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16-19 CIAG Personal Advisor

Main Responsibility

• Work across Milton Keynes in various settings and virtually, delivering impartial careers information advice and guidance to assist young people to make informed decisions about their education, training and employment pathways.
• Manage a caseload of young people delivering high quality interventions to help them explore their interests and skills, identify career options and develop realistic plans to achieve their goals.
• Support young people to recognise and overcome barriers to education, training and employment such as a lack of qualifications, skills gaps or personal and health challenges.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and partners both internally and externally to achieve the best progression outcomes and opportunities for young people.
• Support young people with applications, CVs, interview techniques and developing employability skills.
• Monitor and track young people's engagement in education, employment or training identifying those who are not participating in order to offer support to re-engage.
• Accurate recording of data including interventions and referrals to ensure all statutory returns are completed to a high level and performance targets are achieved.
• Work closely with schools and colleges, training providers and internal teams to identify young people at risk of not progressing into employment education or training and offering timely interventions to prevent them from disengaging.

The Ideal Candidate

• Professionally qualified to a minimum of level 4 in CIAG and have experience of working effectively with vulnerable young people who have multiple barriers.
• The ability to communicate at a high level both orally and in writing with young people and their families.
• Able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of the local labour market and the opportunities available for young people.
• A confident individual able to build strong networks and collaborate effectively and respectfully with a range of professionals and organisations.
• Able to multitask and work flexibly both independently and as part of a team.
• Have excellent ICT and administration skills to ensure delivery is recorded accurately.

For this role, the candidate is required to have a full UK driving licence, along with access to a vehicle. Evidence of the driving licence and vehicle insurance with business insurance will be required from the candidate should they be offered this position. Without this documentation the candidate will not be appointable.

Should you be offered the role, as part of the pre-employment checks an Enhanced DBS will be actioned for you (unless you are on the DBS Update Service).

Package Description

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme – low-cost leasing of electric and low emission vehicles.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Why join us? Along with more on our Benefits, discover why Working at the City Council could be the right move for you here Working at the Council | Milton Keynes

Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week.  Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.

About The Organisation

Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.

We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference. 

We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.

We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.

If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.