunities.

Supporting the delivery of bespoke training/recruitment activities within the community in conjunction with a range of partner organisations


Working within the deprived communities in the City building and maintaining relationships with networks, community organisation, key stakeholders and other Council services to promote and the develop the Employment and Service offer.


Supporting the delivery of bespoke training/recruitment activities within these communities in conjunction with a range of partner organisations and supporting a small caseload of customers to help achieve positive outcomes.


What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

  • competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further


How to apply
Provisional Interview Dates 21st and 22nd November 2023


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is ranked 70 on the Stonewall Equality Index 2023. We are also an age-friendly employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Job Purpose:
To provide support, advice and guidance, and brokerage services to engage a range of identified customer groups and to assist them to progress into sustained further learning and/or work opportunities


Responsibilities:


  • Recruit particular target group customers into contracted learning and skills and work focused project activity
  • Liaison with professionals from a wide range of organisations in order to maximise community engagement and to transition customers into work and or education
  • Organise and support the delivery of engagement activities in the community
  • Build and maintain networks including: employers, training providers, Jobshops, children's centres and schools to maximise opportunities for participants
  • Deliver a range of confidential support, information, advice and guidance and advocacy and brokerage of services to individuals and groups
  • Contributing towards the achievement of targets for outcomes into employment and learning
  • To support the E&S Manager to identify and design new activities to ensure targets are achieved
  • Managing documentation in line with service standards and quality assurance procedures
  • Manage and handle information and data in line with the Council's agreed policies on Information Governance.
  • Coordinate the LTHT/NHS community
  • Contribute to programme quality and development through steering groups and review panels as appropriate
  • Develop a sound knowledge of local and
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