Skills Adviser - Skills Futures

Job profile for Skills Adviser
- Skills Futures

26/10/2026 Skills Adviser
- Skills Futures

Salary Grade 6 - £29,071 - £32,046 Contractual hours 37 Basis Fixed Term Job category/type Youth and Community Learning services Job reference REQAA
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- Job Description (E)(May 2023) (1).docx Skills Adviser
- Job Description (W)(May 2023) (1).docx Employee Benefits Leaflet A5 (W).pdf Employee Benefits Leaflet A5 (E).pdf

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.

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.

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Background in teaching, training, assessing, employability support, or vocational learning
• Relevant vocational qualification at Level 3 or above
• Assessor qualification or…