WHP JETS Senior Employment Consultant

Twin is an award-winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation, and employment services. We offer a diverse number of life enhancing services to our clients and every member of our team is essential in achieving this. As an organisation we are recruiting for a new Senior Employment Consultant.As a WHP JETS Employment Consultant, you will be providing advice and support to guide and encourage participants to overcome barriers to employment and achieve realistic job goals.

The role holder will be expected to manage a caseload of participants, supporting their journey to employment, offer advice, create CV’s and direction to enable participants to access support they need. The role will also involve re-building participant confidence following a period of unemployment.This will be mainly delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a Team of Employment Coach’s timetable and delivery.
•  Cover Holidays and absences
•  Maintain a small caseload of participant records in line with contract and funding requirements.
• Ensure regular Advisor / Participant contact is maintained and recorded for the duration of the programme.
•  Use diagnostic screening, assessments and skills analysis to support participants consider all options available to them to gain employment.
•  provide advice and support to develop realistic job goals with participants and agree tailored action plans.
• Create/Update CV’s and Covering Letters and undergo Interview practice
• according to the needs of the Company’s business.
•  Monitor participant progress against agreed action plans, providing advice and support as well as onward referrals and sign-posting.
• Maintain awareness of employment opportunities available within your designated geographic area, highlighting these to participants as appropriate
•  Maintain an up to date working knowledge of the local labour market, training opportunities and relevant support agencies.
• Re-building participant confidence and self-efficacy in the post-COVID landscape through supportive interaction and sign-posting to required activities and training.
• Complete MI and assist Team Leader with Reporting to senior management.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• CV writing
• Caseload Management
• Team Working
• Experienced and confident in delivering against targets and KPI’s
• Understanding of the local market and industry networks
• Experience of giving Advice, Information and Guidance
• Minimum of GCSEs grade 4 in English and Maths or equivalent

Additional Information

Salary: £27,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: WFH / Greenwich HQ 

Hours: 37.5 hrs Full time Monday- Friday  
 
Benefits:  25 days annual leave + bank holidays + Birthday day off; Pension contributions; Career development opportunities; Access to wide range of local and national discounts.

In light of Covid-19 Interviews may be undertaken via Microsoft Teams. Following recent developments from COVID 19 you may see a delay in receiving feedback or interviews being scheduled.

We regret that unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted.

Please Note:

The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK.
Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, where appropriate.
We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Disability Confident Employer

Disabled applicants should indicate in the Equality of Opportunity section of the application form if they wish their application to be given consideration under the Disability Confident scheme. 

If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place. 

We ask all applicants if they want to be considered under this scheme.  By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed.