Training Advisor - Employability

Cyflog: £31,022.00 - £33,699.00 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term Grant Funded until 31/03/2026

Location of post: Tir Morfa Centre, Marine Drive, Sandfields, SA12 7NN

About the role:

We are currently seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Training Advisor - Employability. NPT Skills & Training Unit operate within Neath Port Talbot and across South Wales, delivering work based learning programmes, providing vocational training and learning. We work within schools and specialist units, with post 16 young people and employed apprentices across several sectors. NPT Skills & Training are constantly developing their provision and are a growing team, providing many opportunities for staff to develop their own skills, experience and progress internally. Staff development programmes are available to staff to further enhance their career.

As a Training Advisor - Employability, you will be required to manage caseload of learners/pupils/young people undertaking a variety of courses, qualifications and work based learning programmes offered by Skills & Training across various industry sectors. The post holder will ensure that all learners are given appropriate training, support and guidance in order to achieve their qualifications and other key performance indicators in place to meet the programmes objectives and outcomes. This will involve working and teaching in schools, NPT training centres, external organisations and at employers premises.

The post holder should have a good knowledge of different types of Industries and associated careers, local labour market and skills needs in order to deliver highly engaging, relevant and exciting courses/qualifications to young people.

Your daily routine will require you to:

• Create/Design/plan and/or deliver appropriate learning materials and resources to support course/qualifications delivered at Skills & Training.
• Undertake teaching sessions with learners in line with their individual learning plan and achieve these within the allocated timescale, assessing and/or verifying qualifications in line with awarding body requirements.
• Manage a caseload of learners, ensuring learners make progress, are reviewed and progress from their programme
• Support with identification of work placements, complete job searching and facilitating employment related activities such as visits off site, guest speakers etc.
• Manage all documentation associated to your activities and caseload, ensuring that targets and deadlines are met timely.

About you:

You will need to have a good understanding of local employers and labour market trends to support employability development. You should have experience of working with young people and have a basic understanding of the typical barriers faced by young people and be able to support those who may have additional learning needs/disabilities/health or neurodiversity conditions.

Do you have:

• Experience of delivering/assessing course and or qualifications with young people/pupils in either a school or post 16 environments.
• GCSE (or equivalent/higher) in Maths and English grade C and above/Level 2
• A1/V1 awards/ TAQA and/or internal verifier awards or equivalent or a commitment to work towards them
• NVQ Level 4 in Advice & Guidance or equivalent or a commitment to work towards them.

We would welcome those with experience in the following roles:

• Employability Tutor/Trainer
• Lecturer in Employability
• Assessor/IQA in Employability

About us:

We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues&© efforts and achievements. We also believe that there&©s life at work and life outside of work. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need.

Choose to work for us and you&©ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.

• Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work life balance
• Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 22.4% employer pension contribution
• Enjoy a holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years&© service (not forgetting the additional 8 bank holidays too)
• Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
• Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
• Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
• Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.

If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Michelle Akerman on

Phone: 01639 686306 or

Email: m.akerman@npt.gov.uk

DBS requirements:

This post is subject to an enhanced with both adult & child barred list DBS disclosure

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children and young people are protected.

Welsh Language skills are not required.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.

We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.