Connect to Work Employment Specialist

Do you want to make a real difference in people's lives?

Are you passionate about supporting residents into work?

Are you looking for a fresh new challenge within a dynamic team?

Connect to Work is a pioneering programme helping people with disabilities, health conditions and complex barriers into employment to find and keep fulfilling jobs. We are looking for passionate and dedicated Employment Specialists to join our dynamic team.

About the Role:

As an Connect To Work Employment Specialist, you will play a crucial role in supporting individuals on their journey to employment. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing tailored support: Working closely with individuals to understand their skills, interests, and career goals.
• Developing personalised action plans: Creating and implementing strategies to overcome barriers to employment, such as identifying suitable job roles, developing job search skills, and building confidence.
• Building relationships: Networking with employers, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, and advocating for the needs of individuals with disabilities.
• Providing ongoing support: Offering ongoing support to individuals in their new roles, including workplace adjustments and resolving any challenges they may face.
• Maintaining accurate records: Keeping detailed records of all interactions and outcomes to ensure we meet ur compliance standards.

About You:

• Passionate about supporting people who have challenges: You have a strong belief in the potential of everyone to achieve their employment goals.
• Empathetic and compassionate: You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Resilient and resourceful: You are able to work independently and as part of a team, problem-solve effectively, and navigate challenging situations.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills: You are able to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines, manage your workload effectively and keep up to date on your administrative tasks.
• Experience in employment support or a related field: Desirable but not essential

The Team

The Supported Employment Team are based within the Employment & Skills team, assisting local people to access employment via placements and traineeships hosted at external organisations or temporary appointments within the Council. We work with clients who may need additional and targeted support such as care leavers, people with learning disabilities, women returning to the labour market, people aged 50plus and any other group who is furthest from the labour market.

This Connect to Work Employment Specialist role is a 6-month fixed term contract.

About Tower Hamlets – The Best of London in one borough!

Tower Hamlets is a modern, forward thinking local authority, offering flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, local government pension scheme and other staff benefits. We are one of the UK's most culturally vibrant and diverse areas, at the heart of London's East End. Our vision is that local communities will be independent, strong and vibrant. We want you to be part of the future that we are creating, and to help us make a difference.

We are proud of our values because they demonstrate how we work. We have five core values:

• Together - We work TOGETHER across boundaries and with partners to achieve the best outcomes for Tower Hamlets
• Open and honest - We are OPEN and transparent
• Willing - We are WILLING to challenge, innovate and be accountable
• Excellence - We empower each other to be EXCELLENT and go the extra mile
• Respect - We RESPECT all communities; they are the heart of everything we do

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Applications close 27th July 2025, and it is intended that interviews will take place week beginning 4th August 2025

if you would like to have an informal discussion about his role please contact - Shipa.Begum@towerhamlets.gov.uk (Connect To Work Team Leader)

This post is open to the following types of applicants: Redeployees/ Internal/ Agency

If this role is available to Internal employees only, this will include agency workers but does not include independent contractors or WorkPath trainees

All applications should be made via our online application system, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted. Internal employees should apply via the council's Intranet. External applicants apply via the Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/careers

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.