Job Description

Employability Trainer

Salary: £28,000

Employment Type: 6 Month FTC

Travel around our Greater Manchester offices

The role of Employability Trainer is pivotal in supporting our participants who have been out of work for at least 12 months, to find sustainable employment.

No two days are the same! The Employability Trainer will deliver Employability support to groups of participants, ensuring they are guided and challenged appropriately to move towards lasting and meaningful employment with the right skills and knowledge in CV writing, interview skills, confidence in work and other essential skills.

As our Employability Trainer, you will:

• Be highly organised
• Run group training session with Participants on key Employability skills such as confidence building, CV writing or effective interviews
• Be able to respond to challenges as they arise throughout the day
• Build effective and positive relationships with participants, working collaboratively, and challenging them to identify and overcome any potential barriers preventing them from returning to work.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the team to support your caseload into sustainable employment.
• Provide job search support, guiding participants to register on appropriate jobs boards and ensuring their digital profiles are up to date and visible to employers.
• Support participants in preparing for job interviews
• Be comfortable dealing with challenging situations

• Meet all monthly performance targets and Key Performance Indicators.
• Be able to accurately forecast planned job starts each month
• Add value to the overall participant journey by delivering employability skill interventions, e.g. interviewing, creating a CV, job searching, building resilience.

Essential Criteria

• Have proven experience in developing and delivering effective courses, workshops and training.
• Experience of working with IT and Office software
• Knowledge of local labour market
• Able to effectively network to build and maintain effective relationships internally and externally
• An adept communicator with the ability to persuade, influence and listen to others.
• Training or Coaching qualification

Desirable Criteria

• Experience within Employability or Recruitment
• Experience of working in a fast paced, performance target driven environment
• Able to communicate professionally and effectively using a variety of platforms.
• Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritise and manage own diary

If you are someone who wants to help make a difference to our participant's, apply now. We are waiting to hear from you!

Ingeus help governments, employers, and local partners design and deliver services to solve complex challenges caused by social and technological change. Our services improve opportunities and help create strong societies in which people have the independence, knowledge, and know-how to thrive. Were purpose-led, passionate and proud to work with customers and communities to drive social change.

At Ingeus, our culture is built on the principle of treating everyone with dignity, ensuring that every individual is comfortable, confident and recognised for the value of their contributions.

Skills Required

• Communication Skills