- Job title: Employability Coach
- Location: London, hybrid. Our office is based is in Elephant & Castle. London colleagues are office-based on Mondays and Tuesdays and work from home Wednesdays to Fridays.
- Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week.
- Salary: £26,000-£31,602
- Contract: Permanent
- Responsible to: Head of Employability
Will you be part of delivering our vital work?
We’re led by our vision of a society where every woman with a conviction has the support and opportunities she needs to flourish. Our mission is to support these women to create independent, purposeful lives through helping them to build careers. We believe no woman should be held back by her past.
Our Employability Coaches play a vital role in helping women with convictions build the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to become ready for work. Through virtual and in-person one-to-one sessions, you will use coaching and mentoring approaches to support women in setting career goals, developing their interview skills and CVs, and preparing to disclose their criminal record to employers.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supporting women facing complex challenges, such as involvement in the criminal justice system, financial hardship, domestic violence, homelessness, substance dependence, or experiences of trauma and mental health issues.
About you
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supporting women facing complex challenges, such as involvement in the criminal justice system, financial hardship, domestic violence, homelessness, substance dependence, or experiences of trauma and mental health issues.
Strong emotional resilience is essential to manage the demands of working with women who have experienced trauma, while consistently maintaining a non-judgmental approach and clear professional boundaries. You will need to be highly empathetic, able to build trust and rapport effortlessly with individuals from diverse backgrounds, and confident in leading group sessions to deliver engaging and impactful support.
- Closing date: 12pm Friday 22 November 2024
- Interview date: Friday 29 November 2024
We welcome a broad range of candidates, particularly those who identify as Black, people of colour, people with lived experience and people from a range of ages as they are underrepresented in our organisation.
This role requires an Enhanced DBS check and HMPPS vetting due to our work on contracts commissioned by probation services.
If you believe you would add value to the organisation within this role but don’t meet all the criteria we have laid out in the advert and job description, we would still love to hear from you.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please email jobs@workingchance.org if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
