Employment Advisor - Camberwell

Get Set for Your First Big Impact: Join Us as an Employment Advisor

TL;DR:   Location:   TBC  Contract: FT 35hrs PW M-F  Salary:  TBC

Role Purpose: You’ll coach and motivate people facing barriers to work, building their confidence and skills to secure and sustain employment while hitting performance targets.

Success in this role looks like: Consistently achieving job start and sustainment targets, building strong employer relationships, and seeing participants progress into meaningful, lasting work.

Your Role: What You’ll Achieve

At Get Set UK, we believe in giving people the tools and support to unlock their potential, and that includes our own team. As an Employment Advisor, you’ll join a high-performing, mission-led team committed to making a measurable difference in communities.

This is a hands-on, results-focused role where you’ll coach participants individually, prepare them for opportunities, and work closely with employers to create sustainable job outcomes.

Here’s how you’ll make an impact:

Strategic Direction

• Manage your caseload to achieve monthly job start and sustainment targets.
• Plan and prioritise activity based on data insights and programme KPIs.

Deliver Results

• Drive participants into employment through tailored coaching, CV support, job search guidance, and interview preparation.
• Proactively match participants to roles, making high-quality placements that stick.

People & Communication

• Build trust and rapport with diverse participants, coaching them through challenges and change.
• Engage with employers to understand needs and promote candidates confidently.

Get It Right

• Maintain accurate records, comply with safeguarding and programme processes.
• Stay informed about labour market trends and training options.

Business Acumen

• Collaborate with partners and employers to create opportunities and expand our reach.
• Spot commercial opportunities to grow impact and delivery success.

This is a target-driven role - success is measured by the number of participants you help into sustainable jobs. You’ll have the tools, support, and autonomy to achieve, and we’ll celebrate every milestone you hit.

Who You Are

You might already work in employment support or recruitment, but you could also come from retail, hospitality, customer service, or any sector where you’ve led teams, solved problems, and delivered results.

What matters most is that you’ve shown leadership, accountability, and a track record of achieving goals. You’re great at motivating others, building relationships, and keeping organised while delivering on targets.

You understand that our customers expect us to model employability, so you lead by example.

Specifically, you bring:

• Experience taking responsibility for performance or team success (e.g., supervising staff, managing a section or store, driving sales or service outcomes).

• Strong coaching and motivational skills - you inspire confidence and action.

• Great organisational skills - you manage workloads effectively and meet deadlines.

• Excellent communication - you engage participants, employers, and stakeholders with ease.

• Resilience and adaptability - you navigate challenges with a solutions mindset.

• Knowledge of local labour markets or employer engagement experience (desirable but not essential).

You Share Our Values

We live our values every day, in every role:

• Be Ambitious: We set high standards for ourselves and those we support.
• Be Inspiring: We motivate and lead by example.
• Be Proud: We take ownership and celebrate our success
• Be Considerate : We care about people and act with integrity.
• Own it: We show up and do what’s needed

Our customers count on us...and we count on you! That means showing up, being present, communicating clearly, and doing what you say you will. If it sounds like you, you'll thrive here. If it doesn't feel like the right fit, that's ok too, we'd rather help you save time than take the wrong step.

Get Set for More: Our Benefits

You’ll benefit from a supportive , progressive environment where learning is part of every role.

• Immediate access to wellbeing tools (GP, counselling, Headspace)
• Enhanced healthcare and lifestyle rewards with service
• Discounts, pension scheme, and salary sacrifice options
• Structured development through our Your Career, Your Journey framework
• Internal Learning & Development team embedding growth in every role

What to Know Before You Apply

• We reserve the right to close this advert early, so apply soon to avoid disappointment.
• We’re a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re committed to supporting you.
• This role is subject to our safeguarding and vetting process.
• We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.

Ready to Get Set?

If you’re excited by this opportunity and believe you can make a difference, apply and help us shape futures… starting with yours!

See the Get Set story here:

Learn more about working at Get Set here: