Job Category
Careers Advice | Careers Advice
Location
Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Salary
Level 6 £26,749 - £32,321 or Apprentice £24,520 - £26,749
Closing date
28/04/2025
Ref
27425
Contract type
Permanent
Total hours per week
37
Description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

Working with a range of young people as directed by a Team Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a range of Information, Advice and Guidance, work related learning and enterprise activities to ensure young people remain in and progress into employment, education or training.

This role focuses on young people who are NEET, vulnerable to NEET due to particular needs and providing specific services to young people that have been purchased by an educational institution or other customer.

To deliver the role you will provide 1:1 impartial information, advice, guidance and ongoing case load support to ensure young people remain in or progress into employment, education or training. You may undertake small/large group work activities including presentations and engage employer to help young people move into employment or contribute career education programmes.

If you do not already hold a Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification or a Level 4 in Careers, Youth work or Learning & Development Support, you will be required to complete an Apprenticeship in Level 6 Information, Advice and Guidance.

The vacancies are open to applicants with Level 6 in Careers Guidance.  Candidates without this qualification can apply for a Trainee/Apprenticeship role and would undertake work based training to achieve Level 6 in Careers Guidance.

Salary levels reflect the qualified and trainee options

For applicants qualified to Level 6 in Careers Guidance, Term Time Only can be considered..

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

You will be based within Northamptonshire

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
  • 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
  • An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
  • Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
  • Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
  • Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
  • Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
  • Opportunity to request flexible working from day one 

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf 

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

  • We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
  • We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. 
  • Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk  

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.