National Careers Service Advisor
| Posting date: | 18 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,000 to £27,000 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | based on qualifications and experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | OL6 |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Standguide Group |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | NCSA1808 |
Summary
Role: National Careers Service Advisor
Salary: £26-27k per annum, based on qualifications and experience
Contract type: Fixed term
Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs pw) – open to considering part-time applications
Location: Travel between Stockton/Ashton
For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses.
Join us a National Careers Service Advisor to support and inspire individuals in making informed choices about their education, training, and career paths!
You’ll build strong relationships with customers, help them identify their skills and strengths, and guide them in setting realistic, achievable goals. A key part of the role is boosting self-confidence and self-awareness, empowering people to recognise their potential and take positive steps towards their future.
What you’ll do
• Provide participants with Information Advice and Guidance on progression routes relating to individual participant needs
• Ensure that participants are advised of appropriate progression opportunities within the local area
• Proactively work with participants to ensure positive outcomes and contractual targets are achieved and that the programme is a success
• Produce a detailed individualised SMART action plan for each participant on the programme, adhering to all contract quality and compliance guidelines whilst always maintaining 100% accuracy
• Ensure relevant and accurate signposting of services to overcome specific barriers faced by participants
• Assist participants to produce a realistic action plan leading back to work, including considering obstacles to the successful achievement of the plan and how to overcome them
• Improve life skills of participants by encouraging and valuing their contribution and establishing an atmosphere of trust and understanding.
What you’ll need
• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum
• Minimum of Level 4 qualification in Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance
• Experience of successfully achieving deadlines and working without close supervision
• Experience delivering one-to-one careers advice including information advice and guidance
• Ability to achieve performance targets
• The ability to work autonomously and manage your own caseload
• Full UK driving license.
Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted.
We welcome applicants with lived experience and encourage applications that reflect the relevance to the post.
Benefits
• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 5-10 sick day per year paid.
Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide.
Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination.
Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
For the full job description and person specification, please email Amy at recruitment @standguide.co.uk.
Salary: £26-27k per annum, based on qualifications and experience
Contract type: Fixed term
Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs pw) – open to considering part-time applications
Location: Travel between Stockton/Ashton
For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses.
Join us a National Careers Service Advisor to support and inspire individuals in making informed choices about their education, training, and career paths!
You’ll build strong relationships with customers, help them identify their skills and strengths, and guide them in setting realistic, achievable goals. A key part of the role is boosting self-confidence and self-awareness, empowering people to recognise their potential and take positive steps towards their future.
What you’ll do
• Provide participants with Information Advice and Guidance on progression routes relating to individual participant needs
• Ensure that participants are advised of appropriate progression opportunities within the local area
• Proactively work with participants to ensure positive outcomes and contractual targets are achieved and that the programme is a success
• Produce a detailed individualised SMART action plan for each participant on the programme, adhering to all contract quality and compliance guidelines whilst always maintaining 100% accuracy
• Ensure relevant and accurate signposting of services to overcome specific barriers faced by participants
• Assist participants to produce a realistic action plan leading back to work, including considering obstacles to the successful achievement of the plan and how to overcome them
• Improve life skills of participants by encouraging and valuing their contribution and establishing an atmosphere of trust and understanding.
What you’ll need
• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum
• Minimum of Level 4 qualification in Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance
• Experience of successfully achieving deadlines and working without close supervision
• Experience delivering one-to-one careers advice including information advice and guidance
• Ability to achieve performance targets
• The ability to work autonomously and manage your own caseload
• Full UK driving license.
Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted.
We welcome applicants with lived experience and encourage applications that reflect the relevance to the post.
Benefits
• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 5-10 sick day per year paid.
Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide.
Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination.
Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
For the full job description and person specification, please email Amy at recruitment @standguide.co.uk.
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