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Bexley Business & Employment is based at Atrium Court in Erith and we have been providing support for unemployed/underemployed Bexley residents for more than 20 years. We offer a menu of support from which participants can pick including individually tailored advice and guidance around job search and employment, support to gain employability skills, computerised job search facilities and access to local vacancies.
About the Role
You will develop and maintain an action plan with each job seeker, agreeing a range of range activities, to enable and inspire individuals to achieve sustained employment and non-employment progression measures, including improving wellbeing, self-confidence and level of independence.
You will work in partnership with a wide variety of local agencies and colleagues within the team to provide the best support to individuals.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Gillian Martin, Team Leader, Work & Health Programme on 0203 045 3025 or gillian.martin@bexley.gov.uk.
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Candidate Profile
Do you think you have the enthusiasm and drive to help those who face challenging barriers that make getting and keeping a job difficult? Can you work to targets and deadlines? If so, you could be the person we are looking for!
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of a Standard Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
How To Apply
Anticipated Interview Date: w/c 8 April 2024
Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload.
If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence.
Additional Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
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