Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd (CCDG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government. We provide an essential, all-age, independent, impartial and bilingual careers guidance and coaching services in Wales, including the Working Wales programme.
We are recruiting four Trainee Business Engagement Advisers/ Business Engagement Advisers (Welsh Desirable).
Do you
- Enjoy working in partnership with businesses and employers?
- Have excellent communication skills?
- Identify how businesses and employers can engage with education?
- Want to play a key role in raising learners’ awareness of the changing nature of the world of work, the skills needed and the opportunities that are available?
This role could be for you!
Locations of the posts
- Cardiff/Vale of Glamorgan
- South Central covering Cardiff/Vale of Glamorgan/Rhondda Cynon Taf/Merthyr Tydfil
Attractive benefits including agile working, flexi time, 31 days annual leave, contributory pension scheme and health related cash back plan.
Vacancy information
As a Trainee/Business Engagement Adviser, you will help inform, inspire, and motivate young people about their career opportunities working on our Tailored Work Experience Programme.
Your skills as a Trainee/Business Engagement Adviser will help:
- Change the attitudes of pupils to education
- Motivate young people to study harder and potentially achieve better grades
- Influence pupils’ career plans and subject choices
- Bring areas of the curriculum to life
- Help young people make links between their lessons and world of work
- Raise awareness of the range of career opportunities available and how to access them
- Introduce young people to inspiring role models
- Challenge career limiting beliefs around gender, race, and disability
Trainee / Business Engagement Advisers working in these roles will be working specifically on the Tailored Work Experience project, liaising with schools, colleges, learners and employers to arrange on going work placements for young people.
About you
The successful candidates will possess excellent communication skills to liaise with employers and colleagues ensuring all employer engagement services are coordinated, recorded and managed accordingly. For one of the vacancies experience of supporting ALN learners would be an advantage. The ability to speak and work through the medium of Welsh is desirable.
Candidates for Trainee Business Engagement Adviser should be educated to degree level or equivalent standard such as professional qualifications or have demonstrable experience of liaising and dealing with employers. If appointed as a trainee you will be supported to complete the Level 6 Diploma in Business Engagement.
Candidates for the Qualified Business Engagement position must possess the Level 6 Diploma in Business Engagement.
