Vacancy - Temporary Work Coach, North Northumberland
4th Sep 2025
Community Action Northumberland is seeking a temporary work coach, initially on a temporary contract until 31st March 2026
You will be working 10 hours a week across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings supporting beneficiaries at our Alnwick, Amble and Morpeth Employment Hubs.
There is a potential to increase hours and extend the contract, dependent on funding being attained.
Duties -
- offering careers advice, cv writing, job search, applications and interview preparation
- providing wrap-around support and referring into the Solid Foundations programme to access basic skills tuition (English, Maths and Digital), debt, benefits and housing advice, counselling and help accessing volunteering as required
- using an electronic CRM system to maintain high-quality monitoring records in line with funders' expectations
The ideal candidate will have:
- experience of supporting unemployed and economically active people to move towards/into employment,
- an understanding of the additional challenges rural residents face when looking for work
- a knowledge of the Employability environment in the North of Northumberland (Morpeth to Berwick)
- an IAG or Careers Advice qualification (level 6)
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Full details and an application pack can be downloaded from:
If you would like an informal conversation about the post, please contact juliaplinston@ca-north.org.uk
Closing date:19th September
Interviews to take place on: 29th September
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check