Employment Advisor

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO2 (£44,184 – £47,262
Work location: Wood Green Library, 197 High Road, London, N22 6XD
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Fixed term contract (24 months from start date)
Closing date: Sunday, 22nd November 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 14th December 2026

If you are intending on going for a secondment opportunity, please ensure you have notified your line manager/head of service to seek approval

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As an Employment Support Officer within Haringey Works, you will help council tenants and residents move closer to employment by providing tailored, practical support that reflects their individual circumstances, strengths and ambitions. Working closely with Housing colleagues, you will build trusted relationships with residents, delivering support through one-to-one appointments, employability workshops and outreach activities on housing estates and in community settings.

You will engage with residents who may not currently access employment services, helping them overcome barriers, identify opportunities and take positive steps towards work. From developing action plans and addressing skills gaps to supporting job applications and interview preparation, you will play a key role in helping residents achieve sustainable employment. You will also provide ongoing support as residents move into work, helping them manage the transition and maintain long-term success. Alongside this, you will maintain accurate records and evidence of outcomes, ensuring residents receive a high-quality and effective service.

About the team

Haringey Works is Haringey Council’s employment support service, dedicated to helping residents build skills, access opportunities and secure sustainable employment. Our team includes employment advisers, employer engagement officers and specialist staff who work collaboratively with local employers, training providers and community organisations to create opportunities for local people.

We are a supportive and knowledgeable team that takes a person-centred approach to employment support. We understand that every resident’s journey is different and that some may face multiple challenges before they are ready to enter the workplace. By working closely together and sharing expertise, we help residents make lasting progress and improve their long-term financial wellbeing. Through our partnership with Housing Services, we bring employment support directly into local communities, making it easier for residents to access the help they need.

About you

You will be passionate about supporting people to achieve their goals and have experience working with individuals facing complex barriers or challenging circumstances. You will be skilled at building trust, motivating people through setbacks and helping them turn long-term ambitions into realistic and achievable plans.

You will be confident delivering one-to-one support, facilitating workshops and engaging with residents in a variety of community settings. A good understanding of recruitment practices, employability support and the barriers people can face when seeking work is essential, along with an awareness of how changes in income and welfare benefits can affect an individual’s journey into employment.

Strong communication and partnership-working skills are key to success in this role, as is a commitment to equality, inclusion and safeguarding. You will be well organised, able to manage a varied workload and committed to maintaining accurate records while providing high-quality support that makes a genuine difference to residents’ lives.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk