Employment Development Officer

About the role

EADS (Employment and Disability Service) are looking to recruit an Employment Development Officer. Supporting people with complex barriers to start, stay and succeed in work is our focus. We are looking for somebody who can bring creativity, energy, passion and skills. We are based across North Northamptonshire, supporting people from diverse backgrounds. The role will require travel across multiple sites, including being based with employers and within co-location bases. Flexibility, a positive approach to problem solving, organisation and being able to adapt to change will be valuable skills in this role. An understanding of the model and delivery of supported employment, the welfare system and accessible employment pathways will be hugely beneficial.

What will you be doing?

As part of our delivery we support people;

• With complex barriers start, stay and succeed in work
• Create person-centred vocational profiles
• Prepare CVs and covering letters
• Build confidence and stamina
• Identify job goals and steps needed to achieve these
• Gain experience
• Engage with employers
• Identify skills gaps and training resolves

About you

We are looking for people who are;

• Passionate about employment
• Creative thinkers
• Focussed on solutions
• Organised
• Empathetic
• Good communicators
• Flexible
• Self-motivated

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)