Senior Skills Employment Advisor

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a significant impact on people’s lives and the success of our programmes? Do you want to lead and support a team in guiding learners into sustainable employment while helping employers find the right talent? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
PDT Horizons is currently recruiting a Senior Skills Employment Advisor to join our dedicated teamin Gloucester, paying £28.5k per annum. In this role, you will provide strategic oversight and support to learners and Skills Employment Advisors, ensuring high-quality service delivery and successful employment outcomes. You will act as a senior point of contact, building strong relationships with employers, coaching colleagues, and ensuring compliance with contractual and operational standards.
This is a role for someone with strong leadership skills, excellent problem-solving ability, and a passion for empowering others. You will have the opportunity to influence learner pathways, support employer engagement strategies, and contribute to the overall success of the organisations we work with.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Skills Employment Advisors, providing guidance, support, and performance oversight.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with new and existing employers to support learner placement opportunities.
• Oversee matching of learners to suitable employers and work experience placements.
• Review and ensure accuracy of learner profiling to assess skills, experience, and employment readiness.
• Ensure full compliance with all contractual data collection, reporting, and quality standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, sharing best practice and identifying opportunities for service enhancement.
• Support sales development and employer engagement strategies, attending key meetings alongside the team as required.

 
Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Proven experience in employability, recruitment, or related services.
• Leadership or supervisory experience, including coaching or mentoring colleagues.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience delivering services in a target-driven environment to contractual and quality standards.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple responsibilities.
• IT literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office programmes.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the employability or recruitment sector at a strategic level.
• Experience providing advice, guidance, or mentoring to learners or jobseekers.
• Full driving licence.

 
Why Work with PDT Horizons
PDT Horizons is part of the PDT Group, working alongside PDT Fleet Training Solutions to deliver government-funded skills and employment programmes across the UK. As a senior member of our team, you will:

• Lead and develop a team, making a tangible difference to learners and communities.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive environment.
• Influence programme delivery and strategic outcomes.
• Access professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Enjoy a competitive salary with benefits, including:
  • 23 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Pension scheme contributions
  • Volunteer days

 
Additional Information

• Location: Office-based role – Gloucester GL3 1JZ
• Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (flexibility may be required).

PDT Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and vulnerable adults. All staff are expected to share and uphold this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check may be required.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

For more information, please contact Josie at Pertemps on 01452 507500 or email josie@pertemps.co.uk