Employment Adviser - Wales

Who has provided employment support to a diverse caseload of customers?

Have you delivered employability training? and enabled customers to gain meaningful employment, training or volunteering outcomes?

Do you have outreach experience, promoting services to harder to reach groups?

Fixed term for 6 months (Maternity Cover) – 35 hours per week

The role will be based at Scope's Cardiff office (CF11 9AU) but travel will be expected in Cardiff and the surrounding areas.

We are offering a hybrid model of delivery so working from home for part of your week is available., We are looking to recruit a full-time adviser to join our Working on Wellbeing Employment team. You will empower our customers to find volunteering, education, training, or work. This could be in group training, either in person or online or in one-to-one sessions.

You will also market our services to potential referral partners and employers.

Travel to meet with our customers or stakeholders across your local area is part of this role. This area includes Cardiff, Merthyr, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. You may travel outside of these areas to work with Working on Wellbeing’s wider teams.

We are offering a hybrid model of delivery so working from home for part of your week is available.

• You will have experience of advising customers with their journey towards employment.



• You will show that you are passionate about improving disabled people's lives.



• Have excellent diary and time management skills. Through this you will be able to be effective in the management of a caseload.



• Be dynamic, results-focussed, and comfortable working to targets.



• Have a track record of achieving outcomes online and in face-to-face meetings.



• You will have the confidence to deliver sessions to our customers.



• This will be both in groups and one-to-one. You will be comfortable in both an online and in a face-to-face environment.



• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to provide advice in a meaningful, appropriate, and supportive manner.



• You will be flexible and willing to provide support across our services if required.



• Being a fluent Welsh speaker is desirable.



• A qualification in Information Advice and Guidance is desirable.


We ask you to show an appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of everyday equality for disabled people.

At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.

We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving.

You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.

Scope benefits

We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:

27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Flexible, hybrid and remote working options
Pay progression at 6 months and 2 years
Company pension
Excellent training and career development
Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+
Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.