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Our Dundee City CIAG team is looking for a new team member to join a friendly, supportive, innovative and dedicated team.
This is a permanent post - we’d love for you to join us!
About the You and the Role
To deliver the role of Careers Adviser at Skills Development Scotland, it is essential that you possess the Career Development Institute (CDI) UK-recognised professional accredited Qualification in Career Development (QCD or its predecessor equivalent) and Post Graduate Diploma in Career Guidance and Development. Current students pending completion in May 2024 will be considered.
In your role as Careers Adviser, you’ll be delivering impartial career guidance, developing career management skills and supporting individuals to plan and manage their career decisions, now and in the future, including services which respond to those facing redundancy.
You’ll be able to demonstrate strong interview, group work and coaching skills with a sound knowledge and understanding of policy, theory and practice in the field of career guidance and you will work with and through a range of partner agencies to engage, inspire, motivate and encourage clients to achieve their full potential.
Come and make an impact you can be proud of!
As Scotland’s 4th City, Dundee, the City of Discovery, is a modern and vibrant city set in a stunning location at the mouth of the river Tay. The city benefits from a central geographic location, with 90% of Scotland within 90 minutes’ drive. With more hours of sunshine than any other Scottish city and an abundance of green spaces, Dundee provides an unrivalled quality of life.
Dundee is a centre for Arts and Culture, the city's cultural quarter features the award-winning Dundee Contemporary Arts centre, V & A museum and the Dundee Rep theatre. Growing industries include biotechnology, digital media and customer services.
Our CIAG team have the privilege of being able to support and work with people with wide ranging aspirations and goals ranging from careers in water sports to hospitality to care and much more.
Hear first-hand from some of our Careers Advisers about the benefits and lifestyle of a career in the career service at SDS and what makes them so passionate about their jobs.
About SDS
Skills Development Scotland is the national skills agency. Our ambition is to drive productivity and inclusive growth through investment in skills, enabling businesses and people to achieve their potential. Through the sharing of expertise, intelligence, and extensive partnership working, we enable the development and delivery of innovative solutions to Scotland’s skills and labour market challenges. This is even more important given the current economic climate and recessionary outlook. Find out more about SDS here
Values
Our organisational values are created by our colleagues and are the compass that guide our behaviours and actions with our customers and each other. We need our future employees to share these values and help us to continue to deliver our bold ambitions for the future;
- We put the needs of our customers at the heart of all we do
- We make use of our combined strengths and expertise to deliver the best outcomes
- We demonstrate self-motivation, personal responsibility, and respect
- We continually improve to achieve excellence
Benefits
SDS is an award-winning equal opportunities and fair work employer. Our values and culture are owned and driven by our colleagues and show our commitment to our customers - the people of Scotland. We prioritise employee engagement, wellbeing, and development, making us a great place to work.
Click here to see the full range of our Benefits - Work with us - Skills Development Scotland
Where you’d be based
This role will be located in Dundee, there will be some travel due to the nature of the role. Happy to discuss this with candidates at Interview.
SDS as an Inclusive Workplace
At SDS we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you've got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. To support our ambitions our application process is anonymised. Therefore, while we want to know about your relevant skills and experience, please avoid disclosing any identifying characteristics.
Our Application Process
The closing date to submit your application is Sunday 25th February 2024. Interviews are due to be scheduled as soon as possible thereafter.
More information on the interview format will be made available if you are invited to interview. To find out more about working at SDS and our application process please visit us at https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/work-with-us/
If this opportunity excites you and you would like to discuss the role in more detail to help you decide if it is right for you, contact ann-marie.downie@sds.co.uk or liz.ocarroll@sds.co.uk
Internal applicants should discuss their application with their People Manager prior to applying for this post.
