Careers Advisor - Part Time Hours (Manchester)

We're looking for exceptional people to join our amazing National Careers Service Team, as either a trainee or a qualified Careers Adviser.

We're looking for people who like helping people. You may come from a sales, teaching or recruitment background or have some experience in delivering careers advice and enjoy working in a target focused environment. We're not looking for someone who ticks every single box, but we'd love you to have an engaging personality to provide a warm and welcoming experience for our customers. You'll need a can-do attitude to seek out solutions to help our customers to progress their careers.

You'll need to be flexible as every day is different in National Careers Service. As a Careers Adviser you'll make our customers feel welcome and comfortable when they attend our service. You'll need to be able to engage with customers from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. You'll hold 1-1 appointments and group workshops in a wide range of settings, including careers fairs, community and commercial venues along with one-off pop-ups. You'll also need to be organised to manage your diary and complete admin tasks, plus be confident using IT for delivery and admin tasks.

We need your skills to empower and encourage customers to develop a career skills action plan and support them in their learning and development whilst monitoring their progress to build their confidence throughout their journey to successfully starting work, learning or both.

We provide on the job training and will support you to achieve your Level 4 Certificate in Careers Information and Guidance if you do not currently hold this qualification.

This is a rewarding role that will allow you to utilise your current skills to influence, support and encourage others to build a future, and will also allow us to become better with your unique experiences.

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary range of £26,500 - £29,545 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great additional benefits:

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
2 Volunteer Days
Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
Annual Pay Review
Refer a Friend Scheme
Free access to BenefitHub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and additional voluntary benefits

There's also the opportunity to progress your career within the Seetec Group.

Interested? There's an easy to apply route below to upload your CV!

If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 208282.

Seetec Group is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally with our employee owners. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.

Location: Community based in the Manchester area
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 29 March 2024

• Meet, and strive to exceed, personal performance targets
• Deliver a positive experience, ensuring creation of a careers skills action plan
• Achieve the quality and compliance standards required
• Provide tailored support in all aspects of career management and progression
• Fully understand the labour market and provide relevant advice and guidance on local job sectors and opportunities
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders to maximise referral and opportunities, i.e. local community provision, JCP Work coaches, LA's.
• Deliver Group Sessions with customers in a wide range of settings, including careers events, jobs fairs, pop-up venues

• Minimum of Level 4 qualification in Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance
• A good working knowledge of the local labour market in the specified geographical locations
• GCSE or equivalent in English and Math
• Fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes to include 365 products and modern digital technologies, i.e. Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business
• Experience of working in a target driven environment
• Experience of delivering services to meet contractual and quality standards
• Knowledge of the Careers/Employability industry
• Knowledge of the recruitment industry
• Experience of working with people in the provision of information, advice & guidance
• Full driving licence to enable deployment across a specified geographical area (region), when required

INTERVENTIONS ALLIANCE is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, including as CFO Activity Hubs, Education, Training and Employment (ETE), Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless of their past choices or the challenges they face.

We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into their local communities and address barriers to work.

Interventions Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.

You will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec - Interventions Alliance support the recruitment of ex-offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of Ex-Offenders can be found on our website under About us.

Interventions Alliance is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.