Careers Adviser​/Trainee Careers Adviser, Welsh ; Closing Date

Location:

Newport, United Kingdom

Full‑time roles available in South East and North East Wales

Salary range for Careers Adviser: £32,262 – £37,330

Welsh language skills are essential for these roles

Roles involve supporting individuals to enter or re-enter the labour market

Roles require collaboration with local and national partners

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd (CCDG), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government, delivers essential, all age, independent and impartial careers guidance and coaching services across Wales, including through the Working Wales programme.

Welsh language skills: Essential, skill levels either Intermediate or Advanced (see below).

Are you someone who can…

Inscribe and motivate young people and adults to take positive steps towards achieving their ambitions?

Contribute to the development of skills and the future economic success of Wales?

Work within a modern, innovative national organisation where you can genuinely make a difference?

Careers Wales provides an all‑age guidance service. Our Services to Young People team supports learners in education, while our Working Wales team works with customers in the labour market. As the only national organisation offering impartial careers information, advice and guidance in Wales, our advisers are passionate about helping individuals realise their potential.

You will support young people and adults to enter or re-enter the labour market through assessment, guidance and tailored support. This includes working with individuals who are unemployed (short or long term), economically inactive, experiencing health or disability related barriers, or seeking a career change enter the labour market through assessment, guidance and tailored support.

You will also collaborate with a wide range of local and national partners such as training providers, Jobcentre Plus, prisons, youth offending teams, employers and other organisations to help customers progress into education, training or sustained employment.

Advisers use a variety of tools and approaches, including one‑to‑one support, group employability sessions and presentations using digital technologies.

We particularly welcome applications from those with experience in:

Education or training organisations

Health, social care or disability support

Supporting adults returning to the labour market

Working with diverse ethnic minority communities, asylum seekers or refugees

Working in a prison setting.

Vacancies available in either Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen or Caerphilly and Wrexham or Flintshire areas
- Services to Young People Team – Proficient Welsh Language Skills required

These roles focus on preparing young people for key transitions in their education and future careers. You will work across mainstream schools, special schools, FE colleges and with those educated outside mainstream settings. As with all our adviser roles, you will use a range of tools to deliver one‑to‑one support, interactive group sessions and digital presentations.

Advisers/Trainees must have suitable transport to fulfil their duties and attend learning and development events in Wales and occasionally the UK.

Careers Adviser applicants must hold the QCF Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development (or equivalent) and be eligible for the CDI Register of Practitioners.

Trainee Careers Advisers must hold a degree (or equivalent) and will complete the Level…