Skills Adviser

Salary: Grade 6 - £28,142 - £31,022

Skills Adviser - Skills Futures

The Local Growth Fund (Wales) is a 3 year programme (2026-2029) supporting economic development across Wales through investment in businesses, skills, and infrastructure.

Priority 2 of the Local Growth Fund places a strong emphasis on employment and skills, supporting people to access and progress in good-quality work, addressing skills gaps, and strengthening the link between local training provision and employer demand. Alongside boosting productivity and business growth, it aims to create higher-quality jobs and support inclusive growth, particularly in areas facing economic and geographic challenges.

The role

Futureworks is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Skills Adviser to play a key role in delivering the Skills Futures project. The initiative supports individuals who are out of work or economically inactive, with a focus on strengthening pathways into sustainable employment by improving access to good-quality work, addressing local and regional skills gaps, and strengthening links between training provision and employer demand.

The successful candidate will play a central role in connecting participants with meaningful job and work experience opportunities, helping them build confidence, develop relevant skills, and progress into employment. The role focuses on enhancing work placement provision, supporting employability development, and building strong partnerships that respond to labour market needs.

Job role

The role will support people to gain the confidence, qualifications, and work-ready skills needed to access and progress in good-quality employment. The project also works closely with employers to ensure training provision responds to local and regional workforce needs, helping address skills shortages across key sectors.

The successful candidates will play a key role in delivering high-quality vocational training and employability support to adults of all ages. The role focuses on supporting participants to overcome barriers to employment, improve essential and sector-specific skills, and progress into work, further learning, or vocational pathways.

Key responsibilities

Participant engagement and support

• Recruit and support participants through their learning and employability journey
• Manage individual caseloads, providing tailored advice, guidance, and progression support
• Identify barriers to employment and support participants to build confidence, resilience, and work readiness
• Promote inclusive participation and engagement, particularly among individuals furthest from the labour market

Training delivery and skills development

• Deliver high-quality accredited and non-accredited training across vocational and employability areas
• Support participants to develop essential workplace skills, including communication, teamwork, digital skills, problem-solving, and time management
• Deliver learning flexibly across training centres, community venues, and outreach settings
• Ensure learning provision aligns with local labour market demand and priority growth sectors

Employer and partnership engagement

• Work collaboratively with employers and partners to identify workforce and skills needs
• Align training opportunities with employment pathways and local recruitment demand
• Support progression into work placements, further training, apprenticeships, and employment opportunities
• Contribute to building strong employer relationships that support sustainable employment outcomes

Monitoring, progression and outcomes

• Maintain accurate learner records, monitoring progress and achievement outcomes
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training and support activities in improving employability outcomes
• Contribute to project targets, reporting requirements, and continuous improvement activity
• Support participants to achieve positive progression outcomes into employment or further learning

Qualifications and experience

• Background in teaching, training, assessing, employability support, or vocational learning
• Relevant vocational qualification at Level 3 or above
• Assessor qualification or willingness to work towards one
• Experience delivering workplace or vocational training and supporting adult learners
• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of employability barriers, workforce development, and local skills priorities

Experience or capacity to deliver training within one or more priority sectors would be advantageous, including:

• Visitor Economy and Tourism, Customer Service
• Digital/ICT Skills
• Engineering and Energy, including renewables
• Land-based and Heritage industries
• Self employment pathways

Additional information

Location: Pembrokeshire - delivery across learning centres and community settings across the county.

Employee Benefits

Our employee benefits are designed to help invest in your future and are in addition to living and working in Pembrokeshire, one of the most beautiful and desirable counties in the UK. For further details, please refer to the Employee Benefits leaflet attached.

The Visit Pembrokeshire website https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/ is an excellent source of information, and showcases the wide variety of activities, amenities and adventures that await you.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Guidance Note: Use of AI and Accuracy of Information:

• We understand that applicants may choose to use tools such as generative AI to support the preparation of their application. While the use of such tools is permitted, it remains the applicant's full responsibility to ensure that all information submitted is factually accurate, truthful, and representative of their own skills, experiences and qualifications.
• Providing information that is false, misleading, or exaggerated, regardless of whether it was generated by AI or not, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process or dismissal if discovered after appointment.
• By submitting this application, you confirm that all content provided is accurate and submitted in good faith.

The Supported Employment Programme is a group of local authority based enterprises that employs over 75 people with a disability or work limiting health condition, please visit the link below for further information: Pembrokeshire Supported Employment Programme - Pembrokeshire County Council

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.