Careers Adviser

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Life Centre South

Salary:
Grade 8, £36,363 - £40,777 per annum.

37 hours per week

Temporary for 12 months until October 2027

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Working across the borough within the key principles of ‘Progress with Unity’,

you will be working alongside schools and learning providers to support children and young people with their career goals, delivering careers advice and guidance in schools and within the community. You will support young people to formulate their action plans and help with applications to post 16 learning. The role will involve working alongside other agencies and school professionals to help prioritise those pupils who need the support the most.

You will be qualified to Level 6 in Advice and Guidance. You will be expected to deliver high quality CEIAG interviews and group sessions to young people in education and post 16 settings. You will be experienced in dealing with young people, motivated and enthusiastic. You will be non-judgemental, and person centred. You need to be good at establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and using your initiative when carrying out your duties.

You will be able to demonstrate the Wigan behaviours:
Be Positive, Be Kind, Be Accountable and Be Courageous. You will be an excellent team worker, able to self-manage and work independently.

Aspiring Futures is a Careers Advice and Guidance service delivering the Council’s statutory duty to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education or training. Within Raising Participation Age government guidance (RPA), we raise young people’s aspirations and support them to have a smooth transition into Employment, Education or Training. Tracking young people’s participation is a key role and we are required to collect information about young people so that those who are not participating, or are ‘Not in Employment, Education or Training’ (NEET), can be identified and given support to re-engage.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits  to find out more about working for #Team Wigan.

To be appointed to this role you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK, and you must maintain a valid (active) right to work. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Please visit the link below to check you qualify to apply. Prove your right to work to an employer:
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Wigan Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. As part of this commitment, Wigan Council operates robust Safer Recruitment procedures

For more information on the post please contact Lisa Felgate on  or

Priority Candidates:
Friday 4th September 2026

All other Candidates:
Wednesday 9th September 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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