WLCA was founded in 1994 by Perry Common residents and remains a resident-led community anchor. We work across North Birmingham, combining housing, employment and skills, advice, health and well-being, environmental action, and neighbourhood development. Working from trusted local venues, you will see the direct impact as people rebuild confidence, develop skills, and move towards a better future.

 

We are recruiting to a number of Employment and Skills Advisor roles to help local people move into employment, education, and training. These are practical, people-focused roles for advisers who can build trust, maintain momentum, and turn aspirations into achievable next steps.

 

Working from community venues and Jobcentre’ s across Erdington, Sutton Coldfield & Perry Barr, you will support young people, unemployed and economically inactive residents, and others facing barriers to progression. You will stay with participants from first engagement through to a positive and sustained outcome.

·   Recruit and manage an active caseload, completing assessments and action plans based on each participant's strengths, aspirations, and barriers.

·   Provide one-to-one coaching and group support covering confidence, job search, CVs, applications, interviews, digital skills, and workplace expectations.

·   Connect people to training, qualifications, volunteering, work experience, and specialist support that improves their prospects.

·   Build relationships with employers and support matching, applications, interviews, job starts and in-work retention.

·   Work with Jobcentre Plus, education, health and community partners, maintain audit-ready records and achieve agreed outcome targets.

·       Experience of helping unemployed or economically inactive people progress into work, education or training in a busy, outcomes-focused setting.

·       Strong coaching, communication and group-facilitation skills, adapted to different needs and levels of confidence.

·        Good organisation and case recording, with an understanding of barriers, and a sound understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection.