Full-Time Employment and Integration Adviser
Job Description
Job Title: Employment and Integration Adviser
Location: Manchester or Birmingham – hybrid working, with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office.
Salary: £23,500 – £25,500
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Occasional evening/weekend work required (time off in lieu provided).
Contract: Permanent
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and at least one target language is desirable e.g. Arabic, Amharic, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish, Pashto, Somali, or Tigrinya.
Overall purpose:
We are looking for candidates with experience of supporting individuals with barriers to work into paid employment. Within this role you will carry a significant responsibility, managing a caseload of clients from a refugee background and supporting them in securing meaningful employment, training, and education opportunities.
You will provide one-to-one personalised support, delivering quality Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), alongside ongoing support to ensure your clients have all the skills they need to get into work. This involves working with clients to produce individual action plans with clear goals and actions to overcome identified needs and barriers and provide a clear pathway towards the labour market.
You will work with clients online and by phone, as well as in person to monitor their progress towards their goals. Complementary support will be delivered through our volunteers who are trained in delivering employment advice, and you will book weekly appointments for clients, allocating time slots according to availability and the volunteer’s specialty. You will also work with specialist referral partners to support clients to overcome complex barriers to employment.
We offer a strong team environment, where your ideas and drive will be welcomed and where you as an individual can make a real difference to people’s lives.
To view the full job description and person specification, please click here: https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/breaking-barriers/employment-and-integration-adviser/920168?tsId=36
How to Apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please click here: https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/breaking-barriers/employment-and-integration-adviser/920168?tsId=36 Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Thursday 17th August. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to employ more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience of seeking asylum and/or a refugee background. As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we are committed to offering an accessible recruitment process and guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.37 total views, 0 today