Do you have a keen interest in helping people from within your community? This is an exciting opportunity for passionate individuals to make a real change within our city region. Households into Work and The Race Equality Hub have joined forces to address the significant inequalities experienced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities in creating the role of Trainee Race Equality Employment Advocates.

 

Households into Work supports workless households by delivering bespoke support packages to individuals which will enable them to prepare for and sustain employment and/or achieve other positive progression outcomes.

 

Throughout the duration of this role, the Trainee Race Equality Employment Advocates will develop the skills, knowledge and experience to provide bespoke support packages to out of work people.  A blended package of skills development and accredited learning will be provided to successful applicants. These roles will primarily operate on an outreach basis within one of the Liverpool City Region’s Local Authority areas, namely Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens or Wirral but may be required to cover other areas if needed.

 

These posts are being advertised as Fixed Term until 31 March 2025 in line with current Households into Work funding. Applicants will be required to start no later than Tuesday 2nd April 2024.

 

Role overview:

To work towards engaging and supporting households from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities by co-designing, coordinating and delivering bespoke support packages which will enable clients to eventually progress into employment.

 

Key role and responsibilities: 

• Engage and build relationships with Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities
• Have lived experience of, or demonstrate an interest in, advocating for ethnically diverse people with social and/or emotional issues and who do not feel confident or capable of representing themselves.
• Have a commitment for own continuous professional development

 

Required skills and knowledge: 

• English L2 and Maths L2 (or equivalent)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Competency in the use of IT systems: Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint.
• A commitment to the LCR and an understanding of its stakeholders
• An ability to demonstrate our core values, including a commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Experience of contributing to a high-performance culture

 

What we can offer you:  

• Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
• Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 5 additional days
• Free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
• Flexible and hybrid working with role dependent overtime and enhanced pay
• 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling services
• Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning

 

Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 3^rd March 2024 – applicants must be available for interview Monday 11^th March 2024.

More information about the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Households into Work and Race Equality Hub can be found here:

https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/households-into-work

https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/race-equality-hub

 

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. To this end, we are specifically seeking applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds for this role.  The Households into Work Team has experienced significant challenges in engagement with workless households from these communities.  Evidence supports the use of Employment Advocates who are representative of those communities as being an effective method of increasing this engagement, which will in turn help to address the significant inequalities that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities experience.  On this basis a recruitment exercise for these posts targeted specifically at applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds is permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

 

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all candidates who met the essential criteria in the job description and who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.