Trainee Employment Advisor

Would you like to work for a national charity supporting people with mental health support needs or chronic health conditions back into employment? This charity has won awards for being a great place to work (investors in people) and really support their staff.  And they will provide support and training to help you be great.
We are recruiting for vacancies on behalf of this charity in East Surrey, and vacancies in West Surrey.  In both cases, you will be based in the Woking office once a week.  And the rest of the time you will be hot desking at other organisations to meet your clients such as job centres, health centres, community centres and libraries.  So, you will need to be a driver.  The locations are:

• West Surrey vacancies:  Woking (one day in office), then hot desking across all the following: Fleet, Farnborough, Aldershot, Farnham, Guildford, Chertsey.

• East Surrey vacancies: Working (one day in office), then hot desking across all the following: Leatherhead, Dorking, Reigate, Redhill & Epsom.

You will work with a caseload of job seekers who you will meet on a regular basis.  Initially you will work with them to identify their challenges and goals.  And then put a plan in place which you will work on moving forwards as you meet on a regular basis. In a typical session you might support someone to write a CV, prepare for a job interview, write a cover letter, and discuss reasonable adaptions with employers.
To apply for this role, you must want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.  You will be happy with the travel involved in the role (there isn’t any home working in this post).  You will have good IT skills (so be comfortable with the MS packages such as word, outlook etc). You will also have demonstrable experience of working in a customer facing role (this could be retail, hospitality, sales, coaching, supported housing or education).  People who have previously worked as a career’s advisor, recruitment consultant, teaching assistant, teacher, tutor, supported housing officer, project officer or prison officer have all previously matched the skill sets required for the role (so more than welcome to apply).
Please apply via this advert – everyone gets a response.  If you do get a response to say we don’t feel your CV is the right fit, the email you receive will detail how you can get extra feedback or talk to someone about this.  You can also call the office and talk to Lawrence if you would like to speak to someone about the post.
Please note – we are advertising the role across all the locations the post will cover (so the role is not based at just the location advertised, but across all the locations mentioned for which ever location, East or West Surrey you prefer).