Employment Consultant - Work Programme

Location: Brighton, Worthing and Guildford

Salary: 22-24k

Key Accountabilities:

A performance driven role in an exciting and developing industry, the Employment Consultant will utilise all their skills and innovation to motivate, advise, encourage, train, support and track our customers through their journey into work and beyond.

The Employment Consultant must be adaptable to change and working towards continuous improvement in quality and performance. A multi-site role, this calls for good team work with all the teams in the Kennedy Scott centres and will require the need for travel and flexibility. The attainment of personal and team targets is essential in the role.

This job will involve:

121 interviews with customers Workshops/Group presentations Inducting groups and individuals Varied field work and outreach working Liaison and relationship building with Job Centre Plus and employers Job matching with customers CV’s and vacancies Liaison with the Partnership Managers Smart and effective case load management Multi-Centre working / hot desking Data inputting and filing Working with different teams to achieve performance target requirements High performance on job targets and quality of delivery Innovation and ideas for continuous improvement.

Essential:

Experience and evidence of targets and high performance in the recruitment or employment sector Excellent customer service skills/training High level presentation skills Flexibility and adaptability to change Innovation and ideas delivery individually and in staff forums Highly motivated individual High level keyboard/administrative skills, MS office, shareware, Experience of accurate and speedy data inputting KS ‘fit’:

-Empathy with the customer

-Desire to support the client to improve their lives through obtaining sustainable employment

-Demonstrable team ethos

Desirable:

Experience of DWP/JCP procedures and processes Experience/training in Equality and Diversity First Aid Certificate Experience/training in Health and Safety in the workplace Experience/training in working with young people and people with disabilities NVQ level three/four in Advice and Guidance PTTLS/DTTLS NVQ level three/four Customer Service Car owner with full and clean driving licence with business insurance cover Knowledge of Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment strategies.