Purpose of Job: Employment Support Officer

To deliver frontline advice and guidance service to those seeking employment. To maximise on GLLaB’s Payment by results contracts through the achievement of Programme targets. To carry out individual one to one diagnostic interviews, action planning and tracking and recording all outcomes along the customer journey to sustainable employment

Summary of Main Duties and responsibilities: Employment Support Officer

• Responsible for providing a frontline advice and guidance service to workless residents and other job seekers who are eligible to access GLLaB services.

• Responsible for carrying out individual one to one diagnostic interviews and delivering information advice and guidance (IAG) in order to identify barriers to employment and employment & skill gaps and to develop individual personal development and employment and skills action plans.

• Responsible for delivering a high-quality service in line with external funding or Prime Contractor requirements.

• Ensuring that all GLLaB and/or other corporate employment projects programmes are delivered in line with agreed profile outputs and outcomes and ensuring effective contribution to individual and team targets.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining referral networks and obtaining up-to-date information on a wide range of services offered by complementary specialist partnership organisations to support the removal of barriers to employment.

• Responsible for identifying and utilising a range of support mechanisms, interventions, agencies, and organisations that can help to address and move barriers faced by different groups
• Responsible for providing one to one and group employability sessions and job search support in-house and from remote locations including support with updating CVs, completing applications forms and interview techniques.
• Required to deliver job preparation and employment support; assisting the employer development and brokerage team in matching local residents to appropriate vacancies notified.
• Responsible for the active caseload management of customers, providing regular and documented follow-up and support to move customers into sustained employment.

• Responsible for keeping abreast of labour market trends and supporting customers to prepare for upcoming opportunities, to job match customers to appropriate employers through speculative applications,

• Responsible for providing ongoing support for customers employed in temporary and short-term jobs in order to facilitate their progression into alternative sustained employment. To provide ongoing formal and documented ‘In work support’ for customers placed into work, apprenticeship or a placement, to support sustained employment

• Responsible for reviewing customer progress against agreed action plans and ensuring manual and computerised records are maintained in line with programme and audit requirements.