Employment Advisor - #1675745

Employment Advisor Salary – £28,420 Sheffield Permanent/Full Time Job Purpose: To deliver guidance and training services to unemployed individuals, aiding their progression into employment, training, and education. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with team members to deliver tailored advice and training interventions, coordinating with external agencies such as Job Centre Plus (JCP), local partners, employers, and training providers. Facilitate both one-to-one and group sessions, including assessments, inductions, job search support, and follow-ups, addressing individual learning needs and breaking down barriers to employment. Ensure data security, create/update customer CVs, conduct better-off calculations, and refer customers to relevant agencies. Maintain regular interaction with customers through face-to-face meetings, phone calls, and email, helping them access job search tools and recording progress. Develop resources for employability training, evaluate sessions, and address safeguarding concerns. Support broader team activities such as bid writing and new service development. Key Stakeholders Unemployed individuals, JCP advisors, local authorities, employers, colleges, probation services, and training providers. Essential Skills: Experience in sales, B2B, customer service, or welfare-to-work industry. Ability to work under pressure, both independently and as part of a team. Strong IT, data security, and administration skills. Ability to meet targets and KPIs, with strong time management and organisational skills. Experience: Experience in working to targets, networking, and promoting services. Knowledge: Strong understanding of the local labour market, recruitment methods, welfare-to-work, and training opportunities. Personal Style: Warm, professional, compassionate, understanding and adaptable. Strong rapport-building, negotiation skills, listening and communication skills, alignment with company values. This role would be great for someone who has come from a compliant industry, such as banking or recruitment. Benefits: 25 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays Purchase up to 10 extra days annual leave 2 volunteering days paid 12 month Sabbatical options travel subsidiaries Employee Recognition Discounts and Cashback Learning & Development opportunities Optical & Eye care insurance Discounted private medical insurance Health Care Cash Plans Health and Wellbeing – Discounts on gym memberships, mindfulness, yoga classes Work – life balance Employee assistance programme Enhanced Maternity, adoption, sick pay Group life insurance Pension – 6% employer contribution Dress for your day Flexi time Agile options Childcare vouchers/government scheme Social events Performance and annual salary reviews Career progression Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to complete an online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you would like to apply for this excellent career opportunity, please call Helen on (phone number removed) or Email: (url removed) This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. Should you apply for this role, we will process your data as detailed in our Privacy Policy and by applying for this opportunity I agree that Aspire Recruitment will keep me informed about potential employment opportunities regularly and that I can choose to opt out of receiving information at any time.