Self Employment Advisor - (Bridgwater) Bridgwater, England
Job description
What is a Self-Employment Advisor? The role holder will be expected to support a caseload of participants, supporting them in self-employment, offering advice and direction to enable participants to access the support they need, and collection evidence of Self Employment.
You’ll be involved in re-building participant confidence; you'll need to be a motivator and have patience to encourage the candidate to identify self-employment business opportunities. You’ll deliver a positive experience to new customers, ensuring they engage with you and the programme by maintaining regular contact.
Our ideal candidate must have empathy and compassion as well to being able to identify the customers needs. If you have come from a background of recruitment, sales or even employability with a good understanding of self-employment, then we need you!!
As an organisation we deliver a range of Employability & Health contracts which support unemployed people ‘back to work’. This job role forms part of our Restart Scheme.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary range of £26,500 - £29, 545 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great additional benefits:
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
- 2 Volunteer Days
- Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
- Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
- Annual Salary Increase in line with national average
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Free access to BenefitHub – an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and additional voluntary benefits
Interested? There’s an easy to apply route below to upload your CV!
If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 208282.
Seetec Group is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally within our 2,500-strong team. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make. is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally within our 2,500-strong team. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.
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Location: Mid Devon & Somerset – to be based in Bridgwater you will be required to cover all the offices in Taunton, Minehead, Wells, Frome, Yeovil, WSM
Hours: 37 hours a week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 5pm, Friday 8.30 am to 4.30pm
Closing Date:12 April 2023
Key Responsibilities
- Progressively manage a caseload of referred customers who have declared ‘self-employment’ as a viable employment optio
- Deliver technical expertise in all areas of self-employment:
- Ensure the customer is prepared to commence their self-employment by guiding them through the relevant statutory requirements, (i.e. UTR number; registration with HMRC, Government Gateway, Companies House etc.)
For further information please follow the link: Self Employment Advisor
Skills and Experience
- Experience of working in a new enterprise creation/development sector
- Experience of providing self-employment or enterprise guidance to others
- Fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes to include 365 products and modern digital technologies
- Experience of working in a target driven environment
- Small Firms Enterprise Development initiative (SFEDI) qualification
- Experience of managing an Independent Trading company
- Knowledge of the employability industry
Additional Information
SEETEC PLUSS is one of the UK’s leading providers of employability and health services, supporting thousands of people to move into employment each year. Committed to empowering people to better their lives, Seetec Pluss supports individuals from all walks of life to enter and progress in the world of work.
We create and source jobs and opportunities, and by focusing on people’s strengths we raise aspirations and help them overcome their barriers to work and develop the skills that employers are looking for. Together, we open up a world of opportunity to individuals and organisations, supporting them with their aspirations today so they can thrive in the future.
As an organisation we are recruiting for a number of Employability contracts to support the unemployed back to work. This role will play a key part in contributing to the UK's economic recovery, 'Restart Scheme' which is a cornerstone of the government's 'Plan for Jobs' strategy and the expansion of the existing Work and Health programme (WHP_JETS).
Seetec Pluss is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.
Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under “About us”
Seetec Pluss is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
