Employment Advisor OCC589050

Shared Services Partnership

Oxford City, OXF, GB

3d ago

Job details

Salary range : £28,226 - £30,984 per annum

Work location : Graham Hill House, Oxford City

Hours per week : 37 - we are open to discussions about flexible working

Contract type : Temporary for 24 months

Closing date : Monday 22nd August 2022

Interview date : TBA

Vetting requirements : This role is subject to a Criminal Records Check

Are you looking for a varied role which provides new experiences, exciting challenges and job satisfaction?

About us

Oxfordshire Employment, an award-winning Countywide Employment Service, is looking to recruit an Employment Advisor to work across a range of initiatives supporting people who have a health or disability barrier to find and stay in work.

You'd be working within a small supportive team, travelling county wide in your work, with plenty of opportunity to use your own skills and imitative to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers.

Travel around the county will be required.

About the role

To be successful in the role, you will be able to demonstrate :

Knowledge of supporting people with disabilities to reach their employment goals.

Knowledge of supporting people with disabilities within a work setting

Ability to communicate effectively with your colleagues, college teams, employers, stakeholders and the people who we are supporting on programmes.

Good organisational skills to enable you to work effectively while supporting people in several locations throughout the County

Have excellent communication, negotiation and engagement skills

About you

You will also need the ability to :

Lead and advise the Employment Support Workers within the team

Provide advice and solutions to the learning and development to the young people / adults within a work environment or working towards gaining employment whilst maintaining a professional approach always.

Provide support to customers to enable them to reach their employment goals.

Provide advice and support to customers to enable them to complete applications forms, CV’s, attend interviews and in-work support

Work under pressure, prioritising and using own initiative in order to manage workloads effectively

Have a dynamic approach and a can-do attitude towards tasks and peoples learning styles.

Have understanding, patience and professionalism when communicating with people who may have an invested interested in the young person’s future who are availing our Supported Internships.

Rewards and benefits

It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too.

We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology to support agile working.

We offer some of the best learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development.

We have a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us up to 32 days, as well as giving you the option to buy additional holiday.

You will also have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary;

a range of local and national retail discounts; and a host of enhanced family friendly policies including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering.

Would you like to know more?

Please click here to view the Job Description and Selection Criteria

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Debbie Montgomery, Contract Delivery Manager, on DEBORAH.MONTGOMERY OXFORDSHIRE.GOV.UK or 07785453251.

Application Procedure

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Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff.

Our commitment to safeguarding

Our Organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.

Guaranteed interviews

As a Disability Confident employer we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.

We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

For those leaving care without any further education we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships. We are also committed to helping and supporting those transitioning from HM Armed Forces to civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.

We are open to discussions about flexible working.

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