Job Description

JP Recruitment are proud to be exclusively working with a Further Education organisation, based in Corby, to recruit an Interim Career and Employability Officer. This contract is to start in September 2024 and will go on until May/June 2025.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Provide information and guidance to students for job seeking.
• Deliver support to develop the employability skills of students, such as developing CV's, provide supported job search and help them to prepare for interviews including delivering interview techniques and styles.
• Inspire and motivate students to achieve their career goals.
• Identify and recommend suitable job and training opportunities.
• Work closely with employers to develop work related opportunities for students.
• Work closely with students to match them to work based learning and work experience opportunities and ensure that they are well-prepared to undertake them.
• Support the work required for organising career development learning and related programmes, careers fairs, programmes of presentations, groupwork, and meetings.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Educated to HND/degree level or equivalent and/or relevant vocational qualification such as an NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance or similar. Equivalent work experience may be accepted in lieu of formal qualifications.
• A good standard of literacy and numeracy equivalent to GCSE English and Maths
• Extensive experience of working with employers
• Experience of developing employability activities and opportunities
• Relevant experience in a similar role supporting students in being professionally ready to enter the workplace.
• Experience of providing first-line advice and guidance.