Employment Coach
Location: London
Salary: £27,000 to £30,000 DOE
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Could you help someone take their first step into a new career?
We're looking for an Employment Coach to join our team in London, working 35 hours per week.
In this rewarding role, you'll support unemployed individuals to build confidence, develop employability skills, and secure sustainable employment. Working alongside our Team Leader and Operational Manager, you'll provide tailored coaching, job search support, interview preparation, and ongoing encouragement to help learners achieve their goals.
What you'll be doing:
- Managing a caseload of learners from enrolment through to employment outcomes
- Delivering engaging 1:1 and group coaching sessions
- Supporting CV writing, applications, interview preparation, and job search activities
- Recruiting learners through outreach, community engagement, events, and partnership working
- Matching learners to suitable vacancies and supporting them through the recruitment process
- Building strong relationships with employers to secure interviews, work trials, and job opportunities
- Providing in-work support to help learners sustain employment
- Maintaining accurate learner records and ensuring compliance with funding requirements
- Achieving recruitment, engagement, and job outcome targets
What you'll bring:
- Excellent communication and coaching skills
- Experience supporting people into employment, training, or further progression
- The ability to build positive relationships with learners, employers, and partners
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- A target-focused approach with a genuine passion for helping others succeed
Join us and play a key role in helping people gain the confidence, skills, and opportunities they need to build a brighter future.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. Some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application
